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Stantec's Support Teams provide Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Marketing & Communications, Risk Management, and Shared Services administrative support services to approximately 12,000 employees operating out of more than 190 locations in North America and 4 locations internationally. Through this support infrastructure, we are poised to help Stantec reach its vision of becoming and remaining a top 10 global design firm.

Stantec is One Team providing Integrated Solutions.

We have an opportunity for a Director, Acquisitions to join our Acquisitions and Strategic Planning team in Edmonton. This individual will provide advice for the decision making and implementation of acquisitions and related activities, and will manage and execute all aspects of a deal's lifecycle.

• Seek out and analyze acquisition opportunities for the company. To maintain a dialogue with relevant stakeholders and other intermediaries to ensure acquisition opportunities are identified
• The director will be involved in prioritizing various acquisition candidates, often requiring constant communication with such target and other Stantec leadership over a long period of time.
• To work with distributed leadership to encourage and support growth opportunities.
• Review target companies and oversee due diligence on potential transactions across all relevant functions, including the use of external consultants and appointment of and project managing in-house specialists
• Obtain internal approvals, negotiate commercial terms and execute definitive agreements, and assist with post-merger integration of target into the organization.
• Evaluate approach and develop "best practices".

• Educated to degree level (ideally law or finance)
• Demonstrated experience in acquisitions. Prior experience in understanding strategic value and the acquisition process.
• Demonstrated experience in formal integration process to generate results consistent with company expectations.
• Strong leadership and communication skills. Able to lead complex and demanding projects whilst managing multidisciplinary and multicultural team.
• Able to demonstrate strong legal and/or accounting background and depth of understanding.
• Can demonstrate from previous experience capability in negotiating detailed commercial contracts.
• Have a good working knowledge of commercial and financial issues, company and commercial law, taxation, employment policies and plans, laws and regulations that affect acquisition activities and company restructuring.
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• Comfortable operating at senior leadership level and representing the Group at high levels.
• Able to demonstrate operational experience and working with multi-cultural and international environments.
• Position requires extensive flexibility to travel and the ability to work successfully with other operations and integration personnel, company owners, brokers, financial consultants and legal personnel.

Competencies & Behaviors

• Proven negotiation capability.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, the ability to think and act on both strategic and tactical levels;
• Strong business orientation evidencing the ability to approach business issues from multiple functional and/or operational perspectives;
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including a superior attention to detail; Superior interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills, must be capable of effectively presenting ideas to senior management and influencing key decision makers;
• Team player. This person will lead individuals that do not report directly.
• Good business judgment with an ability to challenge plans and assumptions and take an independent stance when appropriate
• Capable of managing diverse and demanding requirements;
• Requires extensive travel as well as the ability to work on-site for extended periods of time.