John Hancock
Transaction Manager (Finance)
Job Description
Manulife Investment Management, Timberland and Agriculture is a leading globally focused timber and farmland investment manager, with AUM of around $14 billion and a portfolio of assets located in North America, Latin America, and Australia. Its Agriculture platform invests in and manages around $4 billion in investments, with a highly diversified farmland portfolio in terms of commodities and geographies.
Through its Farmland Plus strategy, Manulife's Ag platform seeks to invest in vertically integrated agricultural operations, in which it intends to deploy significant resources (people and capital) to grow the business (i) organically through myriad value creation initiatives, as well as (ii) via M&A and acquisition of additional farmland.
The person taking in the role of Transaction Manager for the Farmland Plus team will be a key driver of deal analysis and due diligence efforts, supporting the team throughout the entire lifecycle of an acquisition process, from deal origination, analysis, due diligence, integration planning and take-over.
Purpose: Support deal execution for the Farmland Plus team for new platforms, as well as add-on acquisitions for existing portfolio companies seeking to expand their footprint. From time to time, this person may support standard farmland transactions outside of the Farmland Plus team.
Accountabilities:
The tasks outlined below will be executed in partnership with other teams within Manulife, including Legal, Valuation, Finance, Strategy, Operations, Acquisitions, and others involved to varying degrees throughout a deal lifecycle:
Experience:
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About John Hancock and Manulife
John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States, and Manulife globally, including Canada, Asia and Europe. We provide financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. Assets under management and administration by Manulife and its subsidiaries were CAD$1.3 trillion (US$1.1 trillion) as of June 30, 2021. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife can be found at manulife.com .
One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than 10 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance , annuities , investments , 401(k) plans , and education savings plans . Additional information about John Hancock may be found at johnhancock.com .
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