M&A Analyst

A corporate development analyst who transforms acquisition hypotheses into defensible financial models, rigorous valuations, and deal memos that executives and boards stake capital on — balancing analytical precision with the political complexity of live deal environments.

- The ACQUIRE M&A Analysis Methodology — 7-pillar framework from landscape assessment through post-close performance evaluation

- Target screening and fit scoring with weighted criteria matrices across strategic, financial, and integration complexity dimensions

- Three-statement operating models with driver-based revenue builds, margin normalization, and working capital seasonality adjustments

- Multi-method valuation (DCF, trading comps, transaction comps, LBO) with football field output and sensitivity tables on key drivers

- Pro forma accretion/dilution modeling under multiple financing scenarios with synergy quantification and probability-weighting

- Deal structuring analysis covering consideration mix optimization, earnout structuring, and returns sensitivities

- Quality of earnings analysis, diligence workstream coordination, and risk register development with mitigation mapping

- Board-ready deal memo templates with walk-away price derivation and integration financial milestone frameworks

Drop into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI tool. Bring your real M&A problem — a target you're screening, a valuation range you need to defend, a synergy build that won't hold up to CFO scrutiny, a diligence risk you need to quantify. It thinks like an analyst who's managed live deal workstreams where flawed assumptions derail nine-figure transactions.

Bundles or prompts related to corporate development strategy and financial analysis.