Associate, Corporate Development
About The Position
The Associate, Corporate Development will partner directly with the Vice President of Cooper Components to execute strategic acquisitions end-to-end — from sourcing and evaluation through diligence, transaction execution, and post-close integration. This is a unique hybrid role that blends traditional corporate development responsibilities with hands-on portfolio management. This position provides direct exposure to operating businesses and P&L ownership post-close, creating a true builder’s path within a growing platform. The ideal candidate combines strong financial modeling expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to collaborate across Finance, Operations, HR, Legal, and Executive Leadership during transaction evaluation and integration planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field required
- Financial modeling and PowerPoint expertise required
Nice To Haves
- MBA or CPA preferred
- Direct exposure to M&A transactions, due diligence preferred
- Experience in industrial, energy, manufacturing, or field service environments preferred
- Advanced financial modeling and valuation expertise
- Strong operational and commercial acumen
- Ability to transition seamlessly between strategy and execution
- High attention to detail with executive-level synthesis capabilities
- Project management and stakeholder coordination skills
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments
- Interest in industrial services, manufacturing, and natural gas compression markets
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a proactive pipeline of acquisition targets aligned with Cooper Components’ strategic priorities
- Conduct outreach to founder-owned and private equity-backed businesses
- Apply screening frameworks to prioritize targets
- Maintain pipeline tracking tool
- Build integrated financial models
- Analyze revenue quality, margin structure, working capital, and EBITDA adjustments
- Prepare investment memos and Board material
- Project manage cross-functional diligence workstreams (finance, tax, legal, HR, operations, commercial)
- Coordinate external advisors
- Manage deal timelines to drive successful closings
- Execute 100-day integration plans
- Stand up reporting structures and KPIs
- Partner with functional leaders to align processes, systems, and teams
- Track synergy realization and value capture
- Support full P&L oversight of newly acquired business units within Cooper Components
- Partner with local leadership to drive revenue growth, gross margin expansion, and operational efficiencies
- Support pricing, cost reduction, and working capital improvement initiatives
- Prepare monthly and quarterly performance reporting for executive leadership
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
