Corporate Development Analyst

KitchenPark; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dynamic team member for its Corporate Development team. This role involves collaborating with senior executives on strategic projects, including M&A and fundraising. You will create financial models, assist in due diligence, and develop compelling presentations. If you're passionate about finance and strategy, and possess strong analytical and communication skills, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment. Join a team that values innovation and strategic thinking, and contribute to exciting projects that shape the company's future.

Qualifications

• Strong logical and analytical skills are essential for this role.
• Ability to build and adjust SQL queries independently.

Responsibilities

• Build financial models and assist in due diligence for ongoing deals.
• Leverage data sets for compelling pitches and negotiation strategies.

Skills

SQL

English Communication

Analytical Skills

Financial Modelling

Presentation Skills

Job description

In this role, you will be working as a core team member of CSS’ Global Corporate Development team, working with our senior team to support multiple strategic Corporate Development projects (i.e. M&A, Fundraising, Strategic Partnerships).

This will mean that you will often be working closely with some of our most senior executives, and working on the most strategic and exciting projects that are happening across its multiple business lines.

In your day to day, you will work hand in hand with our different internal teams to create financial models, co-create world class presentation materials, assist with structuring and managing due diligence on ongoing deals and leveraging internal and external data sets to build compelling pitches and negotiation approaches.

Key Responsibilities:

• In your day to day, you will work hand in hand with our internal teams to:
• Build financial models
• Assist with structuring and managing due diligence on ongoing deals
• Leverage internal and external data sets to build compelling pitches and negotiation angles

Required Qualifications:

• SQL (Need to have) - Should be able to independently build upon / adjust existing queries and extract and manipulate data to support our activities
• English: Spoken and Written (Need to have)
• Structured and clear communicator (Need to have) - Should be able to clearly and concisely present his points and defend the logic of their suggestions in front of a senior audience
• Strong logical and analytical skills (Need to have)
• Financial Modelling (Need to have) - Should be able to create elegant, logical financial models when given a brief
• Presentation Building Skills (Need to have) - Should be able to put together a compelling presentation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Arabic: Spoken and Written (Nice to have)