Corporate Development Associate

At Fandom, a Corporate Development Associate will be part of a visible and active deal team that guides the corporate development lifecycle, in partnership with our executive leadership, main operational partners and our private equity investor, TPG. You will report to the VP of Corporate Development and work with senior leaders managing all stages of the evaluation and acquisition processes.

The Corporate Development team leads and works from the M&A strategy, managing inbound deal flows and outbound deal sourcing, negotiating, structuring, implementing impactful acquisitions, and informing our strategy by identifying industry trends and maintaining relationships with startups, entrepreneurs, VCs, PE funds, bankers and strategics. By joining our team, you can help accelerate our efforts to maximize Fandom's high-growth, at-scale platform situated at the intersection of community, gaming and streaming.

This is a remote role

• Work with the VP of Corporate Development on deal sourcing, qualification, initial rationale/pitch, financial modeling, due diligence and closing & integration activities
• Sourcing
• Analyze industry trends to identify potential acquisition targets
• Develop industry landscapes and competitive analyses for board/executive level review
• Cold-calling and external relationship management
• Diligence
• Direct diligence efforts between internal and external parties
• Analyze diligence data and create board/executive level presentations
• Manage data room and distribution of materials to appropriate parties, main contact for diligence requests
• Financial Modeling
• Independently build financial models and forecasts for potential acquisition targets to inform valuation and budgetary needs
• Be comfortable working with limited information to create low/base/high scenario analyses

• 3-7+ years of investment banking, corporate development and/or private equity experience
• Expertise in building financial and valuation models
• Able to operate under time constraints
• Analytical and detail-oriented
• Must-Have skills: Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) and Google Sheets, PowerPoint and Google Slides

• Experience working in or with gaming, entertainment, digital media or internet services industries
• Experience navigating organizations with a matrix org structure
• Pitchbook, SimilarWeb, Comscore, Google Analytics, Amplitude are a bonus

• Salary Range = ($136k - $202k)
• Vibrant team culture, periodic team lunches and happy hour events
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision
• Train (unlimited Udemy + more)
• Flexible working hours and time off
• Equity & Retirement Programs including 401K match
• Paid Parental Leave
• International work environment with start-up culture

Fandom is the world's largest fan platform where fans immerse themselves in imagined worlds across entertainment and gaming. Reaching more than 350 million unique visitors per month and hosting more than 250,000 wikis, Fandom is the #1 source for in-depth information on pop culture, gaming, TV and film, where fans learn about and celebrate their favorite fandoms. Fandom's Gaming division manages the online video game retailer Fanatical. Fandom Productions, the content arm of Fandom, enhances the fan experience through curated editorial coverage and branded content from trusted and established publishing brands Gamespot, TV Guide and Metacritic, along with its Emmy-nominated Honest Trailers and the weekly video news program The Loop. For more information follow @getfandom or visit: www.fandom.com.

Fandom is an equal opportunity employer. Fandom values diversity, and all employment decisions are made on the basis of job requirements and individual qualifications.

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