# Associate, Corporate Development

**Company:** [Kraken](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/kraken)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Business Development
**Salary:** $83k – $167k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Financial Modeling, valuation, advanced excel, SQL, dcf, trading comparables, precedent transactions, Data Analysis, irr, moic
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Supports global M&A and strategic investment activity through due diligence, financial modeling, valuation analyses, screening memos, portfolio monitoring, and executive deal materials. Requires a bachelor's degree and 4+ years of relevant investment banking, investing, consulting, or startup experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead due diligence across live transactions with cross-functional direct responsible individuals (DRIs).
- Organize and maintain data rooms, schedule diligence and debrief sessions, and draft consolidated diligence reports.
- Build initial operating models, trading comparables, precedent transactions, DCF and returns analyses, and accretion/dilution support.
- Produce first-pass screening memos and company teardowns on inbound opportunities.
- Support ownership of the venture investment portfolio by maintaining deal-term inventories, collecting quarterly portfolio-company KPI updates, and tracking valuation marks with IRR/MOIC per position.
- Maintain rolling forecasts of deal-related cash outflows, including consideration, holdbacks, and earnouts, for FP&A and Treasury.
- Prepare executive deal materials and Board pages, including supporting data analysis.
- Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, Finance, Actuarial Science, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience at a leading investment bank, venture capital firm, private equity firm, management consultancy, or startup.
- Strong ability to understand and scrutinize business models, including financials, mechanics, and quality, within a financial institution.
- Excellent financial modeling and valuation skills.
- Demonstrated problem-solving, writing, deal-memo, and storytelling skills.
- Advanced Excel and experience with data analysis tools.
- Ability to work independently and fluidly across multiple live, high-priority transactions in parallel.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Proficiency with SQL.
- Strong network in crypto and/or traditional financial markets.
- Technical background or strong knowledge of industry software products and services.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation information was not included in the job description.

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