Corporate Development Associate

Dartmouth Partners are partnered with a high growth PE backed industrials business that are looking for a corporate development associate to contribute to the evaluation and execution of M&A opportunities and strategic initiatives; including acquisitions, investments, divestitures, and strategic projects & partnerships for the business.

Responsibilities:

Deal preparation & sourcing – identify potentially relevant target companies based on defined acquisition criteria

• Support creation and regular updates of strategic M&A goals and alignment with company objectives
• Curate and regularly update list of criteria
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify potential targets
• Monitor industry trends and provide insights to inform decision-making
• Bring relevant targets to management team for consideration
• Build and maintain relationships with external partners and advisors

Deal Process

• Manage all process documentation e.g. NDA, obtaining CIM, LOI etc.
• Review CIM and other materials and provide executive summaries and recommendations
• Create initial outside-in hypothesis and align with business on key value drivers and risk areas
• Support due diligence on target companies and support compilation of required output (with external advisors as appropriate)

Financial modelling and analysis

• Perform detailed financial analysis – develop comprehensive valuation and synergy models to calculate value of acquisition target and size of transaction
• Perform sensitivity analyzes to assess changes in the value of the acquisition target across a variety of scenarios (macro-economic and commercial variables)
• Conduct detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis supporting business case development

Transaction support

• Own preparation and presentation of investment recommendations to Executive Team
• Participate in financial and commercial negotiations with counterparties on behalf of the organisation as part of potential transactions

Execution Support (10%)

• Support business in creation of integration plans and ensure owners
• Run hand-over session with business owners
• Set up post acquisition tracker to monitor achievements compared to investment case

Core Competencies

Job Related:

• Strong valuation knowledge and strong understanding of financial and accounting principles
• Ability to execute financial modeling efforts at a high level, and ensuring consistent quality and accuracy of analysis
• Rigorous analytical skills – including valuation analysis, performing competitive research and benchmarking, market segmentation and sizing
• Progressive experience in top-tier investment banking, private equity, or corporate development roles, with a focus on the industrial/manufacturing sectors

Cultural:

• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization and work collaboratively
• Must possess a high degree of initiative and resourcefulness in completing work with limited guidance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Strategy/Planning

• Industries

  Investment Banking

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