Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health Mission Hill

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Transform the future of healthcare strategy at the ground level. Join our Corporate team where you’ll partner directly with senior executives to evaluate and shape high-impact mergers, acquisitions, and strategic growth initiatives. This is a rare opportunity to bring forward your advanced financial modeling and analytical expertise in an environment designed to operate with the rigor and pace of investment banking—while influencing decisions at the highest levels of leadership. If you thrive in fast-moving, high-visibility work and want to apply a sophisticated skillset in a mission-driven organization, this role offers the chance to build something truly new and meaningful.

This role is located in St Louis, Missouri, and requires daily onsite presence. The position is not eligible for remote or hybrid work.

Job Summary:

Responsible for supporting growth and strategic initiatives for merger and acquisition (M & A) transactions. Provides support across all phases of the M & A life cycle, with particular responsibility on qualitative, financial and valuation analyses. This role serves as a member of the strategy and development team and will be part of a team driving growth and strategic initiatives providing transactional support across all quantitative and financial phases of the M&A life cycle for the organization’s transactions.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides analytical financial and valuation modeling expertise on the evaluation of growth initiatives, including de novo service line opportunities, acquisitions, partnerships, divestitures, and other growth opportunities.

• Understands and contributes to all transaction legal documents in partnership with senior team members and legal partners.

• Supports cross-functional teams in key areas of the transaction including financial analysis, due diligence, review of transaction documents, and transition and integration planning.

• Communicates with and prepares transaction deliverables for key internal and external stakeholders.

• Works in a matrix organization and promotes teamwork within and across the organization by maintaining positive relationships and utilizing effective problem-solving skills.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree

EXPERIENCE

• Three years’ experience in the areas of strategic project management and/or mergers and acquisitions

• Experience in investment banking, corporate development, or strategic finance. Ideally, from environments such as investment banks, valuation firms, or strategic advisory roles

• Background in financial/valuation analysis.

• Experience performing financial modeling, valuation work, or strategic advisory analysis is highly preferred

• Strong financial modeling and analytical skillset. Demonstrated ability to build and interpret complex financial models is a key requirement

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• None

Department:

8766000033 Treasury

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave : we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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