About the Role 

The M&A Corporate Development Associate works to execute corporate development and acquisition activities. In this role, you will be responsible for the execution of all aspects of the M&A process, including sourcing opportunities, evaluating acquisition targets, conducting due diligence, building financial models, and supporting transaction execution. As the M&A Corporate Development Associate, you will provide analytical and strategic support to help drive the continued growth of our fast-paced company. A-LIGN will depend on you as the M&A Corporate Development Associate to support acquisition strategy, transaction execution, and corporate development initiatives.

Reports to

SVP of Financial Planning and Analysis

Pay Classification

Full-Time, Exempt  

Responsibilities 

• Help manage the end-to-end M&A process, coordinating internal stakeholders, advisors, and external counterparties to keep deals on timeline
• Review confidential information memoranda (CIMs), management presentations, and data rooms; synthesize findings into clear investment theses and recommendations
• Build and maintain financial models, including valuation, LBO/return analysis, and buyside and synergy cases to support deal evaluation
• Build and maintain the acquisition pipeline; proactively source and screen targets with A-LIGN senior leadership
• Lead relationships with investment bankers, brokers, and intermediaries to surface and track opportunities
• Lead and coordinate diligence workstreams, including financial, commercial, legal, technical, and HR diligence activities
• Prepare investment committee and board materials, including target overviews, deal memos, and recommendation decks
• Support negotiation, structuring, and execution activities, including LOIs, purchase agreements, and integration planning in partnership with deal counsel
• Maintain pipeline trackers, market maps, and competitive landscape analyses across A-LIGN’s core and adjacent markets
• Partner with corporate strategy on build-vs-buy analysis, new-service and new-market opportunity sizing, and post-close integration tracking