Director of Finance M&A

Wiley is executing a focused portfolio transformationthrough M&Ato accelerate its evolution as a research and learning company. The Director Finance M&A is a newly created role within FP&A to give that agenda the dedicated capacity and business partnership it requires.

The role partners closely with commercial and operational leaders to align on revenue assumptions growth drivers and synergy commitments translating these discussions into robust financially sound transaction analyses. It requires credibility and influence across Corporate Development the business units and the operational teams ultimately responsible for delivering synergies.

This is a highvisibility executionfocused role with direct exposure to the CFO CEO ELT and external stakeholders offering a clear development path toward senior leadership within FP&A or Corporate Development. The role reports to the SVP of FP&A.

Job Responsibilities:

Transaction Analysis & Business Partnering

• Lead financial analysis for acquisitions divestitures and strategic partnershipsonbuy-side and sell-side
• Own the Finance workstream during due diligence: quality of earnings working capital synergy modeling and integration/separation cost estimation
• Partner with business and operational leaders to develop and pressure-test revenue assumptions growth drivers and synergy targets ensuring financial models reflectproper valuation
• Collaborate closely with Corporate Development bringing FP&As proximity to internal data business context and financial planning processes to improve deal evaluation

FP&A M&A Integration

• Own hypotheticalM&Ascenario planning end-to-end relieving capacity pressure on the broader FP&A team
• Translate active and pending transactions into the operating financial plan: carve-outs integration budgets stranded cost analysis and pro forma modeling
• Maintain a live deal pipeline tracker with financial context updated for leadership review on a regular cadence

Post-Close Financial Integration

• Own post-close financial integration working within FP&A to establish reporting structures chart of accounts alignment and financial process setup for newly acquired or divested businesses
• Oversee all traditional post close activities includingbut not limited tosynergy realizationand integration cost commitments
• Serve as the financial integration lead across Finance Accounting Treasury and Tax during the post-close period

Capital Allocation & Reporting

• Develop financial frameworks to evaluate portfolio composition ROIC and capital deployment across inorganic activity
• Support CFO FP&A and Investor Relations with M&Arelated financial narrative for earnings Board materials and management presentations
• Contribute to Finance Transformation objectives building a repeatable disciplined M&A finance playbook that institutionalizes best practices across the team

Team & Resource Management

• Manage contingent and/or offshore analyst support to flex capacity with deal activity
• Build and advance due diligence templates integration checklists and scenario planning frameworks that make the broader FP&A team more effective over time

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience in investment banking corporate development FP&A or a dedicated M&A finance function
• Demonstrated experience contributing to financial due diligence on buy-side and/or sell-side transactions with particular emphasis on business partnering and assumption development alongside modeling
• Experience working across commercial and operational functions to align on synergy targets and integration plans is strongly valued
• Post-close financial integration experience is a plus but not required
• Industry background in publishing technology information services data/analytics or SaaS preferred but not required
• Strong financial modeling and valuation skills: DCF accretion/dilution synergy builds working capital and quality of earnings analysis.
• Fluency in separation accounting carve-out financials and stranded cost modeling
• Exceptional business partnering skills able to engage credibly with commercial and operational leaders and translate qualitative business insight into financial assumptions
• Clear direct communicator who can synthesize complex analysis for the CFO CEO andELT

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 years in investment banking corporate development FP&A or a dedicated M&A finance function.