Merger and Acquisitions Consultant

*About our company *

We are a consulting and startup accelerator looking for a dynamic, creative thinker, well organized, and results oriented M&A Consultant who wants to lead the acquisition or merger of emerging scalable technologies that will disrupt sectors in the Travel, Entertainment, and Social spaces. Our company SYNERGY started by helping startups and mid-sized companies build, launch, and scale their products. We specialize in implementing niche strategies to help startups and growing companies to scale. Our goal is to add enormous value through leveraging technology that optimizes powerful consumer insight, engagement and data thus efficiently guiding companies identify growth opportunities.

We have an exciting career opportunity for a Mergers & Acquisitions Consultant in our Stamford, CT or Boston, MA offices. As part of our team you will work independently to help deliver effective targets and solutions to our partners. As a Mergers & Acquisitions Consultant, you will report directly to the CEO.

SYNERGY’s aim is to partner with later stage startups or large enterprises seeking to identify additional avenues of growth through internal innovation by mergers and acquisitions. In this case the M&A Consultant is instrumental in developing strategies to identify and evaluate acquisition candidates. Acquisition targets are determined by the firm's strategic goals, which are established by the CEO and COO. Based on SYNERGY’s current portfolio of technologies, the acquisition candidates may be competitors or firms that sell complementary products. The merger may be horizontal to expand into new geographic markets, or vertical to acquire additional product lines.

Your Impact As A Mergers & Acquisitions Consultant

Job Responsibilities

Utilize internal and external sources and databases for client and industry research
Communicate with internal stakeholders, acquisition targets or their representatives
Write due diligence reports, white papers, and newsletters
Work with and assist the executive team in establishing relationships, converting due diligence targets to ongoing clients, and developing opportunities
Be viewed as a thought leader (creative thinking and innovation); proven credibility (knowledge/trust) both externally as well as internally
Identify and Communicate the value that SYNERGY brings even to the most challenging problems companies are trying to solve in the verticals of Branding, Data, and Travel
Prepare proposals and make technology demo presentations to clients

Required Experience

Ability to work on multiple projects at one time - Ability to balance 3 potential acquisitions
Project management – coordinate activities and information flow from a group of people within specified time frame
Detail orientation, but ability to draw conclusions and see big picture
Communication (written and oral) – ability to communicate well with C level decision makers
Strong ability to develop relationships / build confidence of others (both internally and externally)
Financial – basic understanding of financial statements
Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs

Preferred Experience
Background in Technology or Venture Capital