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Cirrus Logic · 4 hours ago

Director of Corporate Development

Chandler, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

Cirrus Logic is a leading company in mixed-signal processing, known for its innovative solutions and award-winning culture. They are seeking a Director of Corporate Development to manage corporate development activities, including M&A processes, strategic investments, and post-deal integrations for a public semiconductor company. The role requires strong financial analysis skills and the ability to build relationships with industry contacts to drive profitable growth.

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Responsibilities

Participate in the entire M&A and corporate venture processes including market analysis and target identification, target engagement, valuation analysis, due diligence, negotiation, deal closure, and post-deal integration

Provide detailed analysis of M&A and investment ideas and comprehensive including various valuation methodologies (DCF, comps, LBO, VC method), strategic rationale, growth prospects, potential synergies, risks and WACC implications, etc

Identify / source tuck-in M&A opportunities to augment company’s organic growth and maintain and update a pipeline of potential targets

Evaluate opportunities for strategic investments in relevant startup companies for gaining insights into adjacent market opportunities, potential future acquisition targets, technology partnerships, IP licensing, etc. This includes financing round valuation, financial, legal, business, and technical due diligence, knowing “market” terms, and negotiating term sheets

Build relationships with investment bankers and industry contacts to augment internal deal flow and gain market insights regarding competitive landscape

Actively contribute to building a pipeline of acquisition and investment targets on an ongoing basis to help drive profitable revenue growth

Coordinate and support cross-functional due diligence efforts across Finance, Legal, HR, Operations, etc

Assist in developing and leading the post-deal integration process and managing successful integration of the acquired companies

Qualification

Corporate developmentValuation analysisM&A experienceFinancial modelingInvestment bankingAdvanced ExcelNegotiation skillsBusiness acumenLegal knowledgeCommunication skillsPresentation skills

Required

Strong financial background required with valuation analysis, competitive landscape analysis skills with technology sector experience

Minimum 5-8 years of experience in corporate development or investment banking required

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Demonstrated financial and business acumen

Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint skills, and knowledge of industry research platforms

Experience with a wide breadth of transactions through due diligence, contract development & negotiations, signing, and completion over varied sizes from small (sub $25M) to large (over $1B)

Global experience including acquisitions, investments, or joint ventures with U.S., European, and Asian targets

Significant M&A and investment experience including deal structuring, valuation, due diligence, negotiation support, and integration as well as a proven track record in full deal cycle from origination to closing

Accounting including 3-statement analysis and how they interact. In addition, experience in how to extract important 'financial' information relevant to transactions. Examples include: estimating cash flows, GAAP vs. Non-GAAP treatment, non-recurring/one-time items, etc

Building various financial models including: fully integrated 3-statement models, P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statements as the need arises to be able to perform various financial analyses including DCF, Accretion/Dilution, ROIC, CF analysis, financing models including debt repayment timeline, etc

Finance skills combined with ability to make judgements with partial information about targets/investments

Public and private M&A markets, VC markets and valuation and how companies are trading, what are the comps, trading and transaction comparables analysis

Investment/portfolio theory to be able to assess cost of capital, risk of assets/cash flows

Estimating synergies and their impact on financial models, valuation, PF analysis, Accretion/Dilution, and ROIC

Tax treatment of transactions, NOLs, how to take tax issues into account in valuation/other financial analyses

Legal aspects of definitive agreements negotiations + business terms

Preferred

Strong background in corporate development either in a semiconductor or systems company is preferred

An M.B.A or an advanced degree in finance preferred

Prior investment banking or private equity experience is a big plus

Company

Cirrus Logic

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Cirrus Logic is an industry leader in low-power audio and high-performance mixed-signal processing technology that creates immersive user experiences for the world’s top mobile and consumer applications.

Founded in 2012

Austin, Texas, USA

1001-5000 employees