M&A Execution Associate

Solen Software Group

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The M&A Execution Associate is a high-ownership deal execution role responsible for leading the full due diligence process across Solen’s active acquisition pipeline. You will own diligence end-to-end—from LOI through close—serving as the central operator who scopes workstreams, manages internal teams and third-party advisors, synthesizes findings, and translates a data room into a clear, defensible point of view for the investment committee. You will partner closely with corporate development, portfolio leadership, finance, and legal, and you will be a primary point of contact for sellers, bankers, and counterparty advisors. Success in this role comes from combining deep transaction craft with sharp business judgment—moving fast without breaking discipline, and consistently producing diligence outputs that hold up under owner-grade scrutiny.

Requirements

• 2 years of investment banking experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of executed transactions.
• Mastery of financial modeling; able to build from a blank sheet without a template.
• Strong command of accounting and QoE concepts, including working capital normalization and net debt mechanics.
• Excellent written communication—can turn a messy data room into a tight, decision-grade memo.
• High integrity, low ego, strong executive presence; comfortable in ambiguity and energized by ownership.
• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record; concentration in finance, accounting, economics, or a quantitative field preferred.
• Based in or willing to relocate to New York City.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to vertical-market software, B2B SaaS, or other recurring-revenue businesses.
• Experience working directly with private equity sponsors, evergreen holding companies, or software consolidators.

Responsibilities

• Own the full due diligence process across live transactions, including commercial, financial, operational, technology, legal, tax, and HR workstreams.
• Scope diligence, build and maintain the master diligence calendar, run working sessions, and drive workstream owners to clear, on-time outputs.
• Select, scope, and manage external advisors (QoE, consulting, legal, tech, insurance) with rigor on cost, quality, and timeline.
• Synthesize hundreds of pages of diligence output into a sharp investment thesis, key risks, and a defensible recommendation—owner-grade, not academic.
• Build and maintain detailed financial models from a blank sheet; pressure-test management projections against diligence findings.
• Lead working capital, net debt, and quality-of-earnings analyses in partnership with QoE providers; develop a clear point of view on adjustments.
• Translate diligence findings into bid mechanics: purchase price, structure, earnouts, escrows, and reps & warranties positioning.
• Maintain valuation rigor across cases tied to specific operating drivers.
• Draft IC memos, deal updates, and board materials that translate complex diligence into the three things that actually matter for the decision.
• Maintain a single source of truth for deal status, open items, and decisions across the deal team.
• Communicate clearly and directly with senior leadership—surface risks early, frame trade-offs cleanly, and bring recommendations, not just analysis.
• Coordinate across internal stakeholders (corporate development, finance, legal, portfolio operations) and external counterparties (sellers, bankers, lenders, advisors) to keep deals on timeline.
• Support negotiation of LOIs, purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, and ancillary documents alongside legal counsel.
• Partner tightly with corporate development on opportunity evaluation, target screening, and management meetings.
• Own structured post-close transition handoff to integration and portfolio operations teams—diligence findings, value creation hypotheses, open risks, and Day-1 priorities.
• Provide feedback loops that sharpen Solen’s diligence playbooks, scorecards, and execution standards over time.

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead deal execution within an evergreen software compounder with a long-duration ownership model.
• High-ownership role with meaningful influence on capital deployment and acquisition outcomes.
• Direct exposure to senior deal leadership and a clear path to broader investing responsibility.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

What This Job Offers

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