M&A Associate

About the Company

MNC Capital is a boutique advisory firm focused on mergers and acquisitions. The firm works with private companies, founders, entrepreneurs, and private equity investors on acquisitions, divestitures, and growth-related transactions. Its work spans multiple industries, with particular emphasis on founder-led businesses and mid-market deals.

The team supports clients end to end across the transaction lifecycle, including sourcing opportunities, identifying strategic buyers, preparing marketing materials, assisting with diligence, and helping execute transactions. The firm emphasizes careful analysis, practical advice, and long-term client relationships.

Role Overview

The company is looking for a driven, detail-focused M&A Associate to join its expanding team in Montreal. This position suits someone who enjoys learning about different businesses, can work accurately under pressure, and takes pride in producing polished work.

Reporting to senior team members, the associate will contribute to both buy-side and sell-side assignments throughout the deal process. The work includes industry and company research, identifying potential acquisition targets and buyers, drafting Confidential Information Memorandums and related materials, performing financial analysis, and supporting transaction execution.

This is a practical, hands-on role with exposure to live M&A activity as well as ongoing sourcing and business development support. The successful candidate will be dependable, proactive, highly organized, and able to produce reliable work with limited oversight.

Key Responsibilities

• Research industries and companies to spot acquisition targets that fit client strategies.
• Create target lists and build concise company profiles for outreach and evaluation.
• Study strategic acquirers, private equity firms, and other market participants.
• Help initiate outreach and coordinate introductions with prospective targets.
• Support senior colleagues through the full buy-side acquisition process.
• Prepare teasers, CIMs, company summaries, and presentation decks for sell-side mandates.
• Draft clear company narratives, investment themes, and market overviews.
• Identify and research potential strategic and financial buyers.
• Assist with diligence, virtual data room administration, and transaction paperwork.
• Support senior professionals during transaction execution.
• Perform market, industry, and company research across multiple sectors.
• Track M&A activity and note emerging trends and opportunities.
• Research potential clients and deal opportunities.
• Maintain buyer lists, CRM entries, and internal research files.
• Assist with conference and trade show preparation.
• Support sourcing and business development efforts during slower transaction periods.
• Prepare financial analysis and valuation support materials.
• Help draft, structure, and organize transaction documents.
• Create client-facing presentations and internal memorandums.
• Work with senior team members across several engagements while balancing competing deadlines.
• Deliver accurate, professional, and well-structured output consistently.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Commerce, Accounting, or a closely related discipline.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in M&A, investment banking, corporate development, transaction advisory, private equity, or a similar area.
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent business writing ability with the capacity to produce persuasive and professional materials.
• Solid research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and a strong commitment to quality.
• Very good organization and time management skills, with the ability to juggle several priorities.
• Self-driven, dependable, proactive, and comfortable working independently while supporting senior staff.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel; financial modeling is considered an advantage.
• Curiosity, professionalism, and a positive mindset.

Why Join

• Work directly with experienced M&A professionals on both buy-side and sell-side engagements.
• Gain exposure to a wide range of industries and founder-owned companies.
• Build relationships with entrepreneurs, executives, private equity firms, and strategic buyers.
• Join a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where individual contributions matter.
• Develop a strong base for a long-term career in mergers and acquisitions.

Additional Information

This position is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and is full-time and onsite. No salary, stipend, number of openings, start date, or application deadline was specified in the source material.