Director of M&A Finance

Job Description

Director, M&A Finance | McKesson

The Tone:
This is a full-time, individual contributor role at McKesson, available remotely in the US with potential quarterly travel to Irving, TX. McKesson is an impact-driven Fortune 10 company known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable across virtually every aspect of healthcare. This position is critical for shaping the company’s long-term growth and capital deployment strategy, directly influencing key mergers, acquisitions, and capital allocation decisions. The work will have a tangible impact on the future strategic direction of a major healthcare organization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Senior Individual Contributor
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote, US (with potential quarterly travel to Irving, TX)
• Pay: $156300–$260500 yearly (for the Dallas area)
• Team: Strategic Finance team
• Mission: To serve as a trusted financial partner, providing rigorous analysis and clear insights that directly influence McKesson’s mergers, acquisitions, and capital allocation decisions.
• Tech Stack: Excel, PowerPoint, Capital IQ

What You’ll Actually Do
• Valuation Leadership: Lead the creation of comprehensive valuation analyses for M&A opportunities, employing discounted cash flow models and other relevant valuation practices.
• Due Diligence Management: Actively manage the M&A due diligence process, coordinating closely with Corporate Finance Functions to identify and assess key financial risks and opportunities related to transactions.
• Executive Communication: Effectively communicate key operating and valuation drivers to senior leadership, clearly highlighting their overall financial impact on the enterprise.
• Board Reporting: Own the preparation of detailed financial schedules specifically for M&A presentations to Senior Leadership and the Board of Directors.
• Capital Allocation Support: Review valuation analyses for capital deployment initiatives developed by various business units and provide assistance in the preparation of compelling capital presentations for both Senior Leadership and the Board.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Requires a relevant degree and typically 10 years of experience, serving as a seasoned finance leader capable of operating as an individual contributor.
• Experience: Must have at least 5 years of dedicated experience in valuation, M&A, and transaction advisory. Demonstrated capability to coordinate multiple complex projects simultaneously with minimal direction and effectively interact with business units across the organization.
• Skills: Possesses exceptional financial modeling skills, including weighted average cost of capital (WACC) calculation, discounted cash flow modeling, market multiple analysis, and leveraged buyout analysis. Proficient in financial reporting knowledge, covering income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, net working capital, and capital expenditures. Exhibits exceptional written and verbal communication skills to clearly and concisely summarize key trends and analyses for senior leadership and other stakeholders.
• Bonus: Experience utilizing Capital IQ is preferred.