Corporate Development & Portfolio Optimisation Manager

Our client is a diversified Australian investment and operating group with strategic interests across industrial services, energy, equipment distribution, and media. Through a combination of operational involvement and capital allocation, it supports growth initiatives, M&A activity, and transformation strategies within its investments.

Its corporate development function plays a key role in evaluating new opportunities, optimising portfolio performance, and identifying synergies across its business units and investments.

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Key Responsibilities

• ‍Investment Portfolio Management & Development
  
  • Manage and monitor a portfolio of listed, unlisted, and venture investments.
  • Review financial performance and provide insights to senior executives.
  • Evaluate business cases, financial forecasts, and investment strategies.
  • Conduct competitor analysis and market research.
  • Identify and assess opportunities for portfolio optimisation, including M&A, restructuring, dilution, and divestment.
  • Research and evaluate new investment opportunities across various industries and sectors.

• ‍Portfolio & Asset Review Committee
  
  • Lead the monthly PARC process, including agenda setting and preparation of investment papers and reports.
  • Identify and present group-level growth opportunities (adjacent or opportunistic).
  • Maintain and update a strategic watchlist of corporate and business unit-level investment opportunities.
• ‍Corporate Development & Strategic M&A
  
  • Support or lead the due diligence process for acquisitions, divestments, and strategic investments.
  • Conduct market assessments, company overviews, and review of investment plans.
  • Assist in the development and execution of roll-up or adjacent acquisition strategies.
  • Build and review valuation models, return analyses, and investment scenario modelling.
  • Contribute to divestment processes by managing data delivery, financial projections, and value creation plans for external stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with finance, tax, and accounting teams to evaluate financial aspects of transactions.

Ideal profile

• Demonstrated experience in investment analysis, identifying and evaluating mergers and acquisitions.
• Demonstrated understanding of legal, accounting and tax issues from investments / M&A
• Business and commercial acumen.
• Demonstrated negotiation ability.
• Experience in stakeholder management.
• High level of interpersonal skills, ability to influence people or groups.
• High level of judgement and discretion.
• Highly developed problem solving and time management skills.
• Exceptional oral, written communication and presentation skills.

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Apply now, or reach out to Nick Hill at nhill@eastpartnership.com.au for a confidential discussion.

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Job Ref: 1391937