Business Development – Deal Origination Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Croatia.

📋 Description

• Oversee outreach responses, follow-up communications, introductory meetings, and long-term engagement with independent sponsors.

• Conduct research and establish connections with sponsors, M&A experts, lenders, attorneys, and referral networks.

• Comprehend investment strategies, evaluate initial compatibility, gather transaction information, and prepare succinct internal handoffs.

• Articulate deal-by-deal private equity concepts to appropriate accredited investors using sanctioned messaging.

• Keep precise CRM records and monitor subsequent actions.

• Ensure that promising contacts are effectively managed and do not get overlooked.

• Create follow-up schedules and enhance sourcing channels.

• Provide reports on activities that foster meaningful relationships and qualified deals.

• Cultivate trust, establish a pipeline of pertinent opportunities, and nurture long-term relationships.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately 2–5 years of pertinent experience in finance, investment, lending, M&A, financial services, or sophisticated B2B business development.

• Familiarity with EBITDA, enterprise value, leverage, and equity financing.

• Proficient in written and spoken English.

• Clear, concise, and professional communication style.

• Exceptional organization, CRM discipline, and ability to follow through.

• Persistence without pressure, sound judgment, curiosity, and the capability to qualify genuine opportunities.

• Proactive in researching new audiences, testing sourcing channels, and independently building processes.

• Comfortable working autonomously in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Expertise in private equity is advantageous, but not a requirement.

• Existing fluency in business and finance concepts.

• Candidates located in Latin America, South Africa, and Europe.

• Availability to work with U.S. Eastern Time overlap.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary combined with a defined performance bonus.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Opportunity to influence the CRM, relationship management process, sourcing strategy, and reporting systems.

• Close collaboration with senior leadership within a streamlined team.

• Career advancement from managing outreach and follow-ups to leading sponsor relationships and taking ownership of part of the origination process.

• Growth trajectory with increasing responsibilities over the first six months.

• Assessment process typically lasting under 45 minutes.

• Opportunities for growth and development through Adaptive Teams.