Director - Corporate Development Finance
Source One Technical Solutions, WorkFromHome, NJ, United States
Source One is a consulting services company and we’re currently looking for the following individual to work as a consultant to our direct client, a global healthcare consumer products company in Summit, NJ.
Title: Director - Corporate Development Finance
Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
Target Comp: $150-$200/hr W-2 (possibly flexible)
This is a finance-heavy partner to Corporate Development, focused on evaluating deals, building financial cases, and ensuring acquisitions actually deliver value. It sits at the intersection of M&A (Corporate Development), Finance / FP&A and business strategy.
Responsibilities
- You’ll build and manage complex models to evaluate acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
- Consumer-focused financial analysis
- Gross margins (very important in beauty/OTC)
- Pricing and promotion strategies
- Strategic business partnering
- You’ll work closely with Corporate Development (deal team), Brand / commercial teams, supply chain & operations and R&D
- You will translate business assumptions into financial impact and challenge assumptions when needed
- Working under pressure (deal timelines)
- Turn around analyses in days or hours
- Update models based on new info
- Support negotiations in real time
- You’ll help assess financial health of target companies, risks (declining sales, margin pressure, liabilities) and accuracy of forecasts
- Work with External advisors (bankers, consultants), Internal audit / finance teams
- Post-deal performance tracking
- After a deal closes, you’ll track whether projections were met
- Monitor revenue growth, cost savings and report variances to leadership
- Executive communication
- You’ll prepare deal summaries, financial decks and investment recommendations, presented to senior leadership
Required
- 10+ years of experience
- Consumer products/cosmetics industry experience
- Strong financial acumen: a deep understanding of Valuation, Accounting and Forecasting, and an ability to quickly interpret complex financials
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity: Asking “Why is this brand growing?” “Are these margins sustainable?” Digging beyond numbers into consumer behavior and market trends.
- Excellent collaboration with business partners inside and outside finance, working under pressure/tight timelines
- Strong interpersonal skills are critical
- Investment banking, corporate finance, or consulting experience