Mergers and Acquisitions Specialist

Bradford Jacobs is assisting an AI drone solutions company, offering cutting-edge aerial solutions across a range of sectors, including construction, agriculture, real estate, environmental monitoring, and infrastructure inspection. Their mission is to harness drone technology to deliver high-quality data, insights, and visual content to enable clients to make informed decisions.

About the role

Our client is seeking a sharp and commercially driven M&A Business Development Associate to support our corporate development and mergers & acquisitions pipeline. You will play a critical role in identifying, evaluating, and executing strategic transactions that drive the company's growth agenda. This is a high visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership and external advisors.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, research, and evaluate potential acquisition targets and strategic partnership opportunities.

• Build and maintain a proprietary deal pipeline through market mapping, outreach, and relationship development.

• Conduct financial modelling, valuation analysis (DCF, LBO, comparable company analysis, precedent transactions), and deal structuring.

• Prepare investment memoranda, management presentations, and board materials.

• Support end-to-end M&A processes: LOI, due diligence, SPA negotiation, and integration planning.

• Develop and maintain relationships with investment bankers, advisors, brokers, and industry contacts.

• Produce sector-specific market intelligence reports and competitive landscape analysis.

• Track deal progress and maintain the CRM pipeline (e.g., DealCloud, HubSpot, or Salesforce)

• Work cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, and Operations during due diligence and integration.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 2–5 years of experience in M&A, investment banking, corporate finance, private equity, or strategy consulting.

• Strong financial modelling skills in Excel; experience with DCF, LBO, and merger models.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce, Economics, or a related field (CFA or CA a plus)

• Experience preparing information memoranda, teasers, and management presentations.

• Commercially astute with the ability to assess strategic fit and value creation potential

• Excellent written and verbal communication — able to present clearly to C-suite and board level.

• Full working rights in Australia.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a specific vertical aligned with the company's acquisition strategy (e.g., SaaS, financial services, healthcare, infrastructure)

• Existing deal flow network or advisory relationships in Australia / APAC.

• Exposure to integration management post-close.

• CFA charter holder or CA/CPA qualification.

• Experience with DealCloud, Affinity, or similar deal management platforms.

Fully office based role in Sydney

Permanent full time employment.

Base salary: $95,000 - $135,000 + 11.5% superannuation

Bonus: Discretionary performance bonus