Search Fund & Acquisition Sourcing Associate
Kirin
Apply to this jobWe are hiring a Search Fund & Acquisition Sourcing Associate to build proprietary deal flow for small-business acquisitions. This role emphasizes disciplined market mapping, owner outreach, and pipeline management rather than financial modeling alone.
Responsibilities
• Turn investment themes into precise target-company criteria and searchable market maps.
• Research fragmented industries, identify owner-operated businesses, and enrich decision-maker data.
• Write personalized outreach that demonstrates real knowledge of the company and owner.
• Run multi-channel sequences and conduct early qualification calls.
• Maintain accurate pipeline stages, notes, follow-ups, and disqualification reasons.
• Measure performance by qualified owner conversations and actionable opportunities, not raw email volume.
Requirements
• Based in Latin America with professional English; Spanish or Portuguese fluency preferred.
• 1–3 years in search funds, private equity, investment banking, corporate development, executive search, B2B sales, or comparable sourcing work.
• Strong research judgment, concise writing, and persistent but respectful follow-through.
• Advanced Google Sheets or Excel skills and comfort working from a CRM every day.
Helpful but not required
• Prior search-fund internship or lower-middle-market transaction exposure.
• Experience with Clay, Apollo, PitchBook, Capital IQ, Grata, HubSpot, or Affinity.
• A work sample showing how you mapped a market or sourced hard-to-find companies.
Summary
Research, identify, and engage with owner-operated businesses for acquisitions.
Job title
Search Fund & Acquisition Sourcing Associate
Experience level
1-3 years
Minimum experience
1+ years exp
Industry
finance
Location requirements
Based in Buenos Aires; remote work not specified
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
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