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SalaryA London M&A firm is seeking an entry-level, US citizen representative to be its 'ambassador' in the US market. The person will join a small but fast-paced and disciplined M&A and strategic consulting team with one-year offer to work in London (sponsored work visa) and a long-term opportunity to be relocated back in America as our representative to support the company’s activities in the US.
Our company will train any successful candidates from non-strictly financial backgrounds such as economics, science and engineering to work in our advisory firm. We stress that a financial background is not required for the position. We welcome applicants with precise minds since we use logic and strategic analysis as the backbone of our M&A techniques.
About ThinkingLinking
ThinkingLinking is a boutique strategy-focused M&A consulting firm with a ‘Strategy before Finance’ methodology. Although financial negotiations are inevitable in the process, the emphasis of our work and the basis for introducing companies is synergy and also psychology. We add these to the traditional finance dimension of M&A, in effect blending two industries: strategic consulting and M&A.
Unlike other small firms that specialise in one sector, ThinkingLinking works across several, using proprietary methodologies to identify opportunities and guide the dealmaking process.
Visit our website: thinkinglinkingdivisions.com
What can be learnt at ThinkingLinking
“Learn M&A from experts”
The ideal candidate will have the determination to grow into a strategy-focused M&A professional in a demanding entrepreneurial environment. At ThinkingLinking, there is no limit to a person's career progression if they have skills and determination. We have one of the most hands-on training environments of any small firm in the format of an apprenticeship, and are dedicated to helping members of our team grow.
We are a rare M&A firm not only in our methodologies but also in the opportunities we offer to train you. By joining our company, you can learn from us on specific logical thinking skills. As you develop, you can have daily working contact with the Chief Thinking Officer (CTO).
About the Role
The position will have the title of ‘Senior Linker’, serving as the front-line lead for ThinkingLinking’s US activities.
The successful candidate will initially come to our London office for on-job training for one year. As a key member of a small team, your responsibilities will range from new business to client project implementation, with significant internal reporting compliance. We are looking for a quick learner, strategic and creative thinker with versatile business skills.
As the ‘Senior Linker’, the person will be involved in a high volume of meetings scheduling for the CTO, as well as briefing the CTO and attending many of these meetings. This includes regular business trips in the US with the CTO.
Examples of day-to-day work include:
- Manage new business projects which involve research, analysis, strategy and tactics
- Write customized strategic outreach emails to potential clients
- Contact potential clients by phone calls to follow up
- Assist in implementing live client M&A projects
- Participate in internal strategy discussions
- Prepare call/meeting notes after every client/potential client interaction
- Attend monthly meetings together with the CTO with US companies
Responsibilities will be tailored somewhat based on the successful candidate’s knowledge and experience.
Our plan is to open the New York office near the end of next year. A candidate who permanently resides elsewhere in the US may be considered if mobile and a particularly strong applicant.
Qualifications & Requirements
Essential (if possible an ability to prove or demonstrate these)
- Ability to work independently based on confidence, entrepreneurship and stamina
- Ability to think logically and strategically
- Detail-oriented, organized, precise
- Respect for, and skilled in, following detailed procedures and methodologies
- Mathematically-solid
- Time management and prioritizing skills
- Proven research and analytical skills
- Advanced online search skills, with a strategic approach to finding company info
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with deep commitment to accurate articulation and comprehension
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Subtle business writing skills that produce strategic and sensitive emails that impress potential clients
- Reasonable IT skills
- Ability to travel within the US or sometimes internationally as required
- Willingness to work from home on a constant live Zoom basis after being relocated back to the US unless an office is opened in due course in New York or Los Angeles.
Preferred
- An academic background in business, economics, international relations or science/engineering with proven intention to work in business
- Basic design skills to produce charts/graphs and slide decks
- Project management experience
- Languages are a bonus.
We are open to working with the successful candidate as an employee or as an independent contractor and will discuss salary and benefits or contract terms on a case-by-case basis. There will be a combination of a fixed and commission or bonus-based compensation.
How to apply
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to Ms. Jinyu Bao at info@thinkinglinking.com, with the full Job Code (TL002-2) and Job Title in the email subject, and addressing the points listed in Qualifications & Requirements with evidence to prove your suitability. Any applications sent without such a cover letter addressing this posting’s requirements will not be considered.
Our CTO will be holding final interviews in the United States in the next 30 days, either by video call or in person if in New York or Los Angeles.
ThinkingLinking is an A-rated Skilled Worker visa sponsor authorised by the UK Government’s Home Office. As a globally-focused company, we consider applicants from all over the world and are committed under our ‘intensive meritocracy’ policy to sourcing the most talented people globally to fit our needs on an equal opportunity basis in keeping with the Fair Market Economy Institute’s Open-Minded Market philosophy.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
