Carriage Services Looking for Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (M&A) at Houston, TX Full Time

Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (M&A)

At Carriage Services, we are committed to being the most professional, ethical, and highest quality funeral and cemetery service organization in our industry. With more than 200 funeral homes and cemeteries located throughout the United States, we are focused on continuing our growth trajectory by adding an energetic, bright, collaborative individual to join our team.

This newly created role will help lead our Corporate Development efforts by working collaboratively with executives and other leaders on identifying target markets and businesses, building relationships and strategic plans, and leading valuation assessments of potential acquisition candidates in partnership with other internal teams.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is both highly analytical and a “people person” looking to join a company with a passion for people and significant opportunity for growth. Key components of this opportunity include:

• Helping lead the identification, development, analysis, and successful execution of M&A transactions, including management of our acquisition target pipeline;
• Focusing on developing inorganic growth strategies through mergers and acquisitions;
• Working collaboratively with other leaders on valuation models for acquisition opportunities;
• Helping manage the due diligence and data gathering process for acquisitions; overseeing the diligence data room and coordinating requests across internal and external stakeholders;
• Preparing internal presentations and documents for proposed transactions and preparing other areas of analysis on an ad-hoc basis;
• Researching relevant demographic trends and the competitive landscape to support our growth strategy; and
• Applying rigorous quantitative analyses to acquisitions and other strategic initiatives, including valuation methodologies with revenue, cost, and key operational drivers and related metrics.

What You Need (Minimum Education and/or Work Experience Requirements):

• Minimum 3 years of experience in internal or a consultative M&A role;
• Bachelor’s Degree;
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly and succinctly articulate complex problems and solutions/recommendations; and
• Excellent judgment, mature personality, positive attitude and experience working with executives

Ideally, You’d Have (Ideal, but not Required Qualifications / Experience):

• MBA; and
• Experience contributing to a national growth strategy for a company in the services or hospitality industries

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Physical Setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: One location