Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 12 European countries and having surpassed €2Bn in GMV — all while being profitable. With beautiful headquarters in Vienna, we operate as a remote-first company, and our 250+ employees enjoy up to two months of workation per year. We’ve also been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for three consecutive years.
Our mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions.
We believe flexibility works best when paired with ownership. While we offer a remote-first setup built on trust and autonomy, we look for people who are self-driven, proactive, and motivated to turn ideas into impact in a high-accountability environment.
As our Corporate Development Manager, you will own the end-to-end execution of strategic transactions, including valuation, due diligence, deal structuring, closing, and post-merger integration. Partnering closely with the VP Finance and senior leadership, you will also support group structuring, governance, and fundraising activities. Your work will help establish a robust, scalable setup to support refurbed’s continued growth.
WHO YOU ARE
- Strong corporate development / corporate finance background, ideally Big 4–trained (Transaction Services, Deal Advisory, Valuation, or similar)
- Proven experience in M&A project management, from strategy through execution and integration
- Deep understanding of financial, tax, and legal due diligence and their implications for valuation and deal structuring
- Solid hands‑on experience with valuation methodologies, financial modeling, and investment decision frameworks
- Strong knowledge of transaction and legal structures, including share vs. asset deals, holding structures, and tax structuring
- Experience with post‑merger integration in complex, cross‑functional environments
- Familiarity with entity setup and group structuring, including tax structuring, SPVs, intercompany financing, and international structures
- Exposure to fundraising processes including governance, reporting, and legal form considerations
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to bridge finance, legal, and operational teams
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead Corporate Development & M&A initiatives across category expansion, strategic acquisitions, and exit‑driven projects
- Manage end-to-end M&A processes, including target screenings, commercial and strategic rationale, valuations, business cases, and contractual agreements
- Own due diligence processes together with external advisors, translating findings into valuation adjustments and risk mitigation measures
- Design and negotiate transaction structures, including share vs. asset deals, earn‑outs, and governance mechanisms
- Evaluate and optimize group and holding structures, including legal considerations, tax efficiency, and international scalability
- Lead post‑merger integration ensuring alignment across operations, tech, finance, legal, and people topics while capturing synergies
- Act as a key contact to advisors and stakeholders, including tax advisors, legal counsel, banks, and investors
WHY YOU WILL ENJOY WORKING WITH US:
Our Culture and Values:
- Decisions should be made based on facts and not by hierarchy levels? We sure think so!
- We embrace giving and receiving feedback, testing and welcoming new ideas, as well as sharing our knowledge across the company.
- You fail sometimes? Well, so do we! We’re all just human, let’s learn from our mistakes to improve in the future!
- No matter who you love, where you’re from, who you pray to, whether you pee sitting down or standing up – we are a bunch of talented people who enjoy spending our time making a difference!
Personal & Professional Development:
- You'll have access to a dedicated learning budget within your department to support your growth, whether it's courses, conferences, or other learning opportunities that matter to you.
- We partner with Likeminded, offering you private sessions with experts for your personal growth and mental health.
- We frequently host internal workshops, allowing our teams to further develop their skills in different areas and enhancing collaboration across departments.
Flexibility:
- We care about a healthy work/life balance. We not only function and support a fully remote setting but also offer the possibility to work from our beautiful office in the vibrant heart of Vienna – we love dogs, so feel free to bring your furry little buddy too 😊
- We trust you to do the best job, so we don't care so much when you do it – you are able to self-organize.
- You will also be invited to take part in our office weeks, happening three times a year, where you will have the chance to work side by side with your colleagues and enjoy the team-building events and on-site workshops
…and much more! See https://careers.refurbed.com/ for further insights!
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What We Do
refurbed is the fastest-growing online marketplace for refurbished products in Europe and one of the top companies in Austria, Germany and Switzerland according to Kununu. Our products look and function like new due to the 40-step refurbishment process, and they are cheaper and more sustainable than buying new. With the team of 300 people located all over Europe, we make sure to create a better and more sustainable future for our next generations and the world as a whole
