Associate, Corporate Development

Mariana Minerals • Houston, TX

3d

About The Position

The Associate, Corporate Development is the analytical engine of Mariana Minerals’ Corporate Development team, building the models, materials, and diligence work that underpin the company’s financing and transaction activities. The role offers direct exposure to senior management and counterparties from day one, working on live deals. The team operates across corporate finance, project finance, M&A, structured commercial transactions, and investor relations, and works directly with the CEO, CFO, and commercial leadership. The Associate will also help build the team’s tools, models, data pipelines, and workflows on MarianaOS.

Requirements

• 2–4+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, or corporate development.
• Strong financial modeling skills, including building models from a blank page and building and auditing complex, integrated models.
• Clear, concise written communication and polished presentation materials.
• High ownership and attention to detail, with the ability to run multiple workstreams in parallel.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to project finance, natural resources, or infrastructure transactions.
• Familiarity with mining concepts, including reserves and resources, technical reports, and commodity pricing.
• Comfort with Python, SQL, or tools beyond Excel.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain project-level DCFs, life-of-mine models, financing structures, returns and sensitivity analyses, and corporate funding plans.
• Prepare investor presentations, lender materials, board materials, and internal decision memos.
• Run diligence workstreams, including managing data rooms, coordinating technical, legal, environmental, and market advisors, and tracking and responding to diligence requests.
• Analyze and benchmark transaction terms, including offtake, prepayment, and debt term sheets, and support negotiations.
• Track comparable transactions and peer companies to inform valuation and strategy.
• Help build the function’s tooling on MarianaOS, including models, data pipelines, and workflows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level