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About the Role
The Corporate Development team is responsible for all M&A activity, minority investments, and strategic partnerships. The Manager of Corporate Development will assist with the end-to-end M&A process, including target research, due diligence, financial valuation, and deal execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead on financial models, in collaboration with business and finance teams
- Support end-to-end M&A transactions, including due diligence, valuation, development of business case, deal execution and legal documents
- Manage interactions during transaction process with internal working group, external advisors, and seller / target
- Develop and maintain potential acquisition target list, by working with business division leadership to understand strategic growth priorities
- Support with drafting Investment Memos for Cengage Group executives and Board
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree, preferably in a relevant field such as business or finance
- 3-5 years relevant work experience in investment banking, M&A advisory, private equity, corporate development / M&A
- Prior experience at an education, media or technology firm is useful but not required
- M&A due diligence and deal execution experience
- Strong financial and valuation modeling skills and understanding of financial statements
- Strategic and analytical thinking, solid project management and problem-solving skills
- Effective communications skills, written and verbal, with the ability to develop rapport and credibility across the organization and convey analysis and proposals succinctly
- Self-starter with strong attention to detail and focus on outcomes, who is also highly collaborative and able to lead cross-functional teams
Skills
- Financial modeling
- M&A due diligence
- Deal execution
- Financial valuation
- Strategic thinking
- Analytical thinking
- Project management
- Problem-solving
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Attention to detail
- Collaboration
- Team leadership
Location
- Remote US-based
Work Type
- Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3-5 years relevant work experience
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree
Salary/Compensations
- $101,900.00 - $132,450.00 USD
Benefits
- Discretionary incentive bonus program
About the Company
- Cengage is a global education technology company serving millions of learners, providing affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready.
- For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms.
- We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide.
- Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Equal Opportunity
- Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.
- Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com.