Manager, Corporate Development

USA018 Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flexible vacation

Mental Health Days off

Headspace app access

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Manager, Corporate Development to lead and execute M&A initiatives, including acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. The role focuses on deal sourcing, financial modeling, due diligence preparation, and transaction execution, partnering with senior team members across corporate functions and business lines.

The successful candidate will manage transactions through all stages, build robust financial forecasts, and deliver strategic insights to inform

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years in investment banking, corporate development, or private equity
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills
• Ability to quickly gain knowledge of Thomson Reuters' strategy, markets and competitive landscape
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to present to senior management
• Ability to multitask in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Customer relationship management and cross-functional collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Identify new market trends and source investment opportunities
• Organize meetings and prepare detailed notes and follow-up communications
• Create detailed financial forecasts and synergy models; perform valuation analysis
• Model ownership, cap tables, dilution and scenario planning
• Coordinate due diligence processes and internal stakeholders
• Prepare Investment Committee and Board presentations
• Prepare marketing materials for divested assets
• Maintain deal pipeline and CRM integrity
• Share best practices across business units and regions
• Foster a culture of creativity, innovation, and self-motivation

Skills

Financial modeling

Valuation analysis

Due diligence

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking qualified candidates for a Manager, Corporate Development opportunity. Thomson Reuters is a content-driven AI and technology company at the forefront of product innovation, leveraging the power of AI to enhance its software offerings. This individual will be an integral member of the Corporate Development team, driving and executing the Company's M&A initiatives, focused on acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures. The Manager will partner closely with senior members of the team to manage transactions through all stages, with a heavy focus on target sourcing and analysis, financial modeling, due diligence preparation and coordination, and transaction execution. This is a high-impact role that provides the opportunity to work with senior executives across corporate functional groups and business divisions, executing a wide range of transactions spanning global markets. This role offers strong opportunities for career progression within Thomson Reuters.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as a key member of the Corporate Development team, helping identify new market trends and source investment opportunities
• Organize and participate in company meetings; prepare detailed notes and follow‑up communications.
• Create detailed financial forecast and synergy models; perform valuation analysis (including DCF, trading comparables, and precedent transactions); model impacts to Thomson Reuters in the form of returns and accretion/dilution analysis.
• Analyze ownership, model a range of cap tables, and conduct dilution and scenario planning.
• Manage due diligence processes and coordinate internal constituents.
• Create presentations for the Investment Committee and Board of Directors (BOD) to support investment decisions.
• Prepare marketing materials for assets to be divested.
• Maintain the integrity of internal systems, including the deal pipeline and CRM.
• Facilitate the sharing of best practices across all business units with other members of the Corporate Development team.
• Nurture a culture that fosters creativity, innovation, and a self‑motivated team to drive business forward.

Scope and Impact

• Support of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, and any non‑organic initiatives
• Participate in cross‑business groups (made up of leaders of each business) across Thomson Reuters
• Develop strong relationships with both internal functional teams and third parties / advisors

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, or private equity.
• Exceptional financial modeling, analytical, and quantitative problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to quickly gain extensive knowledge of Thomson Reuters' strategy, markets, and competitive landscape.
• Ability to identify information sources, gather and interpret data, execute analysis, and present findings.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator, able to condense complex topics into clear, digestible content for a broad audience, including senior management.
• Comfortable in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment and able to multitask.
• Customer relationship management skills and a strong focus on delivering results.
• Strong team player with experience working with virtual teams across functions and regions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Eagerness to learn, and willingness to roll up your sleeves to work on a range of strategic and tactical challenges.

What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office‑based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work‑life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real‑world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills‑first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI‑enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company‑wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award‑winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work‑life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro‑bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
• In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws.
• Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $115,300 USD - $214,100 USD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

About Us

About Us Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news. We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug‑free workplace. Thomson Reuters makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. If you reside in the United States and require an accommodation in the recruiting process, you may contact our Human Resources Department at [e-mail]. Disability accommodations in the recruiting process may include things like a sign language interpreter, making interview rooms accessible, providing assistive technology, or other relevant accommodations. Please note this email is not intended for general recruitment questions and we will promptly respond to inquiries regarding accommodations. More information on requesting an accommodation here.