Business Development Specialist
Skills
Deal SourcingDealsFinancial LiteracyIdentifying New OpportunitiesLead GenerationMergers & AcquisitionsResearch Skills
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Experience in Sales, Business Development, or M&A deal origination
- Aptitude and passion for relationship management, research, & lead generation
- Exceptional etiquette, written and verbal communication skills
- Self-starter with exceptional organization, prioritization and multitasking abilities
- Fluent in English
- Completion of an undergraduate degree (Business/Economics/Finance is an asset)
- Experience using Salesforce (or other CRM)
Nice to have
- Curious
- Mature interpersonal skills
- Financial literacy
- Software industry experience
- Fluency in another language
Day to day
- Work closely with the M&A team to lead origination efforts in the UK, Ireland, and Europe
- Identify, qualify, and target new businesses for acquisition opportunities
- Source new acquisitions, develop relationships with decision-makers, perform deal origination activities for vertical market software businesses
Hiring process
- Interviews
- Written exercise
- Assessment day
- Presentation