This role is hybrid (3) days a week in Chicago Responsible for the management of M&A transactions sourcing activity including through the development of proprietary relationships with founders, private equity firms, investment banking firms and various other avenues. Responsible for full deal pipeline management for UL Solutions across the entire enterprise. In addition to transaction sourcing, the role covers M&A execution including valuation, due diligence, analysis, deal structuring, and execution presentation. Substantial work, collaboration and presentation interaction with UL senior leadership team, including Customer Operation Unit, Segment and Corporate Function leaders. + Works with business leaders in the identification of acquisition targets through the analysis of customers, products, markets, geographies, issues, and competitors. Ensures acquisition opportunities are aligned to corporate strategic objectives. + Manages the deal sourcing pipeline for UL Solutions at the corporate level across businesses. + Develops clear outreach strategies for targets of various size, including leveraging internal and external relationships. + Conducts outreach and develops relationships with selected targets and uses business leadership to position UL Solutions appropriately as a favored acquirer. + Delivers on appropriate KPIs set for acquisition sourcing. + Assist in the management of the due diligence process for select transactions including coordinating activities across multiple workstreams and integrating the findings from Legal, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Human Resources and Operations into final analysis and deal evaluation. + Manages the development of financial projections for select acquisition targets. Performs discounted cash flow analysis to determine valuations. Capable of performing other valuation/returns analysis including (i) comparable company and precedent transaction analysis, (ii) accretion/dilution analysis and (iii) return on invested capital. + Develops evaluation criteria to analyze the costs and synergies of potential acquisition opportunities. + Assist in the preparation of presentations that support the approval of acquisitions by the UL Solutions executive leadership team and the Board of Directors. + Reads and follows the UL Solutions Code of Conduct and follows all physical and digital security practices. + Performs other duties as directed. What You Will Experience Working at UL Solutions: + Mission: For UL Solutions, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 130 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do. + People: Ask any UL Solutions employee what they love most about working here, and you’ll almost always hear, “the people.” Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL Solutions. We’re able to deliver the best because we employ the best. + Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers create. We’re inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world. + Grow & Achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles. + Total Rewards: Total Rewards: All employees at UL Solutions are eligible for bonus compensation. UL solutions offers a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Additionally, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. We provide Healthcare Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts that UL Solutions contributes to twice per year! Depending on your role, you can work with your manager on flexible working arrangements. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer time off. + Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration plus a minimum of (6) years professional level experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity or a mergers and acquisitions function in a corporate environment. + Advanced degree and/or CPA + Global M&A experience a plus + Strong business development skills and background in M&A deal sourcing. + Ability to interpret financial statements and analyze historical performance for possible M&A opportunities. + Ability to independently develop financial projections for Income Statements, Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements. + Ability to analyze and interpret a wide variety of materials including financial reports, technical reports and legal documents. UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that: Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.