Overview In this high-impact role, you join Embark's Corporate Development team to drive growth through acquisitions and strategic investments. You will contribute across the full deal cycle, applying rigorous financial and strategic analysis to identify opportunities and advance them toward closure. The role blends cross-functional coordination with hands-on modeling, diligence, and deal documentation in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture. You will shape integration efforts post-close and leverage AI tools to enhance pipeline, diligence, and reporting. This is a unique chance to influence a growing private-equity-backed firm and accelerate value creation.
Compensation / Benefits- Unlimited PTO
- Comprehensive healthcare (100% premiums for you and your family)
- Base salary $140,000 - $170,000 + bonus
- 401K with 50% match up to 6%
- Fully paid parental leave
- Wellness stipend ($150 monthly)
Responsibilities- Own financial modeling, valuation, and returns analysis
- Coordinate diligence workstreams across finance, legal, IT, compliance, and operations
- Support target identification and deal sourcing (market research, founder meetings, cold outreach) and maintain target database
- Conduct market, financial, and competitive research to identify opportunities that enhance enterprise value
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and external advisors throughout the transaction process
- Draft letters of intent, investment committee memos, deal recommendations, and Board materials
- Review quality of earnings findings and evaluate net working capital pegs, purchase price adjustments, and closing mechanics
- Model deal structures including earnouts, seller notes, and rollover equity, and support negotiation of key economic terms
- Partner with business leaders to ensure successful integration and onboarding of acquired companies and achievement of investment objectives
- Support financing workstreams and prepare lender and sponsor reporting materials
- Support broader corporate development initiatives, including applying AI tools to pipeline screening, diligence review, and deal reporting
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree or equivalent; MBA or CFA welcome but not required
- 3 to 6 years of M&A experience at an investment bank, private equity firm, or corporate development team
- Strong Excel modeling skills (full three-statement forecasting and LBO/returns analysis) and solid accounting fundamentals
- Familiarity with the full transaction lifecycle; due diligence, financial and business analysis, negotiation
- Professional or business services M&A experience a plus, but not required
- Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple deals and projects simultaneously
- Self-starter with high work ethic
- Executive presence and ability to build trust with management teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication, concise in writing, speech, and presentations
- Excel modeling (three-statement forecasting, LBO/returns)
- Due diligence
- Market research
