Strategy & Business Development - Associate / Manager

Doosan Corp•South Windsor, CT

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Associate or Manager, Strategy & Business Development, you will help drive the company’s highest-priority strategic and growth initiatives. Working closely with senior leaders across the organization, the Associate or Manager will operate at the intersection of corporate strategy, strategic finance and business development. The role will combine rigorous financial and market analysis with hands-on execution of strategic initiatives, new business opportunities, and partnerships. Depending on experience, the successful candidate will either support or independently lead key analyses and workstreams, with increasing responsibility for developing recommendations, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and driving initiatives from analysis through execution. This is an opportunity for an individual with a strong foundation in investment banking, investing, management consulting, corporate development, or a similarly rigorous analytical environment to transition into a broad operating role with exposure to executive decision-making, energy markets, customers and major corporate initiatives. Level will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, capabilities, and demonstrated scope of responsibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Business or another quantitative discipline
Associate: typically, ~3-5 years of relevant experience; Manager: typically, ~5-8 years of relevant experience in -- investment banking, investment management, private equity, management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development or a similarly rigorous analytical environment. Level and title will be determined based on experience, capabilities and demonstrated scope of responsibility.
Strong financial modeling, valuation and financial statement analysis skills.
Demonstrated ability to analyze public companies and synthesize financial, strategic and market information into an investment or strategic point of view.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to structure and solve complex, ambiguous business problems.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex analyses into concise, executive-ready insights.
High level of ownership, attention to detail and execution discipline; ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across functions.

Nice To Haves

Master's or additional coursework / certifications in strategy, analytics, or finance are a plus.
Investment banking or investing experience, particularly within Power & Utilities, Energy, Industrials, Infrastructure, Technology or related sectors.
Strong familiarity with public markets, capital markets, public-company financial reporting and investor perspectives.
Exposure to IPOs, equity capital markets transactions, investor-facing work or public-company readiness initiatives.
Experience conducting company, industry and investment analysis and developing comparable company / valuation frameworks.
Familiarity with Capital IQ, AlphaSense, FactSet, Bloomberg or similar platforms.
Interest in energy, power infrastructure, data centers and emerging energy technologies.

Responsibilities

Drive or support, depending on experience, execution and performance management of the company’s portfolio of strategic initiatives, including annual and long-term KPI establishment, performance monitoring, cross-functional coordination and identification of areas requiring management action.
Partner with Finance and other functions to translate the company’s strategic priorities, market outlook and competitive positioning into fact-based analyses supporting major strategic and capital-markets decisions.
Conduct scenario, sensitivity, valuation and investment analyses to support executive decision-making and capital-markets readiness.
Develop recommendations on the strategic and economic implications of major growth opportunities, investments and commercial decisions.
Develop concise, executive-ready analyses and recommendations for senior leadership.
Conduct market research, market sizing and industry trend analysis across technologies, customers, competitors and potential growth markets.
Analyze public companies using financial statements, SEC filings, earnings materials, investor presentations and valuation frameworks; perform comparable company and competitive benchmarking analyses.
Develop investment-style perspectives on competitors and relevant public-market peers, including business model, growth, profitability, valuation and investor positioning.
Translate market and competitive intelligence into implications and recommendations for company strategy.
Support and, depending on experience, lead early-stage engagement with prospective customers and strategic partners.
Develop financial and commercial models to evaluate potential opportunities and partnerships.
Assess customer economics, project economics, pricing structures and alternative commercial models.
Support the structuring, negotiation and evaluation of strategic partnerships and other growth opportunities.
Prepare customer and partner presentations, proposals, and other commercial materials.