Strategy & Corporate Development Analyst

The Company

Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work?

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.

The Team and Job Summary

As the Strategy and Corporate Development Analyst, you will report to the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) 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 60 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 Strategy & Corporate Development Analyst who will focus on strategy development, corporate development support, and specific strategy initiatives, including assessing opportunities and approaches in areas such as construction defect capabilities. The ideal candidate is hungry; exhibits intellectual curiosity and creativity; has exceptional communication, project management, problem solving, and negotiation skills; has experience diligencing market competitors and intelligence; and has excellent business judgement.

Job Responsibilities

• Strategy Development
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of existing business operations
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders on market analysis, competitive landscape and industry developments, growth potential, profitability, and strategic opportunities
  • Act as a researcher and custodian of external secondary information sources (reports/databases), utilizing external resources for research
  • Manage the top-down growth model
  • Contribute to the development of strategy narratives and templates for transaction preparation
  • Partner with the banker team on Confidential Information Memorandums
• Corporate Development
  • Help translate strategic priorities into M&A targets in collaboration with external parties
  • Learn and support internal processes and analytics related to transactions
  • Create business cases and presentations
• Strategic Initiatives
  • Evaluate opportunities and strategies for growth and value creation
  • Work across practices to implement and track cross-fucntional projects
  • Coordinate activities among internal and external senior management teams

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3+ years of corporate strategy, private equity, financial advisory, or other consulting and financial services experience
• Experience in a similar corporate development and operations roles
• Rigorous analytical skills – including building financial models, valuation analysis, performing competitive research and benchmarking, market segmentation and sizing
• Ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights
• Excellent research skills and ability to synthesize information
• Strong communication and presentation skills to effectively convey strategic findings
• Robus project management skills – track record of coordinating and successfully delivering several concurrent high-quality, cross-functional projects with explicit timelines
• Understanding of financial statements and key financial metrics
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Knowledge of industry dynamics and competitive landscape

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.

• Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed
• Flexible Time Off policy
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k Match
• Commuter Benefit

A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $125,000 - $150,000. 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

• Must be comfortable to work in a semi-remote environment
• Must be able to sit for long period of time
• Must be flexible to work outside of the 8:30am – 5:30pm business hours if needed
• Must be flexible to travel as needed (approximately 25% of time)

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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Please explore what we’re all about at www.jsheld.com.

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.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request for a reasonable accommodation, please email [email protected] and include “Applicant Accommodation” within the subject line with your request and contact information.

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