Business Broker / M&A Advisor / 1099 Commission-Only

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Ongoing Educational Opportunities
• Hybrid Role - being able to work from home
• Flexible Business Hours
• Uncapped earning potential

Business Broker / M&A Advisor — Northern & Central New Jersey / Must be New Jersey-based

Transworld Ascend represents owners of privately held New Jersey companies in selling their businesses. We're adding advisors who want to build a practice, not take a job.

Commission split: 50% of gross fees to the advisor on the first $100,000 generated in a calendar year, 60% on everything above that. The 60% applies to the increment, not retroactively.

Typical engagements are with businesses in the $750K–$5M revenue range. Fees are generally 8–12% of transaction value, with a minimum fee of $25,000.

For example, a business with $2M in revenue and $500K in seller's discretionary earnings might sell for 3x earnings, or $1,500,000. At a 10% fee, that transaction generates $150,000 in gross fees. If it's the advisor's first closing of the year, they take home $80,000 — $50,000 on the first $100,000, and $30,000 on the remaining $50,000. Every dollar generated after that in the same year is at 60%.

What it takes to get there. This is a 1099, commission-only practice. First closings typically land 12–18 months out, because engagements run 9–12 months from signed listing to close, and you have to originate them first. Advisors who succeed here start with enough personal runway to cover that period without this income, and the temperament to build a pipeline from nothing. If that's not your situation right now, this isn't the right time, and we'd rather say so here than four months in.

The work
The job is roughly three things at once: originating engagements, doing the analytical work to position a business for sale, and managing a transaction from listing through close. Day-to-day, that looks like:

• Finding and winning sell-side engagements
• Building referral relationships with CPAs, attorneys, commercial bankers, and wealth advisors
• Meeting with owners, reviewing financials, and working through valuation positioning
• Preparing and confidentially marketing businesses for sale
• Screening and qualifying buyers
• Negotiating terms and deal structure
• Coordinating diligence, financing, and closing

You generate most of your own business. Company-generated inquiries and house leads exist and are assigned as available, but they supplement your own origination — they don't substitute for it. Anyone who tells you otherwise about a brokerage role is selling you something.

Compensation

• Classification: 1099 independent contractor
• Base salary/draw: None
• Benefits: None

Actual earnings depend on your own production, the size of the transactions you close, and their timing. We guarantee no level of income.

What you get access to

• Onboarding and ongoing coaching from experienced advisors
• One week of training at Transworld's corporate headquarters in Florida. Transworld covers training and lodging; expect to cover roughly $1,000 yourself for travel and meals.
• Transworld's CRM, transaction management, and valuation tools
• Marketing templates, listing materials, and established process documentation
• A national and international network of Transworld brokers and buyer relationships

You set your own schedule, work from where you choose, and run your practice as your own business. We provide the platform and the support; how you use it is up to you.

Who tends to do well here
Advisors who succeed in this business are usually people who have already sold something complicated to a business owner and have a network they can call on. Common backgrounds include B2B or consultative sales, commercial banking and lending, wealth management, commercial real estate, accounting, law, consulting, and prior business ownership or executive leadership.

Prior brokerage experience helps but isn't required. A bachelor's degree is preferred but not required. No real estate or securities license is required for this role in New Jersey.

What matters more:

• You are comfortable prospecting and asking for the business
• You can read a P&L and a balance sheet and understand what they say about a company
• You can hold a confidence, without exception
• You can manage several relationships and live transactions at once without dropping things
• You want to build a practice over years, not close a few deals and move on

To apply
Send a resume and a short note on why you're interested. If your background fits and you're New Jersey-based, we'll set up an initial conversation to walk through the commission structure, the ramp-up period, and what your first year would realistically look like.

Flexible work from home options available.