Senior Analyst, Corporate Development

Company Description

J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets.

The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

Job Description

As the Senior Analyst, you will report to the Vice President, Corporate Development in a high-growth organization. J.S. Held's acquisition and lift-out strategy has been a critical element of that growth. J.S. Held has closed on over 65 acquisitions since 2015 and anticipates continuing on this growth trajectory.

This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial, highly driven individual with a well-rounded skill set to join the Corporate Development team. This is a pivotal role, helping shape our future growth and continue our highly acquisitive strategy. Our Corporate Development team is responsible for acquisitions and lift outs, bringing new and innovative capabilities, enhancing existing ones, and expanding our footprint and market opportunities. Our Corporate Development team partners closely with senior leaders across our business units to execute our long-term strategy.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Analyst who will play an integral role on the M&A deal team, leading the financial and quantitative evaluation of all J.S. Held acquisitions. The primary duties will include leading pre-acquisition financial due diligence, research, and quantitative analysis, including building valuation models, creating M&A target business cases and investment review decks for the J.S. Held Investment Committee and Board audiences, and supporting the project management of acquisitions during the due diligence stage. The ideal candidate is hungry; exhibits intellectual curiosity and creativity; has exceptional communication, project management, excel and powerpoint skills, problem solving, and negotiation skills; has experience diligencing market competitors; and has excellent business judgement.

With the support of Kelso, a leading private equity firm, we're focused on scaling our commercial strategy and expanding our market impact.

Job Responsibilities

• Corporate Development

Support key tasks related to preliminary target diligence, such as NDA negotiation, requests for information, and initial financial model & business case

Qualifications

Compensation and Benefits

J.S. Held understands all our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team's needs.

A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $110,000-$140,000. Any offered salary range is based on a wide array of factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, training, location, scope of role, management responsibility, etc.

Physical and Mental Job Qualifications

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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EEO and Job Accommodations

We embrace diversity and our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering. We are greater when we are equal!

J.S. Held is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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