Emergence
Associate & Senior Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions
US · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 58 days ago
Cloud PlatformsFinancial AnalysisForecastingBudgetingM&AProcurementCommunicationUnderwritingCFA
About the role
- Our portfolio spans auto tech, healthcare software, cloud infrastructure, and procurement, and we operate on a long-hold ownership model built for sustained value creation.
- Who You Are You qualify deals against a thesis before committing team resources, not after.
- You engage directly with founders and management teams and read them well.
Responsibilities
- Own the financial model end-to-end including LBO structuring, operating projections, scenario analysis, returns attribution, and net working capital normalization.
- Lead commercial, financial, and operational diligence workstreams and coordinate third-party advisors across QoE, legal, technology, and market.
- Develop investment theses on market sizing, competitive positioning, product stickiness, and management quality, and stress-test assumptions.
- Manage deal execution from LOI through close, negotiate key terms, and quarterback legal and third-party workstreams to signing.
- Support portfolio companies post-close on performance monitoring, value creation initiatives, and add-on acquisitions.
- Occasionally support portfolio company finance functions on budgeting, cash flow forecasting, and board-level reporting.
- Proven ability to operate on lean teams and manage multiple concurrent processes, ideally across simultaneous client engagements with attention to detail under time pressure.
- Full investment lifecycle ownership from day one with a clear pathway to Principal and Partner track
Requirements
- Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to draft IC memos and present to senior stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or a related analytical discipline.
- Experience evaluating vertical SaaS or operational software businesses and fluency in ARR, NRR, CAC/LTV, and churn.
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus tied to deal outcomes and meaningful carry participation
Company info
- Emergence Software Technologies is a software-focused private equity firm investing in operationally critical software businesses in the lower middle market.
- We are backed by TPO, the private investment firm chaired by Jason Pritzker.
- Own M&A workstreams end-to-end and carry responsibility for deal outcomes across qualification, underwriting, IC, close, and post-close value creation.
- What We're Looking For
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