Deal Lead, Corporate Development
Payward, Inc. is the parent company and operating platform behind Kraken and a portfolio spanning trading, custody, payments, lending, tokenized assets, onchain finance, and benchmarks.
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward operates unified financial infrastructure across crypto and traditional markets, including shared liquidity, risk and margin systems, collateral and settlement, compliance, and licensing. Its first-party portfolio includes Kraken, Kraken Pro, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, CF Benchmarks, Reap, Krak, Kraken Prime, Kraken OTC, Kraken Custody, and Bitnomial.
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About the Role
Lead M&A transactions and venture investments from initial diligence through closing. Engage target leadership, negotiate key terms, coordinate cross-functional due diligence, identify risks, develop recommendations, prepare deal memos, oversee financial models and valuation analyses, build industry relationships, improve corporate-development processes, and mentor team members.
Requirements
- 8+ years of Corporate Development experience at a hyper-growth FinTech company or investment bank
- Experience building pro forma financial models and valuation analyses, including DCF, comparable multiples, and accretion/dilution analysis
- Familiarity with M&A and venture processes, including legal matters and integration planning
- Ability to drive consensus and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders
- Understanding of global crypto and financial-services regulation
- Knowledge of or curiosity about the cryptocurrency industry
- Analytical, problem-solving, writing, and storytelling skills
- Attention to detail
- Technical background or knowledge of software and internet products and services
- Network in crypto or traditional financial-services markets
Responsibilities
- Contribute to M&A and venture strategy and identify high-value opportunities
- Drive M&A and venture investments and develop recommendations
- Lead the end-to-end deal process from initial diligence through closing
- Prepare concise deal memos articulating value drivers and considerations
- Build consensus across leadership and the wider organization
- Oversee pro forma financial models and valuation analyses
- Coordinate due diligence with cross-functional stakeholders
- Build and maintain a network in crypto and financial services
- Improve Corporate Development processes and mentor team members
Hiring Process
Candidates may be asked to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments. Results are considered alongside experience and interviews and are not the sole basis for employment decisions.