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Job Description Summary
The Senior Manager, Corporate Development Finance reports to the Head of Corporate Development Finance, supporting the evaluation and execution of inorganic growth opportunities across the organization. This role is responsible for providing financial leadership and analytical rigor across mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, joint ventures, partnerships, and other strategic initiatives. The individual will support the corporate development team with due diligence, financial analysis, valuation, and executive-level decision support to help drive long-term value creation and portfolio growth.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
Partner with the Head of Corporate Development Finance, corporate development team and senior business leaders to evaluate and execute a broad range of strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, joint ventures, partnerships, and licensing opportunities.
Support financial assessment and valuation activities throughout the transaction lifecycle, including financial modeling, business case development, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and investment return evaluation.
Develop and review complex financial models to assess strategic opportunities, transaction structures, synergies, accretion/dilution impacts, and value creation potential.
Support financial due diligence processes by evaluating target company financial performance, forecasts, risks, accounting considerations, working capital requirements, and synergy opportunities.
Prepare executive-level presentations and investment committee materials that communicate key financial insights, risks, assumptions, and recommendations.
Partner closely with corporate development, FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and business leadership teams to ensure comprehensive evaluation and alignment throughout transaction processes.
Support post-transaction financial planning activities, including integration planning, synergy tracking, performance monitoring, and value realization assessments.
Manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining high standards of financial rigor, accuracy, and execution excellence.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
Minimum of 5-10 years of progressive finance experience, including experience in financial due diligence, transaction advisory, investment banking, valuation, corporate development, private equity, or strategic finance.
Demonstrated experience developing complex financial models, valuation analyses, and investment cases to support strategic decision-making.
Experience supporting M&A transactions, strategic investments, divestitures, joint ventures, or other Business finance initiatives.
Strong understanding of financial statements, valuation methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, comparable company analysis, and transaction modeling.
Experience supporting financial due diligence processes and evaluating business performance drivers, risks, and value creation opportunities.
Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to synthesize complex financial information into clear recommendations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate financial insights to executive stakeholders.
Proven ability to collaborate across functions and influence decision-making within a matrixed organization.
High standards of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time.
Gehc · Chicago