Specialist - M&A and Strategic Finance

Darwinbox; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwinbox, Asia's fastest-growing HR technology platform, seeks a Corporate Development/Finance professional in Hyderabad. You will lead strategic research, due diligence, and financial modelling to identify and evaluate impactful opportunities.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across legal, financial, and commercial workstreams. Ideal candidates bring 3–5 years in investment banking or corporate development, with a completed transaction and strong valuation skills.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in Investment Banking, Corporate Development, M&A Advisory, or related corporate finance roles.
• Demonstrated experience in executing at least one successfully completed transaction (mandatory).
• Strong financial modelling, valuation and analytical capabilities.
• CA/ CFA preferred but not mandatory; Prior experience in SaaS, technology or high-growth organisations is preferred.
• Hands-on experience in managing or supporting complex, cross-functional and multi-stakeholder projects.
• Interest in AI, automation and data-driven finance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market, industry and competitive research to identify strategic opportunities.
• Support end-to-end Corporate Development lifecycle including due diligence, deal structuring, integration and post-transaction PMO.
• Develop comprehensive financial models covering DCF, comparables, precedent transactions and scenarios.
• Assist in evaluating financing options and strategic capital allocation opportunities.
• Prepare board-level and leadership materials and investor presentations.

Skills

Investment Banking

Corporate Development

M&A Advisory

Financial Modelling

Valuation

SaaS

Automation

Data-driven finance

Cross-functional projects

Multi-stakeholder coordination

Education

CA/CFA preferred

Job description

Darwinbox is Asia's fastest-growing HR technology platform,designing the future of work by building the world's best HR tech, driven by afierce focus on employee experience and customer success, and continuous,iterative innovation. We are the preferred choice of 900+ global enterprises tomanage their 2.5 million+ employees across 116+ countries.

Darwinbox'snew-age HCM suite competes with local as well as global players in theenterprise technology space (such as SAP, Oracle, and Workday). The firm hasacquired notable customers ranging from large conglomerates to unicornstart-ups: Nivea, Starbucks, Swiggy, DLF, Crisil, CRED, Vedanta, Mahindra,Glenmark, Gokongwei Group, Mitra Adiperkasa, EFS Facilities Management, VNGCorporation, and many more.

1. Corporate Development Initiatives

• Conductmarket, industry and competitive research to identify and evaluatestrategic opportunities
• Supportthe end-to-end Corporate Development lifecycle, including opportunityevaluation, valuation, due diligence across multiple workstreams (legal,financial, commercial, tax and technical), deal structuring, integrationand post-transaction PMO
• Developcomprehensive financial models covering DCF, comparable company analysis,precedent transactions, scenario analysis and valuation assessments
• Assistin evaluating financing options and strategic capital allocationopportunities
• Assistin the preparation and regular Updation of business plans, financialprojections, investor presentations and other investor materials
• Monitorrelevant trends, valuation benchmarks and developments across public andprivate investment markets
• Buildand leverage relationships across investor networks, investment banks,private equity funds and other financial institutions to identifystrategic opportunities and facilitate potential partnerships
• Prepareboard-level and leadership presentations, business plans and otherstrategic communication materials

2. Strategic Initiatives and Finance Transformation

• Supportstrategic projects and special initiatives driven by Financeleadership
• Assistin driving Finance Transformation initiatives, including processimprovements, automation and operational efficiency across Order-to-Cash(O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and financial close processes
• Workclosely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for processoptimization, technology adoption and data-driven decision-making
• Developbusiness cases, financial analyses and recommendations to supportstrategic and operational initiatives

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 3–5years of relevant experience in Investment Banking, Corporate Development,M&A Advisory, or related corporate finance roles
• Demonstratedexperience in executing at least one successfully completed transaction(mandatory)
• Strongfinancial modelling, valuation and analytical capabilities
• CA/ CFA preferred but not mandatory; Prior experience in SaaS, technology orhigh-growth organisations is preferred.
• Hands-onexperience in managing or supporting complex, cross-functional andmulti-stakeholder projects.
• Interestin AI, automation and data-driven finance.