Corporate Development Analyst

Microsoft’s Corporate Development group is a small team of deal professionals that sources, evaluates and executes acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures and partnerships across all of Microsoft’s business groups. The team interacts regularly with Microsoft’s senior management, including frequent discussions with the company’s CEO and Chief Financial Officer. The team is looking for a Corporate Development Analyst with an interest in technology.

Every company is looking to change how they use digital technology to fundamentally reimagine how they empower their employees, engage customers, optimize their operations and change the very core of their products and services. Microsoft is positioned to become the strategic digital transformation platform and partner of choice. Microsoft will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more. Microsoft is an active acquirer and has executed well over 100 acquisitions in the past 10 years, including Activision Blizzard, GitHub, LinkedIn, Nuance, ZeniMax, and Mojang (Minecraft). Deal volume is expected to continue as acquisitions will be a key driver of Microsoft’s growth strategy, complementing a broad range of new products in the pipeline. Additionally, Microsoft continues to evaluate and fund domestic and international equity investments across all lines of business. Recent investments include OpenAI, Databricks, Builder.ai, and London Stock Exchange Group.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

As a Corporate Development Analyst, you will play an integral role in charting the future direction of Microsoft and will participate in landscape-defining transactions. You will join an accomplished team of individuals with extensive M&A experience from leading investment banks, private equity firms, consulting firms and corporations. For any given deal, Corporate Development Analysts will lead valuation analysis and actively participate in deal structuring, negotiation strategy, and review of term sheets and definitive agreements. You will play a vital role in upfront idea generation, strategic evaluation and business planning, coordination of financial, tax and legal due diligence, and post-close integration planning. As a Corporate Development Analyst you will also interface with the investment banking, venture capital and startup communities.

The Corporate Development team encourages and supports the Corporate Development Analyst to pursue new challenges and assume greater responsibilities. Furthermore, leaders of this team are highly dedicated to personal career development; they organize advanced M&A training sessions, meet with each Analyst on a regular basis to discuss career development and offer personal coaching to improve professional skills. In the long-term, the executive leadership of Microsoft will continue to look to the Corporate Development team as a source for new business leaders within the company, building on a tradition of exporting talent to Microsoft’s business groups.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business AND 1+ year(s) experience in project management, mergers and acquisitions, corporate development, finance and analysis, and/or strategic or relationship management role OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Corporate Development IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $68,300 - $137,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $93,200 - $151,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.