Corporate Development Associate
About The Position
The Corporate Development team partners closely with senior leadership to drive Cloud Software Group’s most critical strategic initiatives. The team leads all aspects of the M&A lifecycle, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments, and also supports broader corporate strategy initiatives such as long-range planning, capital allocation, and cross-functional value creation efforts. We are seeking an Associate to own and support a range of strategic and analytical workstreams. This role provides regular exposure to senior leadership and business unit executives and the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional teams including Finance, Product, Operations, and Legal. The Associate will contribute to evaluating strategic opportunities, supporting transaction processes, and developing financial models, valuation analyses, and analytical frameworks used to inform major strategic and capital allocation decisions across the company.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, or a related field
- 2 - 5 years in a relevant analytical role
- strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities, experience building financial models and conducting valuation analysis, ability to synthesize complex information and communicate insights clearly, strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple workstreams, comfort working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
Nice To Haves
- T ypical backgrounds include : investment banking, private equity, venture capital, consulting, transaction / deal advisory, valuation, corporate finance / financial planning and analysis
Responsibilities
- Strategic Analysis : Develop financial and operational analyses to support key decision-making. Build financial models and analytical frameworks used to evaluate acquisitions, partnerships, and internal strategic initiatives
- Transaction Execution : Support the evaluation and execution of M&A transactions, strategic investments, and partnerships. Contribute to valuation analysis, financial due diligence, and coordination of cross-functional diligence workstreams (Legal, HR, Product, Finance, etc.)
- Executive Materials : Prepare investment memoranda, transaction summaries, strategic analyses, and presentation materials used in discussions with senior leadership to support key strategic and capital allocation decisions
- Pipeline Development : Help maintain the company’s deal pipeline by identifying, screening, and evaluating potential acquisition targets and strategic opportunities. Conduct market research and competitive analysis to support opportunity assessment
Benefits
- U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, 401(k) plan and company match, among others.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
