Strategy & Corporate Development Senior Associate

• Work closely with senior leaders on strategy development implementation and communication
• Conduct market and industry competitive research to assist in developing business strategy
• Assist with overall program / process management on important strategic projects taking place at NYLIM including the Q4 2025 announcement whereby NYLIM expanded and integrated its third-party asset management business with its insurance asset management businesses
• Create design and coordinate the development of internal and external presentations (both strategy and M&A) including presentations to the NYLIM Management Committee New York Life Executive Management Committee Investment Committee and/or Board of Directors of New York Life
• Assist in analyzing and executing on M&A opportunities from deal sourcing all the way to transaction completion (evaluating business plans conducting due diligence valuation & financial modelling preparing senior management / Investment Committee materials etc.)
• Develop financial models business plans and other analyses for both M&A opportunities as well as certain strategy projects
• Work with business units to implement cross-functional strategic projects
• Coordinate activities among senior management teams investment boutiques business units and other stakeholders

• 4 to 6 years of experience preferably in investment banking management consulting and/or asset management
• A good underlying knowledge and interest in the asset management industry including the key drivers and trends shaping the sector
• Strong project and process management skills (organization ability to proactively follow-up and hold workstreams accountable etc.)
• Strong analytical skills (financial modelling valuation corporate finance)
• Strong presentation and communication skills both verbal and written
• Self-starter high energy hard-working entrepreneurial attitude
• Detail and results oriented
• Exceptional Microsoft Excel PowerPoint and Word capabilities is required

What We Do

At New York Life our 180-year legacy of integrity mutuality and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation. As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S. we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view investing in people purpose and innovation that endures. Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology- data- and AI-powered company we’re modernizing our platforms rearchitecting experiences and embedding intelligence across our products and services. Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients advisors and communities in more personalized proactive ways. With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance investments retirement group benefits and direct-to-consumer offerings New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving. We’re powered by a values-led culture inclusive teams and a shared belief that when our people thrive so does our company. Here tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas energy and growth power what’s next.

Why Work With Us

New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity humanity and shared success—values that show up in how we work lead and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.

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