TransPerfect Connect
Vice President, Corporate Development
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Vice President, Corporate Development
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About TransPerfect
Founded in 1992, TransPerfect is the world’s largest provider of language and AI-enabled business solutions, operating in more than 100 cities worldwide. The company supports global organizations across life sciences, legal, financial services, media, and technology sectors by delivering multilingual, technology-driven solutions that power international growth.
Position Overview
The Vice President, Corporate Development is a senior executive position:
- Reports to the COO
- Works closely with the SVP, Corporate Development
- Responsible for driving diversification through buy-side acquisitions
- Manages due diligence, integration planning, and operational optimization
- Combines:
- Strategic vision
- M&A execution leadership
- FP&A expertise
- Ensures that capital deployment, acquisition integration, and performance management initiatives generate measurable enterprise value
- Partners closely with:
- Executive leadership
- Finance
- Legal
- HR
- Global business unit leaders
- Goal: Accelerate sustainable, scalable growth
Core Responsibilities
Corporate Development & Buy-Side Acquisitions
- Support end-to-end buy-side M&A execution:
- Target evaluation
- Valuation
- Due diligence
- Deal processing
- Develop financial models
- Structure transactions to optimize:
- Capital efficiency
- Tax positioning
- Risk mitigation
- Negotiate:
- Purchase agreements
- Working capital adjustments
- Present:
- Investment cases
- Financial impact analyses to executive leadership
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Financial & Accounting Leadership (M&A Focus)
- Oversee:
- Accounting and financial due diligence across international targets
- Quality of Earnings (QoE) assessments
- Working capital analyses
- Ensure proper:
- Valuation of intangible assets
- Goodwill recognition
- Impairment testing
- Oversee integration post-acquisition:
- Financial consolidation
- Harmonization of accounting policies
- Partner with:
- Auditors
- Advisors
- Ensure compliant financial reporting
Post-Merger Integration & Business Optimization
- Support:
- Financial and operational integration of acquired entities
- Implement:
- KPI frameworks
- Financial dashboards to track synergy realization
- Drive:
- Margin improvement
- Cost optimization across business units
- Standardize:
- Internal controls
- Reporting structures
- ERP integration
- Identify opportunities for:
- Automation
- Process improvement to enhance scalability
- Monitor acquisition performance against assumptions
Capital Allocation & Performance Governance
- Evaluate:
- Return on invested capital (ROIC)
- Long-term value creation metrics
- Establish disciplined capital deployment frameworks
- Support:
- Financing
- Refinancing or restructuring initiatives, as needed
- Strengthen enterprise-wide:
- Financial controls
- Risk management practices
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Required Qualifications
- CPA required
- Preferred: MBA or advanced degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics
- 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in:
- Corporate development
- M&A
- Transaction advisory
- Private equity-backed environments
- Deep expertise in:
- Buy-side acquisitions
- Post-acquisition integration
- Strong technical accounting knowledge
- Advanced financial modeling and valuation skills
- Experience leading:
- Cross-border transactions
- Global integrations
- Executive-level:
- Communication
- Board presentation experience
Preferred Experience
- Background in:
- Big Four accounting
- Transaction advisory
- Investment banking
- Experience within:
- Technology-enabled global professional services organizations
- Leadership in:
- ERP
- Financial systems integration
Core Competencies
- Strategic vision & execution
- Technical accounting mastery
- Transaction structuring & negotiation
- Financial modeling & valuation
- Operational excellence
- Change & integration leadership
- Risk assessment & governance
Impact of the Role
This executive will directly influence TransPerfect’s long-term enterprise value by combining:
- Growth strategy
- Disciplined acquisitions
- Accounting rigor
- Operational optimization
Achieves:
- Financially sound initiatives
- Operational integration
- Profitability.accretive value Positions the company for sustained global expansion.
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