Corporate Development Associate

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

JOB SUMMARY This job will work closely with the Corporate Development and Strategic Investments team on critical and value maximizing initiatives across the Highmark Health enterprise. Initiatives will span our entire portfolio of companies including businesses in health insurance and health care delivery. The incumbent will be responsible for evaluating, modeling and executing strategic opportunities including joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and venture investments. Will have exposure to a wide variety of corporate functional areas, including finance, accounting, legal and business units throughout the Company. The incumbent requires a hardworking, organized, analytical team member who can manage multiple projects. The incumbent needs to be able to thrive in a highly iterative environment where responsibilities will change frequently based on opportunities to create value.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, a scientific/technical field, or related field, or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.
• 3 years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, private equity/venture capital, and/or management consulting
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong relationship building skills
• Strong analytical ability
• Client focused with strong business acumen
• Self-starter with the ability to work under pressure independently and as part of a team
• Ability to think strategically and act proactively to create strong trust and confidence with business units
• Strong innovative problem-solving capabilities
• Experience working on M&A transactions and/or private equity investment
• Sound technical skills with valuations, financial modeling and analyses
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Ability to interact and communicate with senior executives in a professional and confident manner
• Solid research, analytical, critical thinking and creative problem solving skills

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare experience

Responsibilities

• Perform financial statement analysis, valuation and financial modeling of potential investment and M&A opportunities.
• Conduct in-depth company and industry research.
• Identify prospects and evaluate merits of potential investment opportunities.
• Assist in negotiating terms and conducting due diligence.
• Develop business cases on investment and M&A opportunities for senior management .
• Maintain group databases.
• Create and disseminate reports on financing and industry trends.
• Take initiative to make process improvements and standardize approaches.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees