MBA - Corporate Development Intern

## The Corporate Development Summer MBA Intern will: 📍Support deal leads in the inorganic growth opportunities for PayPal globally – from idea to business case to deal execution and post-deal integration – taking a holistic, cross-functional approach 📍Assist in all aspects of the deal, including sourcing, qualification, strategic rationale, financial modeling, due diligence, and closing & integration planning activities 📍Coordinate a cross-functional deal team within PayPal as well as serve as a point of contact to target company management 📍Ambitiously identify and qualify new ideas & companies for PayPal from internal & external sources ## Job Requirements: 📍Excited about the future of technology, financial services, and commerce 📍Team player, pro-active and action-oriented, anticipates needs, is assertive, and is highly accountable 📍Strong analytical skills, fluency in performing rigorous financial, valuation and broad quantitative analyses and familiarity with accounting & key operational metrics 📍Excellent judgment, mature personality, and experience working with executives; a sophisticated and well-connected, worldly businessperson 📍Adept with technology and a strategic thinker – knows what’s best for the business 📍Currently working towards an MBA degree or related majors 📍Experience in either Investment Banking, Private Equity, Venture Capital, or Corporate Development preferred.

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