Special Olympics

Special Olympics

Member of the M&A Team

New York, NY

Sponsorship not specified$120k-$150kDetected 50 days ago
Financial ModelingFinancial AnalysisAccountingValuationM&A

About the role

  • We're hiring a Member of the M&A Team to source, evaluate, and help close acquisitions of businesses with $1-10M of annual EBITDA.
  • This is a high-ownership role on a deliberately lean team, and you'll be involved in acquisitions from first meeting to close.

Responsibilities

  • Source and build a pipeline of acquisition targets within our buy box, through proprietary outreach and our sourcing partners
  • Run introductory calls with owners - build rapport, qualify fit, and represent Special as a partner of choice against traditional private equity.
  • Lead due diligence end-to-end: financial analysis, business operations, customer contracts, and legal and regulatory review.
  • Drive deals from initial sourcing through close, keeping momentum across owners, lenders, and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

  • A track record sourcing, evaluating, and closing business acquisitions, ideally in the $2-10M EBITDA range.
  • Deep expertise in financial modeling, valuation, and due diligence.

Nice to have

  • Preferred Skills and Experience

Compensation

  • We're hiring a Member of the M&A Team to source, evaluate, and help close acquisitions of businesses with $1–10M of annual EBITDA.

Benefits

  • Build and own the financial models - valuation, deal structuring (debt vs. equity), and the post-acquisition value-creation case.

Company info

  • About Special
  • Special is a new kind of holding company.
  • Our mission is to maximize the efficiency of American taxpayer dollars by transforming its critical industries with AI.
  • We acquire and operate businesses that form the backbone of the American economy and deploy SpecialOS, our proprietary operating system, to make them run more efficiently.
  • Special is backed by leading investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Human Capital and former members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team.
  • Our team is small, technical, and systems-oriented.
  • Everyone is an individual contributor.
  • We expect strong work ethic and clear communication.

This listing is sourced directly from Special Olympics's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.