Business Development Associate Job Requisition Number: 27114 United States New York - NY

The Company
Bloomberg is the world's most trusted source of information for businesses and professionals. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytic, data, news, display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg's media services cover the world with more than 2,200 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® 24-hour network delivers smart television to more than 240 million homes. BLOOMBERG RADIO® services broadcast via SIRIUS XM Radio and 1worldspaceTM satellite radio globally and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. The award-winning monthly BLOOMBERG MARKETS® magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine and the BLOOMBERG.COM® financial news and information Web site provide news and insight to businesses and investors.

The Role
The Financial Products Business Development Associate will:
-Evaluate new business opportunities (e.g., acquisitions, partnerships, and internally developed products):
-Determine strategic fit with business objectives and market dynamics
-Develop and/or manage detailed financial models to estimate potential value of opportunities (e.g., market assessment, sizing & forecasts, DCFs, comparables, sum of the parts, cash-flow analyses etc).
-Assess range of competitive responses, deal structures and impact on opportunity
-Create metrics to evaluate performance of targets
-Develop perspective on go/no go decision
-Present cases for investment both within the firm and with prospective partners
-Work closely with business leaders to articulate how proposed transactions align with business strategies and accelerate organic business roadmaps
-Help manage the flow of opportunities presented to Bloomberg
-Evaluate build/buy scenarios and help articulate business rationale
-Discuss and propose strategic alternatives
-Negotiate with external parties when relevant
-Support the execution of priority initiatives with cross-business unit teams:
-Due diligence, deal execution, and business integration
-Organic business plan development and forecasting where relevant
-Create presentations for senior business unit leadership

Qualifications:
Education
-Undergraduate degree from a top-tier school, ideally in business
-MBA in finance from top tier program preferred.

Experience
-5 to 7 years of professional work experience in investment banking and/or private equity with a top tier firm. Completion of investment banking training courses required.
-High degree of comfort with company valuation and M&A; processes.
-Demonstrated experience completing transactions with strategic investors (either buy or sell side).
-Experience as a strategic investor and/or within corporate business development also highly desirable.
-Experience analyzing deal structure, completing valuations, articulating business strategy and positioning with market dynamics.
-Previous experience in technology required as most areas of interest have a strong technology component to business operations. Experience in financial services is highly desirable, as well as familiarity with information services, and/or media business models.

Leadership & Project Management Skills
-Exceptional problem-solving, quantitative, and analytical skills; strategic and creative thinker
-Relationship-builder who is solutions-oriented and can effectively link the interests of multiple stakeholders
-Distinctive financial modeling skills and proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
-Outstanding project management skills and resourcefulness
-Solid business and financial acumen - understanding of fundamental principles of economics and finance
-Collegial orientation; relationship-builder who is solutions-oriented
-Accustomed to "open door" office setting
-Self starter eager to work in an fast paced entrepreneurial setting
-Demonstrable attention to detail and organizational skills
-Exceptional written and oral communication skills are essential
-Strong personal initiative, good judgment, and impeccable ethics; desire to succeed in a demanding, innovative, and entrepreneurial environment

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