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Salary: USD 130,000 - 180,000 / annual
Zeelo is a transportation platform serving frontline workers at major enterprises like Amazon, Barclays, and UPS. The company recently completed a Series B raise and is expanding its geographic and service footprint.
You will be Zeelo's first Senior Associate of Corporate Development, reporting to the VP of Finance and working directly with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role focused on identifying and evaluating growth opportunities through market expansion, new customer segments, service line extensions, and M&A.
Key responsibilities:
- Size and prioritize new geographic markets, customer segments, and service lines using market data, customer insights, and program economics
- Build and maintain a pipeline of acquisition targets; manage relationships with capital providers and support future financing (debt and equity)
- Build valuation models and deal structures; prepare investment cases for leadership and board review
- Coordinate due diligence across Finance, Operations, Product, Engineering, and external advisors (legal, accounting)
- Plan and oversee post-close integration with teams owning acquired businesses; track results against investment thesis
- Analyze competitors and industry trends in employee commuting, school transportation, and mobility
- Contribute to annual and multi-year strategic plans with Finance and Senior Leadership
- Prepare strategy materials for board meetings and investor updates
- Execute high-priority strategic and commercial projects for CEO and VP of Finance
You will build models, run research, and manage deal processes yourself, with room to grow the function as the company scales.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2–5 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, management consulting, or corporate development at a growth-stage company
- Direct involvement in M&A transactions from target screening through diligence and close
- Strong financial modeling skills
- Experience sizing markets and building business cases from incomplete data
- Clear written and verbal communication; ability to translate complex analysis into recommendations for senior leaders and boards
- Comfort working independently with limited structure
- Strong problem-solving mentality and natural curiosity
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, or related field
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience in transportation, logistics, mobility, or tech-enabled services
- Experience integrating an acquired business post-close
- Exposure to international teams, particularly US and UK
