M&A Strategic Finance Manager

DEUTZ•Norcross, GA

17h

About The Position

DEUTZ is creating this role to support the growth of its Americas Service business through organic expansion and acquisitions. The M&A Strategic Finance Manager will serve as a financial partner across Americas Service acquisition businesses, contributing to deal evaluation, post-close integration, financial performance tracking, and value creation. The role is an individual-contributor position with broad cross-functional exposure to Finance, Accounting, Transformation, Strategy, and acquisition-level business leadership, as well as potential exposure to DEUTZ’s Energy, Engines, and New Tech business units. This position will establish and improve the financial foundation for a growing, multi-entity business. It will develop analyses and decision-support tools, strengthen financial processes and reporting, support acquisition and integration work, and help leadership identify and execute initiatives that improve revenue, margins, EBITDA, cash flow, and returns. The role is based in Norcross and anticipates domestic and international travel of up to 50%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
5–8 years of progressive experience in corporate finance, accounting, strategic finance, FP&A, corporate development, investment banking, transaction services, audit, or a related area.
Strong command of finance and accounting fundamentals.
Experience improving or implementing financial systems and processes, such as ERP and planning or reporting tools, in a growing or changing environment.
Demonstrated ability to work in entrepreneurial or decentralized environments where financial processes, systems, controls, or data may not be standardized or fully developed.
Strong project management and organizational skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects or processes under tight, concurrent deadlines.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to distill complex analysis into clear recommendations for operational and executive audiences.
Ability to travel when required.

Nice To Haves

CPA, CFA, or MBA.
Experience in industrials, manufacturing, equipment, aftermarket/service, or a multi-entity or acquisitive environment.
Familiarity with operating across business units or within a matrixed, international organization.
Demonstrated experience with financial modeling, forecasting, and performance analysis; M&A or integration exposure is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Serve as the strategic finance connection point among Americas Service acquisitions, sharing best practices and supporting cross-business initiatives.
Lead and support strategic financial initiatives across the Americas Service organization, from business-case development through execution.
Build financial analyses, models, scenarios, and KPIs to support capital allocation, pricing, and investment decisions.
Partner with business leaders to translate operational plans into financial forecasts and targets.
Support acquisitions through financial due diligence, valuation, investment-return analysis, and synergy modeling.
Own key finance-workstream activities for post-close integration, including execution of workflows identified during diligence.
Track post-acquisition financial performance against synergy, working-capital, capital-investment, and other value-creation assumptions; identify variances and partner with leadership on corrective actions.
Analyze revenue, margin, cost structure, net working capital, and other financial performance across Service acquisition businesses.
Assist with management reporting, budgeting, and forecasting cycles for the unit.
Use financial KPIs to identify improvement opportunities and strategic finance initiatives.
Deliver clear, decision-ready analysis and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Develop and execute financial and accounting strategies for a growing, multi-entity business.
Collaborate with finance resources to improve or establish financial systems, processes, controls, reporting infrastructure, forecasting tools, and data flows.
Help ensure accounting practices are sound, compliant, and consistent as the business grows and integrates acquisitions.
Support finance performance initiatives and participate in regular reviews of financial and operational performance with DEUTZ and acquisition leadership.
Build repeatable execution plans for financial initiatives that can be used across acquisition businesses.
Assess the financial health and maturity of newly acquired businesses and establish prioritized post-merger integration and value-creation plans for reporting, controls, cash management, working capital, and financial visibility.
Develop scalable financial standards, processes, reporting packages, and KPI definitions for current and future acquisitions while accounting for individual business needs.
Drive improvements in cash conversion, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, billing discipline, collections, and working capital.
Establish profitability reporting by customer, location, service line, product, or other relevant dimensions to identify margin leakage and improvement opportunities.
Partner with Strategy, Transformation, and operating leadership to identify and execute initiatives that improve revenue, margin, EBITDA, cash flow, and return on invested capital.
Define financial integration roadmaps that determine what should be standardized immediately and what should transition over time as acquired businesses integrate into DEUTZ processes, systems, and governance.
Identify gaps in financial and operational data, establish interim solutions when needed, and work with Finance, IT, and business leadership to build sustainable reporting architecture.
Proactively identify financial risks, performance gaps, and emerging trends and recommend actions to leadership.
Help develop and continuously improve a repeatable financial integration playbook for future Americas Service acquisitions.
Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.