Our Harris UK Portfolio is looking to hire a Business Development Specialist to work closely with the Harris UK Portfolio M&A team in leading the company’s mergers and acquisition (M&A) origination efforts in the UK, Ireland, and Europe. The location of the role is flexible; remote candidates across the United Kingdom will be considered.
Reporting directly to the Manager of M&A Business Development, this position will play a key role in identifying, qualifying, and targeting new businesses for acquisition opportunities.
In this role you will be responsible for sourcing new acquisitions, developing relationships with key decision makers and performing deal origination activities related to vertical market software businesses.
The ideal candidate is a people-person, someone who is inherently curious, has mature interpersonal skills and a passion for creating meaningful relationships. Prior business development experience is a requirement. While no formal financial training is required, basic financial literacy and/or a software industry experience is an asset.
THE ROLE
The Business Development Specialist will play a key role in our M&A team, driving acquisition activity by researching and engaging shareholders & executives of software companies in the UK, Ireland and Europe.
· Directly engage the decision makers at software businesses to identify, maintain and nurture acquisition opportunities for Harris, using a suite of communication and customer relationship management tools
· Maintain and deepen relationships with our existing network of acquisition targets
· Effectively communicate Harris’ investment strategy, while ensuring that the investment process is handled with care and professionalism
· Support the M&A team in qualifying potential company targets
· Track activities and maintain relevant information in Salesforce
· Generate and report on leads, set up qualified appointments and move opportunities through the M&A pipeline to our deal team
· Some travel required
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
· 3+ years of experience in Sales, Business Development, or M&A deal origination
· Aptitude and passion for relationship management, research, & lead generation
· Exceptional etiquette, written and verbal communication skills
· Self-starter with exceptional organization, prioritization and multitasking abilities who thrives on new challenges and takes initiative.
· Fluent in English (Fluency in a language other than English is an asset)
· Completion of an undergraduate degree (Business/Economics/Finance is an asset)
· Experience using Salesforce (or other CRM)
Experimentation is part of what we do at Harris. All candidates will be considered, if you think you may be a good fit for the role, we want to hear from you.
ABOUT HARRIS COMPUTER
Harris’ strategy focuses on acquiring software businesses, strengthening and managing them well, and growing them for the future. Our companies provide mission-critical software solutions to a global customer base across various vertical markets. We are a part of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU), one of the world’s most active acquirers of software businesses.
