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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This role will be based in the Bay Area (Sunnyvale, San Francisco, or Mountain View).

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office (expected at least twice per week for this role), depending on opportunities to bring the team together.

LinkedIn’s Corporate Development team partners closely with cross-functional leaders to drive corporate and strategic initiatives, analyze market activity and competitive dynamics, and source, evaluate, execute and integrate M&A and strategic partnership opportunities. We seek exceptional candidates who are highly motivated, have a track record of academic and professional success, are driven to succeed and have enthusiasm and passion for LinkedIn’s professional suite of products.

The responsibilities of the Senior Associate include delivering strategic projects, landscape insights, strategic finance projects, M&A analyses, and scenario evaluations to inform LinkedIn’s most-important business decisions. The right candidate has proven skills in financial modeling and strategic assessment/diligence, along with the curiosity and critical thinking needed to identify important factors that may never fit on a spreadsheet. In addition, the Senior Associate will work with key cross-functional partners – Product, Engineering, HR, Finance to name a few - and must be comfortable working with senior stakeholders.

This role is an excellent opportunity to join a small team that influences long-term company-wide investment initiatives that impact hundreds of millions of professionals worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver insightful analyses of market opportunities & drive M&A valuation of options for LinkedIn

• Deliver strategic projects for our leadership that provide key business insights for high-priority initiatives

• Develop a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and assist in building relationships with key players in the industry (e.g. VCs, companies, founders, etc.)

• Drive strategic finance projects (e.g. competitive KPI benchmarking, analyze LinkedIn performance relative to peers across business lifecycles, etc.) in collaboration with CFO’s office, FP&A, BizOps, etc.

• Support acquisitions – including valuation modeling, due diligence, deal negotiations and integration for M&A. This includes coordinating a multitude of internal teams in the evaluation of technical employees, technology solutions and other product diligence

• Assist in post-acquisition integration by ensuring that cross-functional teams are all executing on their respective M&A integration plans

• Communicate effectively across all levels (within the team, to cross-functional partners, to leadership / executives)

• Assist the team in building world-class best practices and infrastructure to keep us running smoothly

• Build effective relationships with colleagues from across the organization

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of post-undergrad work experience that includes experience in one or combination of strategy/management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or corporate development, or related experience

• BA/BS degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related work experience

• Experience delivering exec-level insights

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with large data sets and using statistical analyses (SQL experience a plus); experience with quantitative/financial models (e.g. DCFs, M&A valuation, etc.)

• Independently capable of seeking information, solving conceptual problems, corralling resources, and delivering results in challenging situations

• Demonstrated passion for technology through work experience or non-work activities

• Ability to formulate insights around complex business problems and aptitude for creating structured quantitative and qualitative analyses

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills & executive presence: able to articulately present and debate recommendations with senior leadership

• Strong personal initiative, excellent judgment and sense of humor

• Desire to succeed in a demanding, innovative, and entrepreneurial environment: a highly proactive self-starter

• High aptitude to learn quickly, assimilate to new teams and projects, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and work well under pressure with appropriate attention to detail

Suggested Skills:

• Strategy

• Financial Modeling

• Quantitative Analysis

• Mergers & Acquisitions

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $107,000 to $175,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: EEO Statement_2020 - Signed.pdf (https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/LinkedInGCI/EeE8sk7CTIdFmEp9ONzFOTEBM62TPrWLMHs4J1C_QxVTbg?e=xcELJV) .

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• Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you

• Having interviews in an accessible location

• Being accompanied by a service dog

• Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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