M&A Deal Hunter

Equal Insurance; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major Medical Health Insurance

Voluntary Benefits

Job summary

Equal Parts in Austin, TX is hiring an M&A Analyst focused on deal origination to scale its national acquisition engine. This role blends market intelligence, owner relationships, financial analysis, and end-to-end deal support in a hybrid setting.

You will identify exceptional agencies, cultivate owner relationships, and advance high-quality opportunities through the deal lifecycle, with a compensation package featuring $115k+ and early equity.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in M&A, private equity, investment banking, corporate development, or strategic business development.
• Insurance sector experience is preferred but not required.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to normalize financials and communicate with owner-led businesses.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Market & Deal Origination: understand the independent insurance agency market, identify target profiles and priority markets, develop a repeatable origination strategy.
• Relationship Development & Deal Engagement: be a primary contact for agency owners, conduct discovery conversations, and represent Equal Parts with credibility.
• Financial & Operational Evaluation: review financial statements, normalize EBITDA, develop business cases and support deal structuring.
• End-to-End Deal Lifecycle Contribution: advance opportunities from outreach through LOI, support due diligence and closing.

Skills

M&A experience

Deal origination

Financial analysis

Relationship building

Job description

$115k+ • Early Stage Equity
Austin, TX • Hybrid • Early Deal-Team Hire

Equal Parts is building the fastest tech-enabled insurance brokerage in the country. We acquire and integrate independent agencies, modernize them with shared services and technology, and help agency owners unlock a better path forward.

As an M&A Analyst focused on deal origination, you will play a foundational role in scaling our national acquisition engine. This is a highly strategic position that combines market intelligence, relationship-driven sourcing, financial analysis, and end-to-end deal support.

Your mandate: identify exceptional agencies, cultivate owner relationships, and advance high-quality opportunities through the deal lifecycle.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Market & Deal Origination

• Develop a sophisticated understanding of the independent insurance agency market, including segment trends, competitive dynamics, valuation drivers, and regional nuances.
• Identify target profiles and priority markets aligned with Equal Parts’ acquisition thesis.
• Build and manage a repeatable origination strategy that surfaces meaningful, off-market & brokered opportunities.

Relationship Development & Deal Engagement

• Serve as one of the first and most consistent points of contact for agency owners; build rapport that enables transparent business discussions and long-term deal momentum.
• Conduct structured discovery conversations to assess operational maturity, book composition, margin profiles, carrier relationships, and cultural fit.
• Represent Equal Parts with credibility and maturity in owner conversations, advisor interactions, and industry touchpoints.

Financial & Operational Evaluation

• Review and interpret financial statements, normalize EBITDA, and identify revenue-quality factors and operating risks.
• Develop opportunity summaries, valuation frameworks, and preliminary business cases for leadership and investment review.
• Support scenario modeling and the analytical underpinnings of deal structure and terms.

End-to-End Deal Lifecycle Contribution

• Advance opportunities from initial outreach through LOI, and provide continued support as needed through confirmatory diligence and closing.
• Partner with leadership during negotiation discussions, providing data-driven perspectives and strategic insights.
• Collaborate with Integration, Finance, and Product to ensure well-rounded evaluation of operational, cultural, and technical considerations.

• 2+ years of experience in M&A, private equity, investment banking, corporate development, or strategic business development; insurance sector experience preferred but not required.
• Demonstrated success in origination, sourcing, or relationship-driven dealmaking.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret, normalize financials and communicate with owner-led businesses.

For eligible employees - Equal Parts offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and financial stability.

• Major Medical Health Insurance– Robust medical coverage withemployer contributions toward premiums.

• Voluntary Benefits– Access to dental, vision, supplemental life, disability, accident, and other optional coverages.