Hiring: Corporate Development Senior Associate Company: Nokia Location: Sunnyvale, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:29:58 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Data Pipeline, Python, SQL, Stakeholder Management About the job Experience: •Minimum 5 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, management consulting, transaction advisory, corporate development, or corporate strategy, with significant exposure to M&A and strategic analysis. •Demonstrated experience owning substantial portions of complex transactions or strategic engagements from inception through execution. •Advanced financial modelling and valuation expertise, with the ability to build, review, and defend sophisticated analytical models and investment assumptions. •Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills, including experience engaging directly with senior executives and preparing materials for leadership decision forums. •Proven ability to manage multiple high-priority projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision. Required Skills: •Nokia Corporate Development works AI-first. You will be expected not only to use frontier AI models daily, but also to identify and implement new ways of applying AI, automation, and advanced analytics to accelerate strategic and transaction-related work. •How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn •Work on complex financial analyses and valuation workstreams, including DCF, trading comparables, precedent transactions, accretion/dilution, LBO, synergy modelling, and scenario analysis. •Independently manage strategic analyses and transaction workstreams, developing investment theses, business cases, and recommendations for senior executives. •Drive market, competitor, and target screening activities; develop market models, identify strategic opportunities, and build the fact base supporting growth decisions. •Prepare Executive Committee and Board-level materials, translating detailed analyses into clear, concise, and actionable recommendations. •Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across business groups, finance, legal, strategy, HR, and external advisors throughout strategic and M&A processes. •Contribute to portfolio strategy discussions, partnership evaluations, divestitures, and investment reviews. Qualifications: •Master's degree in finance, Economics, Business, Industrial Engineering & Management, or another highly quantitative discipline. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!