Corporate Development Associate

Job Description

Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) Corporate Development group is primarily responsible for evaluating and executing strategic M&A transactions and investments. Sitting within a premier global media company, the group supports the development and execution of company-wide corporate strategy and assists business units spanning multiple global regions in evaluating and executing upon new investment opportunities. WBD Corporate Development group, based in London and covering Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LatAM) markets, sees significant active deal flow and executes transactions end-to-end.

Your Role Accountabilities…
• Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, the Associate will be primarily responsible for working with Corporate Development colleagues and WBD's functional leadership teams to evaluate and execute potential corporate transactions in support of the company's mid-to-long range strategy.
• Play a key supporting role in identifying, assessing, synthesizing, and preparing recommendations relating to the strategic and financial impact on WBD and its affiliated entities from potential transactions.
• Assist in all aspects of transaction execution including project management, due diligence, financial modelling, valuation, communications, and documentation.
• Incorporate inputs from strategy, commercial, legal, FP&A, accounting, tax, and other teams while evaluating potential transactions.
• Apply creativity and judgement in producing and updating financial models, plans, valuations, impact analyses and sensitivities, based on a variety of assumptions.
• Communicate effectively, proactively manage time, anticipate and organize meetings and ensure that all aspects of a deal keep progressing in parallel.

Qualifications & Experience…
• The ideal candidate will have worked at an investment bank.
• TMT (Technology, Media and Entertainment and Telecommunications) sector experience preferred, however not a must.
• Track record of being able to analyse, structure, and prepare discussion materials for a variety of potential deals such as acquisitions, combinations, joint ventures, minority investments, and other equity transactions, as well as large-scale new business investments and ventures.
• Proven experience synthesizing and concisely presenting complex qualitative and quantitative information to assist internal discussion, communication and decision making.
• Proven ability to research and model financial outcomes based on a variety of assumptions while incorporating all relevant market, industry, and company factors.

#LI-Hybrid
Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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