Director of Corporate Development

Jensen Hughes

4d • $130,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Jensen Hughes is seeking a Director of Corporate Development to support the company's global acquisition strategy. This role is centered on financial acumen, Excel modeling, transaction analysis, and the development of clear, executive-ready presentation materials. The successful candidate will help evaluate acquisition opportunities, build valuation and return models, prepare investment recommendations, and support M&A transactions from initial screening through diligence, closing, and integration planning. The position offers significant exposure to senior leadership, private equity stakeholders, investment bankers, business owners, and operating executives across a global organization. Primary emphasis: financial modeling, valuation analysis, acquisition economics, and high-quality presentation development. Sourcing, diligence, legal coordination, negotiation, pipeline management, and integration support are also important parts of the role.

Requirements

• 10 – 12 years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, transaction advisory, M&A consulting, or a related finance and transaction-oriented role.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including valuation, acquisition returns, payback calculations, sensitivity analyses, and scenario modeling.
• Exceptional PowerPoint skills, with the ability to produce executive-ready, visually clear, well-structured presentations.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to interpret company financial statements, quality of earnings findings, and key business drivers.
• Familiarity with M&A transaction processes, diligence coordination, legal documentation, and negotiation dynamics.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy, discretion, and professional judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with senior executives, founders, external advisors, and private equity stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience evaluating professional services, consulting, engineering, architecture, environmental, fire protection, or technical advisory businesses.
• Experience in a private equity-backed or acquisitive corporate environment.
• Exposure to both proprietary deal sourcing and competitive auction processes.
• Experience supporting post-merger integration or acquisition onboarding activities.
• International transaction experience or experience working across multiple geographies.

Responsibilities

• Build detailed acquisition models to evaluate target company performance, valuation, returns, payback, financing impact, and transaction economics.
• Analyze historical and projected financial performance, including revenue, EBITDA, margin trends, working capital, cash flow, and key operating drivers.
• Prepare valuation analyses using relevant methodologies, including comparable companies, precedent transactions, EBITDA multiples, discounted cash flow, and scenario-based returns.
• Develop sensitivity analyses around purchase price, growth, margin expansion, integration costs, synergies, earnouts, and timing assumptions.
• Support recommendations on acquisition pricing, transaction structure, rollover equity, earnouts, and other commercial terms.
• Create polished PowerPoint presentations for executive leadership, the Board of Directors, investors, and Investment Committee discussions.
• Convert complex financial, operational, commercial, and diligence findings into clear, concise, decision-oriented slides.
• Prepare acquisition screening summaries, investment memoranda, diligence readouts, transaction updates, pipeline materials, and strategy presentations.
• Develop slide narratives that clearly articulate strategic fit, financial attractiveness, key risks, valuation rationale, and recommended next steps.
• Support acquisitions from initial evaluation through closing, including screening, valuation, diligence, negotiation support, documentation, and integration planning.
• Coordinate diligence workstreams across finance, operations, human resources, technology, legal, tax, insurance, and other functional areas.
• Participate in negotiations with business owners, investment bankers, intermediaries, and advisors, including both proprietary processes and competitive auctions.
• Review and help coordinate key transaction documents, including letters of intent, purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, employment agreements, and related legal materials.
• Manage multiple active transaction workstreams while maintaining strong attention to detail and deadlines.
• Maintain and improve the corporate development pipeline, including target lists, outreach status, prioritization, valuation metrics, and transaction progress.
• Conduct market mapping and industry research to identify attractive acquisition candidates in fire protection, engineering, consulting, risk, security, and related technical services markets.
• Support proactive outreach to founders, business owners, executives, investment bankers, and M&A intermediaries.
• Develop outreach materials and acquisition pitch messaging that communicate the Jensen Hughes value proposition clearly and professionally.
• Assist with post-acquisition integration planning, including financial reporting, operating cadence, communications, systems, people-related activities, and synergy tracking.
• Help translate diligence findings into practical integration priorities and risk mitigation actions.
• Support leadership teams in ensuring a smooth transition for acquired company employees, clients, and founders.

Benefits

• retirement plan
• healthcare coverage
• a broad range of other benefits

What This Job Offers

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