Mid-level Business Development & M&A Specialist

freee

SaaS

Biz Dev

Finance

Strategy

About this role

The full-time, mid-career Business Development & M&A Specialist will help expand freee's integrated cloud ERP for small businesses and individuals. freee offers cloud software centered on accounting, HR and labor management, and sales management.

The role offers M&A as a way to accelerate product expansion and recurring-revenue growth. The role will help identify promising M&A and investment targets, with the target scope covering SaaS companies and expanding to service providers.

Responsibilities include finding potential M&A and investment opportunities; negotiating with M&A and investment targets; conducting business due diligence; managing financial and legal due-diligence projects; preparing discussion materials for the investment committee and facilitating its discussions; planning post-merger integration in cooperation with internal business units; and managing PMI projects.

Required qualifications are experience in financial analysis, advanced strategic and analytical thinking, the ability to drive projects, excellent communication skills, leadership that brings others into the work, and the intention to shape the future independently.

Preferred backgrounds and experience include execution experience in M&A processes such as due diligence; strategic consulting; corporate planning; business-model analysis and business advancement at a venture company, including COO experience; corporate development; and M&A negotiation experience from investment banking or a similar background. Management experience and knowledge of accounting are additional advantages.

The position is a mid-career, full-time role in Tokyo.

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