Clera

Founding Dealmaker, M&A, Partner Track

San Francisco. Posted 4 days ago

The role

You will lead M&A transactions from mandate through closing. You will work with engineers to turn manual deal execution into scalable software workflows.

What you will do

  • Lead M&A transactions from mandate through closing
  • Provide client advice, process management, buyer negotiations, and execution details
  • Work with engineers to identify repeatable deal tasks and define automation requirements
  • Validate new workflows on live transactions
  • Build client relationships and advise clients
  • Help hire and build the initial deal execution team

Required qualifications

  • One to four years of experience
  • M&A execution experience as an Analyst or Associate at a leading investment bank or advisory firm
  • Ownership of live M&A transactions, including process management, client advisory, negotiation, and execution
  • Strong commercial judgment and client-facing skills
  • Ability to translate recurring manual work into clear software requirements and assess whether the resulting tools work in practice

Nice to have

  • Typically, one to two years in banking followed by meaningful experience at a high-growth startup, growth equity or venture capital firm, or small to midsize private equity fund

Benefits

  • exceeding current earnings
  • significant equity

About the company

clera is an AI-powered investment banking team.