Careers: M&A Deal Manager | Krea Business Advisory

What You'll Own

Deal Origination. Identify, qualify, and develop new transaction opportunities across target industries (SaaS, Manufacturing, Construction, Medical Devices, A&D, Semiconductor, Wholesale & Distribution).
Financial Analysis & Valuation. Analyze financial statements, build valuation models, and assess deal viability.
Confidential Information Memorandums (CIMs). Develop positioning materials that tell the right story to the right buyers.
Buyer Engagement. Lead outreach to qualified buyers, manage communications, and drive interest through the pipeline.
Due Diligence & Execution. Support the transaction process from LOI through close, coordinating across buyers, sellers, and advisors.
Systems & Process. Help build and improve internal systems for deal sourcing, tracking, and execution.

Who This Role Is For

You bring 3 to 10 years of professional experience, in finance, operations, consulting, business development, or a related field, and you are looking for something more direct. More real. You are a strong fit if you:

Understand financial statements and can work through a valuation without hand-holding.
Have exposure to valuation methods (DCF, comparables, market-based approaches).
Think like an operator: you want to know how businesses actually work, not just how they look on paper.
Are curious about Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), or have considered buying or building a business yourself.
Are comfortable with ambiguity, learning new tools, and building processes from scratch.

This Role Is Probably Not for You If

You need a highly structured corporate environment.
You prefer narrowly defined responsibilities.
You're uncomfortable speaking directly with business owners.
You want predictable advancement based on tenure.

Strong Plus

A California DRE license, or willingness to obtain one.
Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, agentic AI and modern automation tools used in deal workflows.
Prior exposure to M&A, transaction advisory, or business brokerage.

Compensation

Compensation is heavily performance-based, with meaningful upside tied to completed transactions. The exact structure depends on your experience, availability, and the scope of responsibilities you take on.

Earnings are built through pipeline development and participation in deal outcomes.
The structure rewards results, not hours.

This role is best suited for professionals who think long-term and are comfortable building before seeing returns.

Why This Role Is Different

You won't be on the sidelines. You will:

Work directly on real transactions with real business owners.
See how deals actually come together, not just how they look in a model.
Build a repeatable, personal system for origination and execution.
Develop skills that compound, whether you stay in advisory, move into acquisitions, or build something of your own.

Mentorship

You will work directly with Murali Barathi, M&A advisor and former business owner, with exposure to real transactions, real decision-making, and the kind of pattern recognition that only comes from doing the work.

You'll have a front-row seat to how owners build, grow, value, acquire, and exit businesses.

Build a Career Inside Real Transactions.

M&A Deal Manager (Full Cycle: Origination to Close)