Corporate Development Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton • McLean, VA

3d • $99,000 - $225,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Serve as a lead on the Corporate Development team, supporting the deal lifecycle for joint ventures, minority investments, and mergers and acquisitions. The role works closely with the company’s technology accelerator and corporate venture teams and helps evaluate Booz Allen’s broader corporate financial and market strategy across its sectors. It applies corporate finance, accounting, and knowledge of business models such as services and software to develop dynamic financial statement models and financial metrics.

The role assesses strategic financial alternatives using merger consequences analyses, including accretion and dilution, leveraged buyouts, discounted cash flow, sum-of-parts, public trading comparables, precedent transactions, and IRR or ROI returns modeling. It executes M&A and other inorganic investment and transaction processes in coordination with senior corporate and market leaders. The position requires understanding the defense or government ecosystem, major commercial technology trends and players, and the operational, legal, and financial structures of complex business collaborations. Work includes leveraging dual-use technologies, cross-functional stakeholder engagement, and cross-sector negotiation. U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of work performed within the facility.

Requirements

• Experience as part of corporate development, investment banking, strategic partnerships, or growth investing.
• Experience with alternative business models such as equity investments, M&A, or joint ventures.
• Knowledge of working with complex financial models for various deal structures.
• Ability to structure complex problems, deliver insights and recommendations, and identify key risks.
• Ability to work across teams to build operational P&Ls.
• Ability to scope and define strategy for various investment options.
• Ability to prioritize work streams appropriately and move among differing tasks quickly.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of work performed within the facility.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information, identify issues, and recommend solutions proactively.
• Ability to brief senior audiences clearly and concisely.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Support the deal lifecycle across strategy, valuation, financial modeling, and negotiation for joint ventures, minority investments, and mergers and acquisitions.
• Work closely with the company’s technology accelerator and corporate venture teams.
• Assist with evaluating Booz Allen’s broader corporate financial and market strategy across its sectors.
• Use corporate finance, accounting, and knowledge of services and software business models to inform dynamic financial statement modeling and financial metrics.
• Assess strategic financial alternatives through merger consequences analyses, including accretion and dilution, leveraged buyout, discounted cash flow, sum-of-parts, public trading comparables, precedent transactions, and IRR or ROI returns modeling.
• Execute M&A and other inorganic investment and transaction processes in coordination with senior corporate and market leaders.
• Apply understanding of the defense or government ecosystem, commercial technology trends and players, and the operational, legal, and financial structures of complex business collaborations.
• Leverage dual-use technologies, cross-functional stakeholder engagement, and cross-sector negotiation.
• Work across teams to build operational P&Ls.
• Scope and define strategy for various investment options.
• Prioritize work streams and move among differing tasks quickly.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Dependent care.
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible for Booz Allen benefit programs; employees below that threshold are eligible only for select offerings, excluding health benefits.

What This Job Offers

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