Corporate Development Associate — M&A & Growth

Kraken; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is expanding its Corporate Development team and seeks an Associate to drive M&A and growth activities globally. You will lead due diligence, build operating models, and produce memos while supporting venture investments and cash forecasts for FP&A and Treasury.

The role involves drafting diligence reports, developing DCF analyses, and preparing materials for executive review. A strong finance background and proven multi-transaction capability are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, Finance, Actuarial Science, or 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 within a financial institution.
• Excellent financial modeling and valuation skills.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills, writing experience (deal memos), and storytelling on trends, implications, and pain points.
• Advanced Excel and experience with data analysis tools.
• Ability to work self-directed across multiple live, high-priority transactions in parallel.

Responsibilities

• Lead due diligence across live transactions with cross-functional DRIs, organize and maintain 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 venture investment portfolio: maintain deal-terms inventory, collect quarterly KPI updates, and track valuation marks with IRR/MOIC per position.
• Support the M&A cash obligations backbone with rolling forecasts for FP&A and Treasury.
• Prepare executive deal materials, Board pages, and supporting data analysis.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Financial modeling

Valuation

Problem solving

Writing (deal memos)

Storytelling

Advanced Excel

Multi-transaction management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Actuarial Science

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

Kraken is expanding its Corporate Development team and seeks an Associate to drive M&A and growth activities globally. You will lead due diligence, build operating models, and produce memos while supporting venture investments and cash forecasts for FP&A and Treasury.

The role involves drafting diligence reports, developing DCF analyses, and preparing materials for executive review. A strong finance background and proven multi-transaction capability are essential.