Corporate Development Associate

Full-time - Entry Level

Providence, RI

5,001-10,000 employees

Accommodation

About the position

Bally's Corporation is one of the world's leading entertainment companies, recognized for its innovation and dedication to creating thrilling gaming experiences. The Corporate Development Associate plays a crucial role in researching business decisions and information to enhance corporate development strategies. This position involves monitoring business information, conducting data interpretation, and providing recommendations for improving business processes to support growth and expansion into new customer segments. The role may focus on various aspects of corporate development, including asset and risk management, mergers & acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and productivity improvements. The Corporate Development Associate will be responsible for delivering strategic data analysis and insights to senior leadership, identifying and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data from both external and internal sources. This includes evaluating potential corporate development opportunities through strategic due diligence, financial modeling, and returns analyses. The associate will also be tasked with maintaining and updating data from multiple sources to inform management's strategic decisions, as well as assisting with project management and coordination of deliverables. In addition to data analysis, the role requires the creation of compelling presentations that synthesize insights from market and internal data, identifying trends and opportunities that can drive business performance. The Corporate Development Associate will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to address business issues and support the development of strategic market and product line business cases.

Responsibilities

• Provides and delivers strategic data analysis, insights, and presentations to senior leadership.
• Identifies, cultivates, and analyzes qualitative and quantitative data in the external competitive market as well as from within the organization.
• Contributes to improving systems, processes, and tools particularly as they enhance the vision of data analytics and strategy development.
• Researches and analyzes industries, market segments, and business models.
• Evaluates the merits of alternatives and presents findings to executive management.
• Evaluates potential corporate development opportunities through strategic due diligence and financial analyses.
• Collects, manages, and analyzes global competitive market data for business units and country offices.
• Identifies and interprets trends and patterns in datasets to locate influences.
• Provides recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on business data and market knowledge.
• Creates specifications for reports and analysis based on business needs and data elements.
• May provide consultation to users and lead cross-functional teams to address business issues.
• Supports activities for the development of strategic market and product line business cases.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, or Related Field.
• Typically requires 1 year of experience with market research, business analysis, and project management.
• Demonstrated experience in quantitative and qualitative data research and analysis.
• Prior private sector experience such as management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development, or investment banking is a plus.
• Willingness to immerse oneself to understand the industry, particularly through independent research.
• Ability to construct M&A models and perform valuation and financial analyses.
• Knowledge and understanding of M&A transactions, strategy, deal process.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in management consulting or corporate strategy.
• Familiarity with financial modeling and returns analysis.

Benefits

• Employee stock purchase plan
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Opportunities for advancement
• Childcare benefits