M&A Reporter US - Intelligence Origination

Gain; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Annual performance-based bonus

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with pension contribution

20 days paid time off

Learning & development budget

International offsites and local team events

Job summary

Gain is seeking a Senior Intelligence Originator to join their expanding Intelligence Origination team in New York. In this role, you'll focus on sourcing proprietary insights on private equity transactions, building a network of off-record sources including bankers and consultants. Your efforts will contribute to creating structured data that supports client analysis and better deal-making. This position offers a hybrid work model and a competitive salary with benefits including health insurance and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Experience in journalism, research, origination, investor relations or a related field.
• Skilled at cultivating senior-level sources and handling off-record conversations.
• Comfortable operating independently in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial team.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a network of sources across finance.
• Conduct daily off-record conversations to surface non-public insights.
• Identify and monitor live and upcoming M&A transactions.
• Ensure high-quality sourcing of proprietary datapoints for the Gain platform.
• Manage and mentor a team of junior reporters.
• Collaborate closely with analysts to ensure data completeness.
• Support real-time transaction pipeline expansion.

Skills

Strong knowledge of M&A, private equity or private credit markets

Experience sourcing market intelligence

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

High attention to detail

Ability to work quickly without sacrificing accuracy

Job description

What will you do?

We are expanding our Intelligence Origination team into the US. This team is responsible for sourcing proprietary, off-record insights on live private equity related transactions, with a focus on collecting structured data points rather than writing news stories. You’ll play a pivotal role in building our real-time, data-first coverage of US M&A transactions. As a Senior Intelligence Originator, you will help to build a proprietary, real-time dataset on US M&A transactions.

This is not a traditional reporting role. You won’t be writing news stories or chasing headlines. Instead, your mission is to cultivate a trusted network of off-record sources – including investment bankers, private equity sponsors, advisors, consultants, lenders, and lawyers – and extract proprietary intelligence on live deals.

The insights you gather will be structured into clean, machine-readable datapoints that power our platform. These include financials, process stage, valuation ranges, suitor lists, lender involvement, deal motivation, and more – forming the backbone of what our clients use to originate and analyse transactions.

You’ll be speaking with market participants in a background-only capacity, surfacing intelligence that rarely appears in the public domain. Working closely with our analyst and research teams, you’ll help convert these raw insights into structured, scalable data – fuelling client workflows and supporting better dealmaking decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain a network of sources – including bankers, sponsors, lenders, lawyers, consultants, and other advisors
• Conduct daily off-record, high-trust conversations to surface non-public insights on deal activity (e.g. bidders, valuation ranges, advisors, incumbent lenders, deal rationale, timeline)
• Identify and monitor live and upcoming M&A transactions
• Ensure high-quality sourcing of proprietary datapoints that feed directly into the Gain platform – not written articles
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of junior reporters, providing guidance on sourcing, market coverage, and best practices for investigative reporting and deal tracking
• Collaborate closely with our in-house analysts and research teams to ensure data completeness, consistency and structured format
• Support the expansion of our real-time transaction pipeline and contribute to internal market intelligence sharing

Who are you?

• Strong knowledge of M&A, private equity or private credit markets
• Experience sourcing market intelligence – in journalism, research, origination, investor relations or a related field
• Skilled at cultivating senior-level sources and handling off-record, background-only conversations
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, both in-person and remotely
• High attention to detail and ability to work quickly without sacrificing accuracy
• Comfortable operating independently as part of a fast-moving, entrepreneurial team

What do we offer?

• Competitive base salary and an annual performance-based bonus
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with pension contribution
• Hybrid work model – 3 days per week in our Manhattan office
• 20 days paid time off and public holidays
• Annual learning & development budget
• International offsites and local team events
• A high-performance, inclusive culture with global collaboration and real ownership

Gain is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.