Search Fund & Acquisition Sourcing Associate
Role Overview
This mid-level role focuses on sourcing small-business acquisitions by mapping markets, identifying owner-operated companies, and conducting personalized outreach. Day-to-day tasks include building target-company criteria, running multi-channel sequences, and managing pipeline stages. The hire will directly impact deal flow by generating qualified owner conversations rather than just email volume.
Perks & Benefits
Remote-first role with flexible location within Latin America. Opportunity to work with a team focused on small-business acquisitions, gaining exposure to deal sourcing and investment processes. Potential for career growth in search funds or private equity. Reasonable assumption: competitive compensation and autonomy in a startup-like environment.
Full Job Description
We 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.
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