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Centric Brands · 1 day ago

VP, Strategy & Business Development

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$196K/yr - $245K/yr

8+ years exp

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products. They are seeking a Vice President of Strategy & Business Development to drive the company's Business Development and Acquisitions agenda, collaborating closely with the Chief Strategy Officer and other teams to identify growth opportunities and manage transactions.

ApparelBeautyFashionJewelry

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Support the development of the Business and Corporate Development (“BD”) agenda with agility and pace, including the identification of M&A and licensing opportunities, including strategic and financial assessment, and helping translate Centric’s overall growth strategy into BD priorities

Support the CSO and his team on BD projects, including acquisitions, licensing agreements, disposals, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, distribution agreements and equity transactions involving third parties

Lead end-to-end project management of transactions, from origination to completion including post-completion obligations and commitments, while assuring that all transactions follow the BD approval process, including writing approval papers

Oversee and support the development of valuation and business models to support BD projects, and ability to challenge and validate assumptions with market teams

Own and lead the due diligence process, including coordinating external advisors, consolidating information, analyzing diligence findings, and identifying potential risks, implications, and interrelations of findings with business case assumptions and transaction documents

Collaborate with VPs, M&A legal and external advisors in the review and negotiation of core transaction documents

Partner effectively with the Integration team to both incorporate all Integration assumptions into business cases, support development of the integration plan, and assure proper handoff of transactions to Integration post-closing

Support day-to-day Investment Committee matters including strategic, financial, operational and governance related matters and composition of bi-weekly Investment Committee presentations

Support acceleration of Centric Brands including being a relationship partner and resource for the BD team and working closely with each division’s leadership teams to identify BD growth opportunities including but not limited to working to identify white space opportunities, capitalize on new license and brand opportunities, product expansion and geographic expansion

Lead the preparation of briefing and approval materials to Centric Brands executives and other stakeholders including the Board of Directors

Qualification

Transaction experienceFinancial modelingStrategic thinkingProject managementRelationship buildingClear communicatorEntrepreneurial mindsetMicrosoft Office proficiencySelf-starterCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree with strong academic record

8-10 years previous transaction experience within industry, ideally investment banking, venture capital, private equity or corporate development; alternatively commercial finance experience

Strong commercial and financial acumen, and strategic thinking capabilities

Ability to build from a blank sheet valuation model - including LBO, DCF, comparable sensitivities, etc

Basic accounting knowledge, including ability to perform pro forma and cash flow analyses

Ability to structure transactions with input from tax, legal, and treasury and manage the approval process

Work with integration team to ensure maximum value delivered from acquisitions

Proven track record of building relationships internally and externally with tangible examples of working alongside others and influencing senior stakeholders

Excellent project management skills working with cross-functional teams and demonstrable experience of establishing credibility, influence and working at senior management levels

Passion for driving value-creating opportunities, entrepreneurship and working autonomously

Self-starter, high energy, delivers against goals with minimal supervision

Clear and succinct communicator, ability to adapt to a fast paced ever changing environment

Exceptional modeling skills including complex financial analysis, input sensitivity and returns

Proficient in all Microsoft productivity software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, etc.)

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision)

Matching 401(k)

Summer Fridays

Generous PTO

Merchandise discounts

Excellent career development opportunities

Company

Centric Brands

Centric Brands is an apparel and accessories company that sells accessories for children, women, and men.

Founded in 2018

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://centricbrands.com

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