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About the Role

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the long-term success of the organization and shape the future of our business. The Corporate Strategy team oversees the firm's organic growth strategy, M&A agenda, and new strategic initiatives, reporting directly to the CEO. As a VP, you will contribute across both strategy and M&A, evaluating investment and acquisition opportunities, driving deals from origination through close, and representing Arcesium externally.

Responsibilities

Support the Head of Strategy and team members across deal processes, including target identification, financial modeling, due diligence coordination, and transaction execution.
Contribute to the acquisition pipeline through proactive sourcing and evaluation of candidates aligned with strategic priorities.
Develop a robust and scalable approach to investing in earlier-stage companies.
Prepare high-quality materials for executive and board-level audiences, including deal memos and strategic analyses.
Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders (Finance, Legal, Product, HR) across transaction and integration workflows.
Represent Arcesium across the investment ecosystem, with investment bankers, PE sponsors, venture investors, and other potential counterparties.
Build and maintain a network of relationships that generates proprietary deal flow and strategic intelligence.
Help design new strategic initiatives as the strategic agenda evolves.
Define scope and opportunity of strategic initiatives and set KPIs.
Conduct market research to substantiate and validate opportunities.
Partner with Product, Technology, and Commercial teams to agree on opportunities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree; MBA or advanced degree a plus.
7–12 years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, principal investing, private equity, venture capital, or a combination.
Demonstrated experience running or significantly contributing to deal processes (M&A, minority investments, or growth equity).
Strong financial modeling skills (LBO, DCF, venture return frameworks).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Self-starter with a bias for action, comfortable with ambiguity, and capable of driving outcomes independently.
Prior exposure to financial technology, data infrastructure, B2B SaaS, or capital markets technology preferred.
Experience in a corporate development function at a technology company, or a principal investing role with meaningful deal ownership preferred.
Experience leveraging AI and LLM tools to make corporate development work more efficient preferred.

Skills

Financial modeling
M&A
Deal processes
Strategic planning
Market research
Relationship building
AI and LLM tools

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

7-12 years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
MBA or advanced degree

Salary/Compensations

$270,000 - $320,000

Benefits

Variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus (guaranteed in the first year of hire)
Medical and prescription drug coverage
401k contribution matching

About the Company

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by sophisticated financial institutions.
We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow’s challenges, anticipate risks, and design advanced solutions.
Financial technology is a high-growth industry.
Arcesium is at an interesting time in its growth, looking to leverage its market position and expand operations.
We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration.
We empower employees to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate professional development.

Equal Opportunity

Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.