Corporate Development & Capital Investment Manager

UL Solutions•Chicago, IL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Dual role responsible for supporting both corporate development and capital planning initiatives at UL Solutions. On the corporate development side, this individual manages the M&A transaction process, including valuation, due diligence, deal structuring, and presentation. Within capital planning, this individual leads capital forecasting and multi-year capital planning models and will also support strategic investment opportunities under consideration. Role involves substantial collaboration and presentation interaction with the UL Solutions senior leadership team, including Customer Operating Unit, Segment and Corporate Function leaders.

Requirements

University degree (Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree) in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration plus generally six to eight year’s professional level experience in corporate development, strategic finance, investment banking, private equity and FP&A.
Advanced degree and/or CPA.
Global M&A experience a plus.
Ability to execute all phases of a transaction.
Ability to develop and oversee enterprise forecasting models, conduct project return analyses, and leverage complex datasets and stakeholder insights to support strategic decision-making.
Ability to interpret financial statements and analyze historical performance for possible M&A opportunities and internal strategic investments.
Can independently develop financial projections for Income Statements, Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements.
Ability to assess investment opportunities against strategic priorities and develop the supporting analyses and materials needed to advance capital investment decisions.
Ability to gather and interpret complex information from diverse sources in a wide variety of forms.
Ability to identify issues, collect data, establish facts, and present conclusions in situations where few decisions-making guidelines exist.

Nice To Haves

Global M&A experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Supports business leaders in the identification of acquisition targets and cultivation of new investment opportunities.
Ensures growth opportunities are aligned to strategic initiatives.
Manages the development of financial projections for acquisition targets and investment initiatives.
Performs discounted cash flow analysis to determine valuations and/or financial returns.
Capable of performing other valuation / returns analysis as necessary.
Drive capital forecasting, and multi-year capital planning models, coordinating with key stakeholders to track project-level progress and consolidate details to drive budgeting and prioritization decisions.
Lead post-investment return analyses for large strategic capital investments and develop portfolio-wide tools, methodologies, and performance metrics to enhance investment tracking, accountability, and capital allocation decisions.
Manages the due diligence process for both acquisitions and large strategic investments, coordinating activities across multiple workstreams and integrating the findings into final analysis and investment evaluation.
Assist with the preparation of presentations that support the approval of acquisitions or capital investments by the UL Solutions executive leadership team and the Board of Directors.
Leads transaction negotiations in conjunction with the legal team to work towards signing and closing of the transaction
Reads and follows the UL Solutions Code of Conduct, and follows all physical and digital security practices.
Performs other duties as directed.