M&A Sales Associate
Assist the sales team in identifying, pursuing, and closing opportunities to sell our M&A brand consulting services.
The ideal candidate is early in their sales career but with good habits, enthusiastic about branding and marketing, and eager to learn how to build relationships with clients, understand their needs, and translate them into compelling proposals. This role includes both inbound support and structured outbound prospecting to generate qualified opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support outbound prospecting as part of a structured cadence (email, calls, events, social outreach) to target accounts and industries.
- Research target accounts and markets; help build target lists, account plans, and engagement sequences.
- Keep abreast of news in the M&A space to identify companies who may have a “moment” or need.
- Qualify inbound inquiries and initiate discovery conversations with potential clients; route leads to the appropriate next steps.
- Develop clear, client-focused messaging that explains our branding services and potential business impact for outbound audiences.
- Coordinate discovery calls, capture notes, and follow up on action items.
- Assist in preparing proposals, presentations, and statements of work under guidance.
- Maintain accurate CRM records (e.g., HubSpot) with activity, contacts, opportunities, and stage progression.
- Assist in preparing RFP responses and client collateral.
- Find and attend prospect networking events
- Support marketing and outbound campaigns with creative content ideas based on prospect needs and conversations
Required Qualifications
- 1-3 years+ of B2B sales experience or relevant internship/co-op experience; interest in branding, marketing, or consulting.
- Strong communication and listening skills; comfort interacting with internal teams and clients.
- Basic understanding of branding concepts (brand strategy, positioning, identity) and how branding can influence business outcomes.
- Proactive, curious, and fast learner with the ability to take direction and follow processes.
- Familiarity with CRM systems and sales tooling; proficiency with common office software.
- Team player with a collaborative mindset and good organizational skills.
- Someone who “finds a way” to get in front of prospects and start conversations.
- Some rudimentary understanding of private equity and other intermediaries with roles in M&A deals.
Preferred Qualifications
- Internship or coursework in marketing, communications, business, or a related field.
- Exposure to B2B sales processes, outbound prospecting, or client-facing activities.
- Bachelor’s degree or current enrollment in a related program.
Competencies and Skills
- Active listening and questioning techniques
- Basic consultative selling and needs discovery
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Organization, time management, and reliability
- Curiosity, resilience, and adaptability
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Outbound sales techniques, cadences, and metric-minded mindset
What Success Looks Like
- Completes onboarding and becomes proficient with our offerings, messaging, and processes.
- Generates and contributes to a healthy outbound pipeline and qualified inbound leads.
- Demonstrates accurate CRM hygiene and timely activity logging.
- Contributes to winning proposals and client-ready materials with guidance.
- Gains confidence in client conversations and takes on increasing responsibility over time.
If you share a relentless passion for results, we want to hear from you.
Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter with the subject line “Application: M&A Sales Associate”.
Apply NowIf you share a relentless passion for results, we want to hear from you.
Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter with the subject line “Application: M&A Sales Associate”.
Apply NowCompany Description
Finch Brands is a real-world brand consultancy. We exist to help brands win when it matters most. We do this by blending insight, intuition, and creativity to shape brand strategy and drive people to action. Finch Brands was founded in 1998 by executives instrumental in the ascent of IKEA and David’s Bridal. Their original vision was to create the firm they never could find when they were in our clients’ shoes – an end-to-end brand development and management powerhouse that seamlessly delivers breakthrough brand strategy and irrepressibly creative design.
Open Positions
Nothing right now that interests you?
Send us your stuff anyway! We’re always looking to meet great people.
Please submit your resume and cover letter.
If you share a relentless passion for results, we want to hear from you.
Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter with the subject line “Application: M&A Sales Associate”.
Apply NowAssist the sales team in identifying, pursuing, and closing opportunities to sell our M&A brand consulting services.
The ideal candidate is early in their sales career but with good habits, enthusiastic about branding and marketing, and eager to learn how to build relationships with clients, understand their needs, and translate them into compelling proposals. This role includes both inbound support and structured outbound prospecting to generate qualified opportunities.
- Support outbound prospecting as part of a structured cadence (email, calls, events, social outreach) to target accounts and industries.
- Research target accounts and markets; help build target lists, account plans, and engagement sequences.
- Keep abreast of news in the M&A space to identify companies who may have a “moment” or need.
- Qualify inbound inquiries and initiate discovery conversations with potential clients; route leads to the appropriate next steps.
- Develop clear, client-focused messaging that explains our branding services and potential business impact for outbound audiences.
- Coordinate discovery calls, capture notes, and follow up on action items.
- Assist in preparing proposals, presentations, and statements of work under guidance.
- Maintain accurate CRM records (e.g., HubSpot) with activity, contacts, opportunities, and stage progression.
- Assist in preparing RFP responses and client collateral.
- Find and attend prospect networking events
- Support marketing and outbound campaigns with creative content ideas based on prospect needs and conversations
- 1-3 years+ of B2B sales experience or relevant internship/co-op experience; interest in branding, marketing, or consulting.
- Strong communication and listening skills; comfort interacting with internal teams and clients.
- Basic understanding of branding concepts (brand strategy, positioning, identity) and how branding can influence business outcomes.
- Proactive, curious, and fast learner with the ability to take direction and follow processes.
- Familiarity with CRM systems and sales tooling; proficiency with common office software.
- Team player with a collaborative mindset and good organizational skills.
- Someone who “finds a way” to get in front of prospects and start conversations.
- Some rudimentary understanding of private equity and other intermediaries with roles in M&A deals.
- Internship or coursework in marketing, communications, business, or a related field.
- Exposure to B2B sales processes, outbound prospecting, or client-facing activities.
- Bachelor’s degree or current enrollment in a related program.
- Active listening and questioning techniques
- Basic consultative selling and needs discovery
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Organization, time management, and reliability
- Curiosity, resilience, and adaptability
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Outbound sales techniques, cadences, and metric-minded mindset
- Completes onboarding and becomes proficient with our offerings, messaging, and processes.
- Generates and contributes to a healthy outbound pipeline and qualified inbound leads.
- Demonstrates accurate CRM hygiene and timely activity logging.
- Contributes to winning proposals and client-ready materials with guidance.
- Gains confidence in client conversations and takes on increasing responsibility over time.
If you share a relentless passion for results, we want to hear from you.
Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter with the subject line “Application: M&A Sales Associate”.
Apply NowCompany Description
Finch Brands is a real-world brand consultancy. We exist to help brands win when it matters most. We do this by blending insight, intuition, and creativity to shape brand strategy and drive people to action. Finch Brands was founded in 1998 by executives instrumental in the ascent of IKEA and David’s Bridal. Their original vision was to create the firm they never could find when they were in our clients’ shoes – an end-to-end brand development and management powerhouse that seamlessly delivers breakthrough brand strategy and irrepressibly creative design.
Open Positions
Nothing right now that interests you?
Send us your stuff anyway! We’re always looking to meet great people.
Please submit your resume and cover letter.