Director of Finance - M&A

About the Role The Director, Finance M&A is a newly created role within FP&A, responsible for partnering with commercial and operational leaders to analyze acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships. The role leads financial analysis during due diligence, drives integration planning, and establishes post‑close reporting structures. It reports to the SVP of FP&A and reports to executive leadership. Job Responsibilities Lead financial analysis for acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships on buy‑side and sell‑side. Own the FP&A 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. Collaborate closely with Corporate Development to improve deal evaluation using FP&A’s data and planning processes. Own end‑to‑end M&A scenario planning, 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 for leadership review. Own post‑close financial integration: reporting structures, chart of accounts alignment, and financial process setup for newly acquired or divested businesses. Oversee synergy realization and integration cost commitments. Act as financial integration lead across Finance, Accounting, Treasury, and Tax during the post‑close period. Develop financial frameworks to evaluate portfolio composition, ROIC, and capital deployment across inorganic activity. Support CFO, FP&A, and Investor Relations with M&A related financial narratives for earnings, board materials, and management presentations. Contribute to Finance Transformation objectives by building a repeatable, disciplined M&A finance playbook. 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. 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, emphasizing business partnering and assumption development. Experience working across commercial and operational functions to align on synergy targets and integration plans. Post‑close financial integration experience is a plus 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. Clear, direct communicator who can synthesize complex analysis for CFO, CEO, and ELT. Preferred Qualifications 7+ years in investment banking, corporate development, FP&A, or a dedicated M&A finance function. Experience in publishing, technology, information services, data/analytics, or SaaS. EEO Statement Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact View email address on click.appcast.io for assistance. Salary Base pay range: 145,200 USD to 212,800 USD (United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, or Spain). #J-18808-Ljbffr 1001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.