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    Associate, Corporate Development

    Kraken
    United Kingdom•Canada
    Remote
    Mid Level
    Full Time

    Requirements

    • •Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from a university 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.
    • •Excellence in understanding and scrutinizing business models (financials, mechanics, quality) within a financial institution.
    • •Excellent financial modeling and valuation skills.
    • •Demonstrated problem solving skills, writing experience (deal memos), and storytelling skills on industry trends, implications, and pain points.
    • •Advanced Excel and experience with data analysis tools.
    • •Ability to work self-directed and fluidly across multiple live, high-priority transactions in parallel.

    What You'll Do

    • •Lead due diligence across live transactions with cross-functional DRIs, organize and maintain the data rooms, schedule diligence and debrief sessions, and draft consolidated diligence reports.
    • •Build initial operating models, trading comparables and precedent transactions, DCF and returns analyses, and accretion / dilution support.
    • •Produce first-pass screening memos and company teardowns on inbound opportunities.
    • •Support ownership of our venture investment portfolio: maintain the deal-terms inventory (ownership, instrument, pro-rata, information rights, board / observer seats), collect quarterly portfolio-company KPI updates, and track valuation marks with IRR / MOIC per position.
    • •Support the M&A cash obligations backbone with the rolling forecasts of deal-related cash outflows (consideration, holdbacks, to earnouts) for FP&A and Treasury.
    • •Prepare executive deal materials, Board pages, to supporting data analysis.
    • •Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

    Nice to Have

    • •Proficiency with SQL.
    • •Strong network in crypto and/or traditional financial markets is a plus.
    • •Technical background or strong knowledge of industry software products and services.

    About Kraken

    Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that provides parachain auctions, staking, and index services.

    San Francisco, CA
    1000 - 5000
    Finance