Corporate Development Specialist - M&A

Mercor; Berlin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Obsidian Berlin is seeking a hands-on corporate development professional to own in-house M&A projects from target screening to closing. You will build multi‑statement models and analyze terms to drive value.

You will draft board decks, prepare diligence deliverables, and manage integration planning with a focus on actionable recommendations. 4+ years in-house experience is preferred for this role.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in an in-house corporate development or M&A role at an operating company.
• Hands-on ownership of live transactions end to end, not support work.
• Strong financial modeling, term sheet analysis and deck preparation.

Responsibilities

• Build three-statement, DCF, comps and capital structure models.
• Draft and compare IOIs, LOIs, term sheets, and deal structures.
• Produce board materials and data packs for closing and integration.
• Lead diligence, synergy modeling and 100-day integration plans.

Skills

Financial modeling

M&A / corporate development

End-to-end deal execution

Data analysis & presentation

Education

Bachelor's in finance/economics

MBA or CFA (nice-to-have)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Valuation tools

Job description

About the work

We're building a high-quality library of in-house corporate development work products. You'll complete self-contained M&A exercises from mock files (CIMs, diligence reports, term sheets, board decks) and produce the deliverable for each, graded against a rubric.

What you’ll do

• Build valuation and merger models: three-statement, DCF, trading and transaction comps, accretion-dilution, cap table and equity waterfall.
• Draft and compare transaction terms: IOIs, LOIs, term sheets, bid comparisons, deal structure and consideration economics.
• Produce process and board materials: management presentations, data packs, buyer universes, board and committee decks, closing mechanics and funds flow.
• Run screening, diligence and integration work: inbound deal screens, diligence request lists, findings synthesis, synergy models, carve-out analysis, 100-day plans.

You're a fit if you have

• 4+ years in an in-house corporate development or M&A role at an operating company.
• Hands-on ownership of live transactions end to end, not support work.

Nice to have

• Investment banking or private equity background before moving in-house; Big 4 transaction advisory or financial due diligence.

Assessment

A merger model from a mock target file; a term sheet comparison; a board-ready recommendation memo.

Note

we're looking for in-house operators, not sell-side or advisory practitioners.