Senior Associate, M&A Origination

CSC Generation grows through acquisitions and this role builds the front end of that engine. As Senior Associate M&A Origination you will construct the market maps run the outreach and open the conversations that turn into completed dealsworking directly with senior deal professionals on a small high-output team.

In your first 612 months success means a functioning origination pipeline you built from scratch: target universes mapped outreach generating real conversations with owners and advisors and sourced opportunities moving into active deal processes.

This is a lean team. You will own a lot move fast and make decisions with full end-to-end responsibility.

• Build the market maps that drive acquisition strategysize target markets identify companies that fit investment criteria track competitive buyer activity and produce the target lists and coverage plans the team works against for both new categories and bolt-on acquisitions.
• Develop a defensible point of view on your sectors by conducting primary industry research on market trends consolidation dynamics buyer activity and clearing multiples.
• Build and maintain the target universe that everything else runs onconstruct and enrich company profiles keep ownership and financing detail current and ensure the team operates from a complete and accurate picture.
• Run outreach at volume and with judgmentopen conversations with owners founders and management teams before a formal process exists to get CSC in front of businesses early.
• Support coverage of the banker broker lender and advisor networkmaintain the relationship map prepare for meetings run follow-up and ensure nothing goes cold.
• Screen inbound and sourced opportunities against investment criteria and build the initial commercial casemarket context seller motivation indicative valuation and key risksso the team can decide quickly whether to engage.
• Stay with opportunities you source as they go livesupport the deal team through diligence and deal documents contributing until close.
• Own pipeline hygiene reporting and toolingkeep the CRM accurate publish coverage and conversion metrics and build automations and AI workflows that let a small team cover a large market.

• 36 years in investment banking private equity corporate development or transaction advisory with meaningful exposure to deal sourcing or business development.
• Demonstrated ability to generate activityoutreach you have run relationships you have opened or a pipeline you have helped build.
• Solid financial literacy: ability to size a business read a P&L and capital structure and build a credible first-pass commercial case.
• Strong research skillsable to build a market map from scratch identify non-obvious targets and assemble accurate ownership and financing profiles.
• Fluency with sourcing and CRM platforms (DealCloud Grata Sourcescrub Affinity Apollo or equivalents) and genuine comfort using AI tooling to extend coverage.
• Comfort working quantitatively on coverage conversion and activity metrics with the rigor to keep a pipeline clean without being asked.
• High ownership mindsetyou will be measured on the pipeline you build and the deals that close from it.
• Willingness to travel regularly to targets lenders advisors and key industry events.

• Experience in consumer retail ecommerce or multi-unit businesses.
• Exposure to carve-outs distressed or special-situations transactions.

The people who do best here are builders. They take ownership move fast and want to see the direct impact of their work.

• Cross-Functional Impact: You will drive the front end of CSCs acquisition engineyour market maps outreach and sourced conversations directly shape which brands join the portfolio next.
• AI-First Skill Building: Get hands-on with advanced AI tooling automation workflows and modern sourcing platforms that set you apart in any deal-making career.
• End-to-End Ownership: Own the origination function from market mapping through first conversations to deal close with the autonomy to shape how this capability scales.
• Competitive Benefits: Paid time off policies 401(k) match medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies and employee discounts across our portfolio of brands.

1. Recruiter Screen - A 30-minute conversation with our recruiting team to align on the role your background and what you are looking for.
2. Sourcing Challenge - A short take-home exercise so we can understand how you build a funnel and approach execution.
3. Hiring Manager Interview - Deep-dive conversation with Corporate Development leadership focused on your sourcing track record approach to outreach and deal origination experience.
4. In-Person Interview - Wed like to meet you at our Los Angeles office. Details and logistics will be arranged with your recruiter.
5. Reference Checks - Conducted in parallel with the final stages where possible.
6. Offer - We move quickly for the right candidate.

Interview process is subject to change. Any updates will be communicated promptly and clearly.