Associate Corporate Development Merger & Acquisitions

Description:

We’re looking for a curious and data-driven person to join our M&A team, focused on sourcing and evaluating new deals. You’ll get hands-on exposure to the full deal process. That starts with creating a database of suitable opportunities, screening them and reaching out to founders. It then moves to crunching the numbers, building valuation models, running return analyses (payback, multiples) and drafting investment memos.

No prior deal experience required. You need the right mindset, comfort with numbers and a genuine interest in the world of technology, business and finance.

You are a great fit if:

• You can communicate clearly - whether it's summarising a pitch deck, writing up your findings, or jumping on a call with a founder, you get your point across without the fluff
• You take initiative - you don't wait to be told what to do next, you spot what needs doing and get on with it
• You're organised and reliable - when you're juggling multiple deals and deadlines, nothing slips through the cracks and the team can count on you
• You're hungry to learn - you don't need to know everything on day one, but you're the type who asks good questions, absorbs feedback fast, and wants to grow quickly in a deal-driven environment
• You're genuinely into tech and software - you follow the space, you notice trends and you’re curious about how SaaS businesses actually make money: recurring revenue, retention and margins.
• Numbers don't scare you - You’re comfortable digging into P&Ls, balance sheets and cash flows, building models in Excel, and figuring out what the story behind the spreadsheet is.
• You’re curious about valuation - You want to understand what a business is worth and why, using multiples, IRR, payback and upside/downside scenarios.

Responsibilities:

• Source M&A software deals and do market research, spotting trends, with a focus on recurring revenue businesses.
• Conduct initial outreach to founders (product/finance review calls) and screen decks and financial data against our acquisition criteria (revenue, recurring share, margins, growth, customer concentration) to determine the investment opportunity.
• Qualify and report investment opportunities with competitive benchmarking (growth, margins, valuation multiples), and gather pre-due-diligence data.
• Analyse financial data and conduct “first-pass” pre-due-diligence, including normalising historical financials and assessing revenue quality and cash conversion.
• Build preliminary valuation models with scenario analysis, return analyses (IRR, payback) and implied multiples (EV/Revenue, EV/EBITA, P/E).
• Draft investment memoranda summarising business model, traction metrics, valuation, risks and upside potential after acquisition.
• Support PnL analysis, due diligence process coordination and process alignment.
• Handle other current matters related to M&A activities.

What do we offer?

• When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued - and that you are rewarded for your great work!
• Ability to make an impact, develop own ideas/solutions and deliver on your commitments
• Opportunity to work with an excellent team of people
• Hybrid work (2 days in the office, 3 days remote) with flexible working hours
• Private medical insurance in Lux Med and Multisport card
• When onboard, we will keep to our promise and make sure you feel valued - and that you are rewarded for your great work!