Experienced Professional | M&A & Corporate Development

About the Position

Experienced Professional | M&A & Corporate Development

📍 Location: Milano, Italy

🌐 Type of Presence: Hybrid

📅 Date Published: 18-Sep-2026

🔍 Ref #: Strategy and Corporate Management

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About the Company

JAKALA is a company that works on data, artificial intelligence, and experience development to generate a significant and lasting impact globally.

Present in over 30 cities in 21 countries, our teams combine expertise in strategy, technology, creativity, and operations to offer personalized experiences and transformative solutions to our clients, supported by data and artificial intelligence. The Jakalers are a diverse group of over 3,000 people, driven by passion, ambition, and brilliant ideas. This unique combination of talents is the distinctive factor that has inspired our purpose: Together to get there.

Creating a better world is our ultimate goal: our ambition is to generate value for all our stakeholders in a sustainable way, with particular attention to ethics, climate, and quality. In 2021, we chose to become a Benefit Corporation, demonstrating our long-term commitment and the desire to protect the principles and values that guide our actions every day.

We believe that diversity is the key to our success, and for this reason, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where everyone can feel valued for their uniqueness. All our job opportunities are open to candidates belonging to the protected categories L.68/99.

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Responsibilities

M&A and Corporate Development

• Support the mapping and screening of potential targets, evaluating their strategic fit, business model, and main economic and operational characteristics

• Analyze markets and companies, focusing on financial performance, revenue quality, margins, growth, customers, technology, and competitive positioning

• Develop and update financial models and valuation analyses, scenarios, and sensitivities, considering normalized EBITDA, working capital, net financial position, cash generation, and potential synergies

• Manage the operational workstreams of acquisition processes, including information gathering and organization, Q&A, data room, monitoring activities, and deadlines

• Coordinate, with the team's support, the contributions of internal functions and advisors in financial, commercial, legal, tax, HR, technological, and operational due diligence

• Prepare target profiles, presentations, investment memos, and updates for management and decision-making bodies

• Support the negotiation, finalization, and integration phases of transactions, in collaboration with the relevant functions

Market Entry and Strategic Initiatives

• Analyze the attractiveness and size of markets, priority segments, competitors, customers, partners, and main opportunities and risks
• Prepare business cases and economic-financial models, developing revenue hypotheses, commercial pipeline and conversion, startup costs, fully loaded personnel costs, resource needs, and break-even scenarios
• Translate strategic priorities into activity plans, milestones, and KPIs, monitoring progress and reporting dependencies, risks, and necessary decisions

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Requirements

• Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Management, Engineering, or related fields
• 2 to 4 years of experience in corporate M&A, corporate development, investment banking, transaction services, strategic consulting, or equivalent roles
• Solid knowledge of financial statement analysis, financial modeling, business valuation, and business planning
• Excellent proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint and ability to synthesize complex analyses into clear, decision-oriented materials
• Fluency in English and Italian
• Ability to manage activities and deadlines in parallel, coordinating with different stakeholders
• Precision, initiative, confidentiality, and ability to work in dynamic contexts
• Experience in due diligence and/or cross-border operations, exposure to market entry, go-to-market, commercial partnerships, or business plan development for new markets, and experience in international contexts or cross-functional projects will be considered a plus

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We Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from €35,000 to €45,000 gross annually, based on experience, skills, and seniority level.
• A hybrid work model with 10 days in the office per month, offering flexibility to work from anywhere in Italy or within the European Community.
• A comprehensive TotalReward system including exclusive travel, restaurant, shopping, gym, and leisure conventions, plus free telemedicine and psychological support services.
• Authentic support during the selection process with a dedicated Recruiter providing personalized feedback, career advice, and CV insights, regardless of the application outcome. No AI, just people. Plus, with the Your Time Back initiative, we give back the time invested in interviews with an empowerment program by Unobravo.

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About the Company

At JAKALA, we believe that people's time and well-being must always be respected. We encourage a 10-day office presence per month, leaving full freedom to work from wherever you prefer, whether in Italy or within the European Community.

Our TotalReward system includes exclusive conventions for travel, restaurants, shopping, gyms, and leisure, as well as free telemedicine and psychological support services, designed for you and your loved ones.

Investing in our selection process means receiving authentic support: a dedicated Recruiter will accompany you with personalized feedback, career advice, and insights on your CV, regardless of the application outcome. No AI, just people. And, thanks to the Your Time Back initiative, we return the time invested in interviews with an empowerment program by Unobravo.

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