Remote PORTFOLIO DIRECTOR M&A

This is an astonishing opportunity for a DIRECTOR -LEVEL business leader to join one of the most successful tech investment companies in the world as the business develops strongly in Latin America. The opportunity is located in MEXICO CITY & requires a Fluent English /Spanish speaker and you will leverage your senior operational experience as a previous business owner, unit Director or Country Manager in order to guide a portfolio of 4-7 acquired businesses, into profitability/stability. As such you will be supporting each business’s existing senior team on all aspects of running a business , from HR, tax, strategic growth opportunities etc , and will step in as the ” locum Managing Director ” where necessary . It’s a fantastic -and unusual -opportunity and the role is incredibly varied as you will work with an ever- changing portfolio of companies that you will mentor and support post-acquisition

TITLE: 100% remote M&A Portfolio (Director ) Group Leader Mexico

LOCATION : MEXICO CITY

WORK STYLE: 100% remote

SALARY : up to a package of $180,000 per annum ( comprised of a base salary of up to $120,000 + realistic additional 50% +++ of salary in OTE

SECTOR : Financial services M&A

LANGUAGE REQUIRED: Native standard English. Fluent Spanish

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE: Previous senior or Director level operational experience in running a business or business unit. English to native standard. Some previous exposure to M&A activity. Fluent Spanish.

COMPANY details

This is one of the most successful tech investment companies in the world and they are expanding rapidly as the world digitizes faster than ever. The company is a true meritocracy, and you will have real career opportunities (and associated earnings potential) here as the business develops strongly in Latin America. In this role you will leverage your previous senior operational experience as a previous business owner, unit Director or Country Manager in order to guide a portfolio of 4-7 acquired businesses, into profitability. As such you will be supporting the existing senior team on all aspects of running a business , from HR, tax, strategic growth opportunities etc , and will step in as the ” locum Managing Director ” where necessary . It’s a fantastic -and unusual -opportunity and the role is incredibly varied as you will work with an ever changing portfolio of companies that you will mentor and support

DUTIES

Reporting directly to a Director and also the CEO you will :

• Manage a portfolio of 4-7 acquired companies in line with company strategy in Mexico
• Operationally manage and lead cross functional, collaborative, work stream execution
• efforts, with both local and global business executives
• Coach & guide local Managing Directors in company best practices and help them
• achieve mastery within their respective domain.
• Lead the integration of newly acquired companies (e.g. help around negotiation, DD, financials, valuations and market)
• Track record of dealing with operational improvement, change and turn-arounds
• Delivering operational training sessions for all business units within the portfolio.
• Nurture senior talent within your portfolio to build long term succession plans
• Manage due diligence topics to aid the smooth transition for newly acquired companies

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree educated
• 5+ years relevant operational experience
• Previous operational experience in running a business, business unit ( P&L)
• English to native standard. Fluent Spanish. Other languages are useful (French, German , Italian etc )
• Based in Mexico City
• Some previous exposure to M&A activity