M&A Analyst

Gyde•Austin, TX

11h•$100,000 - $120,000•Remote

About The Position

Gyde is reimagining the insurance brokerage industry by building the first AI-native insurance brokerage platform. This platform aims to automate operations, power intelligent voice and chat experiences, and predict the right coverage and products for individuals and businesses. Gyde acquires traditional brokerages and transforms them into data-driven organizations using its platform, enabling agencies to run more efficiently, serve clients more personally, and scale faster. The company is seeking individuals excited to redefine healthcare access and understanding through AI systems, build production-grade voice, chat, and predictive models in a regulated domain, launch technologies that augment human judgment, and contribute to reinventing the industry. The founding team has experience from Oscar, Stripe, Vista Equity Partners, and Alpine, and the company has secured $60M in financing led by Lightspeed, with participation from Optum Ventures, Crystal Venture Partners, Virtue, MVP Ventures, and others.

Requirements

1-3 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, transaction advisory / Quality of Earnings, or strategy consulting
Strong command of accounting and financial statements, and the ability to build a three-statement or deal model from a blank spreadsheet
Command of the mechanics: EBITDA normalization, addbacks, valuation multiples, debt and equity financing, and returns analysis (MoM and IRR)
A practical, daily user of AI tools who knows how to get reliable output from them while retaining human judgement
Meticulous attention to detail; your numbers tie, your sources are cited, and your assumptions are labeled
Clear, concise writer who can turn a complex analysis into a recommendation a decision-maker can act on
Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of ownership; you want to run the work, not just support it
Able to manage multiple live deals and competing deadlines without dropping the details

Nice To Haves

Exposure to insurance distribution, brokerage, or healthcare services preferred; familiarity with commission-based revenue models a plus

Responsibilities

Build and maintain the financial models behind every deal, including EBITDA bridges, quality-of-earnings adjustments, valuation, sources and uses, and returns.
Spread and normalize seller financials, tax returns, and carrier commission statements into one clean, defensible set of numbers.
Pressure-test seller addbacks and revenue quality, including owner compensation, one-time items, carrier concentration, renewal versus new business, and producer dependency.
Draft the analysis, charts, and recommendations that go into investment committee memos, and help shape deal structure (earnouts, rollover equity, and retention).
Screen inbound and outbound targets against Gyde’s acquisition criteria, and keep the live deal pipeline and deal trackers current and accurate.
Run diligence request lists end to end across financial, legal, compliance, and tax workstreams, tracking open items and chasing sellers for what is missing.
Coordinate with third-party advisors on Quality of Earnings, tax, and legal diligence, and translate their findings into model and structure changes.
Support signing and closing: purchase agreement schedules, working capital, funds flow, and closing checklists.
Build and improve the AI-assisted workflows, templates, and scorecards that make Gyde’s deal process faster and more repeatable.
Hand off clean deal data and context to the Value Creation team so every acquired agency starts integration with a clear baseline.