About the role

  • Build and maintain a prioritized target list across key financial categories (accounting, financial close, document automation, fixed assets, revenue recognition, intercompany, and adjacencies)
  • Source opportunities by establishing and managing relationships with founders, bankers, and investors; execute outbound outreach to qualify fit with FinQuery's mission and technology
  • Conduct strategic fit analysis using the build/buy/partner framework, sizing the market, and estimating deal quality (ARR mix, churn, cross-sell potential)
  • Assess product and technical alignment with the contract-driven subledger strategy, identifying risks (on-prem vs. cloud, channel-sourced customers, customer concentration)
  • Build comprehensive acquisition models, including ARR bridges, revenue retention, synergies, integration costs, and EBITDA impact
  • Perform scenario and valuation analysis (ARR/EBITDA multiples, DCF)
  • Partner with Finance on working capital, deferred revenue, and purchase accounting.
  • Manage the M&A process: Including preparing investment committee/board materials, coordinating diligence across all functional teams, supporting LOI/definitive agreement negotiations, tracking risks, and providing go/no-go recommendations
  • Maintain deal files and report progress to leadership
  • Manage post-close integration: translate the deal thesis into a 100-day plan, partner on GTM/CS cross-sell motions, track performance against the model, and identify non-core revenue exits
  • Conduct market and competitive analysis to inform the 3-5 year product and M&A roadmap, evaluating adjacencies for build, buy, or integrate decisions
  • Support CEO/CFO with board materials, strategic narratives, and investor communications

Requirements

  • 5-7 years total experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, strategy, or a mix
  • Experience in B2B SaaS, accounting software, fintech, or workflow automation
  • Strong financial modeling skills and ability to translate strategy into numbers
  • Proven experience running or supporting end-to-end M&A processes
  • Excellent business writing and presentation skills for executive and board audiences
  • Comfort working on multiple deals and strategic projects at once
  • High integrity and discretion handling sensitive company and target information
  • Strategic thinker who can zoom in on details
  • Operator mindset who follows through on integration
  • Curious about accounting and the office of the controller
  • Direct communicator who builds trust with founders and internal stakeholders
  • Organized and deadline-oriented

Benefits

  • Annual employee development program stipend of $2,000 for each employee
  • Mentorship program (available immediately)
  • Sabbatical program (4 weeks after 5 years of service)
  • Advancement opportunities based on results
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • Signing stipend for a work-from-home setup
  • Great health benefits with multiple plan option
  • Flexible PTO (including 11 holidays and your birthday off)
  • Free gym membership at our office (Atlanta HQ)
  • Casual dress environment (when in office)
  • Catered lunches every Tuesday & Thursday (when in office)
  • Parental Leave Benefits
  • Fertility/Adoption Assistance
  • Annual tutoring stipend for your children (pending eligibility)

Job title

Director, Corporate Development – Strategy

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$123,121 - $206,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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