M&A Research Analyst

Remote M&A Research Analyst

Harris is seeking a Research Analyst who will play a critical role in supporting our M&A process.

You will be successful in this role if you have a passion for research, analysis, investments, data, and software, and you love to continuously learn. We are looking for someone who wants to grow their career for the long term in this role, as you will become a vital component of our current and future investment strategy.

This remote role welcomes candidates anywhere in Canada and the US. Travel is required as needed, approximately 10%. Candidates must hold a current, valid passport and be legally eligible to travel between USA and Canada. This includes either passport based visa exemption or possession of any required travel visas for entry into Canada, and the United States. Preference will be given to candidates who can work in EST timezone.

Salary

70K - 77K

AI & Innovation Mindset

We are committed to leveraging emerging technologies to improve how we work, serve our customers, and drive business outcomes. The successful candidate will demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to actively adopt and leverage AI tools to improve workflows, solve problems, and increase efficiency. Candidates should be comfortable using AI enabled technologies, including copilots, chat based AI assistants, and automation tools, as part of their everyday work while maintaining appropriate judgment, security, and compliance standards.

What your impact will be:

Majority (>80%)

• Qualifying M&A Prospects - Understand and use our investment criteria for rigorous screening of prospects
• Big Data - Manage, monitor and maintain the data quality of our watch-list of M&A prospects in our CRM with reports and dashboards
• Research - Perform primary research on owner-operated businesses, private equity portfolio companies, as well as potential carve outs of multinational corporations
• Research - market-sizing, industry trends, and competitor analysis
• Research - Software M&A advisors, brokers, and investment banks
• Data sources - Identify & analyze relevant 3rd party data sources such as industry tradeshows and conferences for M&A prospects
• Analysis-Prepare and report on various statistics and KPIs related to our M&A pipeline

Minority