Finance Manager, Corporate Development

Destination Pet LLC; Texas; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k match

Pet Insurance

Pet care discounts

Flexible time off

Board-level visibility

Job summary

Destination Pet LLC is a national network of pet-care centers with a remote-working stance and a base salary plus target bonus. The role reports to the VP of Strategic Finance and entails leading end-to-end M&A finance activities across multiple centers, coordinating with BD, sellers, and operations, and setting KPI-driven post-close performance benchmarks.

The position emphasizes strong financial modeling, valuation, and deal execution skills, with preferred backgrounds in IB, PE, or corporate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 4+ years of finance experience with hands-on M&A execution.
• Strong financial modeling, valuation, and quality of earnings skills.
• Comfortable presenting recommendations to senior leadership and a board.
• Preferred: Investment banking, private equity, or corporate development background.
• MBA, CFA, or CPA.
• Multi-site experience, such as veterinary, healthcare, or consumer services.

Responsibilities

• Lead M&A finance end-to-end: valuation, deal terms, quality of earnings, diligence, and close.
• Coordinate with Business Development, sellers, advisors, Integrations, and Operations.
• Set post-close KPIs and run lookbacks against underwriting.
• Evaluate divestitures of underperforming centers.
• Underwrite growth, expansion, and repair and maintenance projects.
• Own the capital allocation framework and hurdle rates to maximize ROIC.

Skills

Finance experience

M&A execution

Financial modeling

Valuation

Presenting to leadership

Multi-site experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA

CPA/CFA

Job description

Welcome to Destination Pet. We are One Pack- a united team working together to elevate the love and lives of pet families. Our pet-obsessed professionals create a connected care network of trustworthy partners who bring creative innovation every day. We are revolutionizing the pet industry. Join us! Destination Pet operates pet resorts and veterinary practices across the U.S. and grows through acquisitions and reinvestment in our centers.

Location

Remote, United States

Reports To

VP, Strategic Finance

Pay

Pay: $135,000 to $150,000 base, plus 15% annual bonus target (Destination Pet does not provide visa sponsorship)

Core Responsibilities

• M&A Finance (60%) Lead deal finance end-to-end: valuation, deal terms, quality of earnings, diligence, and close Coordinate with Business Development, sellers, advisors, Integrations, and Operations Set post-close KPIs and run lookbacks against underwriting Evaluate divestitures of underperforming centers
• Capital Allocation (30%) Underwrite growth, expansion, and repair and maintenance projects Track spend and returns against approved plans Own the capital allocation framework and hurdle rates to maximize return on invested capital
• Acquired Center Finance Support (10%) Provide budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking for newly acquired centers Support FP&A with reporting on the acquired center portfolio
• You will work directly with the CFO, the President and GM, and the executive leadership team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 4+ years of finance experience with hands-on M&A execution
• Strong financial modeling, valuation, and quality of earnings skills
• Comfortable presenting recommendations to senior leadership and a board
• Preferred: Investment banking, private equity, or corporate development background
• MBA, CFA, or CPA
• Multi-site experience, such as veterinary, healthcare, or consumer services

Perks

• Health, vision, dental, disability, and life insurance
• 401k match
• Pet Insurance
• Pet care discounts
• Flexible time off
• Board-level visibility and room to grow your career

Destination Pet LLC affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. Destination Pet LLC endeavors to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants. In doing so, we provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our recruitment team. At Destination Pet, we're all about creating a workplace that's bursting with diversity and inclusivity. We don't play favorites or judge folks based on skin color, religion, gender, age, disability, or any other protected characteristics. Our hiring decisions are solely based on what you can bring to the team. So, we're throwing the door wide open for all like-minded candidates who believe in celebrating and honoring diversity and inclusion.

Ready to join our pack? Destination Pet, headquartered in Irving, Texas, is a national network of pet-obsessed professionals dedicated to elevating the love and lives of our pet families through total pet care. With more than a century of experience, our founders understood the need for better pet healthcare and believed in the value of integrating pet services from veterinary medicine to, grooming, boarding, daycare, training and more. By connecting the experts behind the scenes, we get to know our pet families in a way that allows us to offer proactive, convenient, and personalized advice and care.