At Center, we’re building forward-looking technology to simplify how people work. Our transformative expense management solution is purposely built and offers three important advantages: it eliminates expense reporting for employees, radically reduces the amount of time needed to process expenses in the finance department, and offers real-time reporting and insights to drive cost-savings, analyze trends, and hit budget targets.

The Center team believes that great businesses are built by people who share common values. For us that means a passion for invention, a deep commitment to the customer, integrity, and operating with a sense of care and respect for one another. Working at Center you'll be joining a team that is intellectually curious, has a high degree of personal ownership and accountability, and values teamwork and collaboration.

Why Center?

Center is a hyper-growth SaaS company backed by the co-founder of Concur. We constantly strive to create an environment that allows our employees to thrive and do great work. We are a distributed workforce and have two amazing workspaces in Bellevue, WA and Minneapolis, MN. 

Center’s Strategy & Corporate Development team is a small and specialized team that drives company-wide corporate initiatives, growth strategies/strategic planning, ecosystem development, and operational improvements. Center’s Strategy & Corporate Development team plays an integral role in researching, defining, and executing Center’s inorganic growth plans, investment theses, and strategic partnerships.

Reporting to the SVP, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, the Strategy & Corporate Development Manager will serve as a key collaborator and contributor to Center’s strategic roadmap to ensure that Center meets its long-term growth. The Strategy & Corporate Development Manager will lead and support projects across a wide array of corporate strategic initiatives touching on core, adjacent and new market sectors. They should be an organized self-starter who is able to think critically with exceptional project management skills and strong financial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Researches and provides an analysis of competitors, partners, business models, core and adjacent markets, market sizing, and industry trends.
• Conducts market landscape analyses and reviews of companies within the Spend Management, Banking and Financial Technology and Travel Technology sectors.
• Investigates and provides analysis of the merger and acquisition (M&A), venture funding, and public market environment and trends.
• Synthesizes findings into insights within a project, including implications that inform business decisions; leverages insights to support strategic recommendations for Center.
• Produces high-quality executive communications and arguments to facilitate senior discussions and decision making and prepares presentations which will be reviewed with our executives and board of directors on a regular basis.
• Performs extensive financial modeling, valuation, and business case analyses.
• Drives key initiatives by serving as the representative team member for a variety of ad-hoc, company-wide strategic projects.
• Supports the end-to-end transaction process from idea to business case to deal execution and integration.

Basic Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree from a top-rated university.
• 2-4 years in corporate development, investment banking (corporate finance, M&A, or equity research), management consulting, or similar level of experience and skills; experience with the technology sector / SaaS.
• Strong financial acumen and financial modeling skills are a must.
• Excellent writing, presentation, problem solving and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and highly accountable with demonstrated ability to follow through.
• Exceptional project management skills in the face of highly complex transactions with multiple constituents and stakeholders.

We offer an excellent compensation package for all Center employees. This includes competitive salary, performance bonus, generous paid time off, comprehensive health benefits and 401(k) participation.

The Manager, Strategy & Corporate Development pay transparency TTP range is $121k-$143k annually and the equity value of option grants is $80k-$120k. In addition, Center offers a Self-Managed PTO plan, 8 Paid Holiday’s, Paid Parental Leave, Commuter Stipend, and health care benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, Base Life, AD&D, FSA, Commuter and 401(k).