Corporate Development Associate

unybrands • Miami, FL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 2020, unybrands is the next-generation brand accelerator platform built to acquire, integrate, and scale digital-first consumer brands. Headquartered in Miami, with offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Shenzhen, our 240+ team brings deep expertise across e-commerce, brand management, consumer retail, operational scaling, and M&A. Since inception, we have acquired 30+ brands across Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby & Juvenile, Garden & Outdoor, Sports & Fitness, and Home & Lifestyle — completing 20+ acquisitions and delivering 16 consecutive quarters of like-for-like organic growth post-integration. Our competitive advantage lies in a fully integrated operating system purpose-built to transform digital brands into omni-channel category leaders. Powered by a proprietary technology stack built on NetSuite ERP with 200+ data integrations, our platform enables brands to thrive across marketplaces, direct-to-consumer channels, and brick-and-mortar retail. We focus on acquiring digital-first brands within carefully selected verticals, then applying tailored value creation playbooks that drive growth through innovation, expansion, and automation. We believe the next generation of consumer brands will be built differently — and we're building the AI-enabled retail tech platform to help them consolidate and win.

The Opportunity
We are seeking a highly analytical, proactive Corporate Development Associate to join a small, high-impact team working across mergers and acquisitions, strategic initiatives, and executive priorities. The Associate will support M&A from opportunity screening through post-close integration; build financial models and strategic analyses; prepare board, investor, and fundraising materials; and help drive crossfunctional business projects. This position offers uniquely broad exposure to senior leadership, including the CEO and COO, and the opportunity to earn meaningful responsibility early. Sitting at the intersection of M&A, finance, strategy, and operations, you will work directly with decision-makers on high-priority initiatives across the business.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or a similarly analytical role with transaction experience
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
• Strong written communication and the ability to summarize complex issues clearly for executive audiences
• High attention to detail; comfort working with ambiguous, imperfect, or unfamiliar data sets; and a proactive, intellectually curious, low-ego approach
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment and flexing working hours during transactions or other time-sensitive initiatives

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with e-commerce, consumer products, or the Amazon marketplace is helpful but not required

Responsibilities

• Support the full M&A transaction lifecycle, including screening inbound opportunities, researching markets and targets, and building underwriting, valuation, and returns analyses
• Drive diligence and transaction execution by analyzing data room materials, identifying discrepancies and risks, coordinating closing workstreams, and supporting post-close integration
• Build and maintain operating models, three-statement forecasts, and cash flow analyses to support M&A, capital allocation, and strategic decisions
• Translate model outputs and other analyses into clear conclusions and recommendations for senior leadership
• Prepare and update board, investor, and fundraising materials, delivering accurate, clear, decision-useful outputs on short timelines
• Help structure ambiguous, cross-functional business problems into workplans, decision materials, and implementation support
• Build business cases for commercial initiatives and track performance against them

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed