Business Development Manager / Director

PURPOSE & OBJECTIVE

Endeavour Mining presents a unique opportunity to join its Strategy & Business Development team. Reporting to the EVP – Strategy & Business Development, the role will focus on M&A, corporate finance and strategic planning.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

M&A

• Participation in origination, sourcing, screening and prioritization of opportunities
• Assessment of acquisition and investment opportunities
• Execution of transactions: due diligence, valuation, documentation
• Project management of asset disposal processes, including process preparation (sell-side financial model, dataroom, infomemo) and management of sale process.

Strategic planning & financial modelling

• Core member of team running the group-wide strategic planning process
• Analysis of potential organic growth and business improvement opportunities from both a financial and strategic perspective
• Collaboration with mine sites and technical teams to challenge and prioritize strategic priorities
• Preparation of presentation materials and model outputs for senior management and the board
• Management of the company’s corporate financial model.
• Periodically update the corporate financial model based on developments in the business
• Continuously improving the corporate financial model to ensure it remains an agile, robust and powerful business planning tool
• Provide model scenario analysis for multiple stakeholders across the organization.

Corporate finance

• Participation in the formulation of our capital allocation strategy, including approach to capital structure and shareholder returns
• Analysis of long-term financing requirements (debt sizing and debt capacity analysis)
• Selection of relevant financing instruments / mix
• Participation in the execution of long-term financings: structuring, negotiation, documentation
• Management of banking relationships.

The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years’ work experience in positions relevant for this role: M&A, strategic planning, private equity, investment management, investment banking, equity research, project finance) with transaction track record
• Metals & Mining background
• Advanced financial modelling experience essential
• Technical background is a plus (e.g. mining engineering, geology)
• Second language (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian) is a plus
• Engineering, accounting or business degree.

ENDEAVOUR MINING

Overview

Endeavour is a leading global gold producer and the largest in West Africa with two mines in Côte d’Ivoire (Ity and Lafigué), two mines in Burkina Faso (Hounde and Mana) and the Sabodala-Massawa mine in Senegal. Endeavour has one of the most exciting organic growth track record and pipeline, with a strong portfolio of development exploration assets on the highly prospective Birimian Greenstone Belt across West Africa.

Endeavour is committed to principles of responsible mining and delivering sustainable value to its employees, stakeholders and the communities where it operates.

Our strategy

Endeavour’s strategy is focused on increasing the quality of its portfolio to create a leading African gold producer with long life mines and low All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC). This will be achieved with an unrelenting focus on operational excellence, developing projects on time and on budget, unlocking value through exploration, maintaining a healthy balance sheet and actively managing the portfolio, based on capital allocation efficiency and return on capital employed.