Search Fund & Acquisition Sourcing Associate
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Job overview
Kirin is hiring a Search Fund & Acquisition Sourcing Associate. The Search Fund & Acquisition Sourcing Associate will build proprietary deal flow for small-business acquisitions. This role emphasizes disciplined market mapping, owner outreach, and pipeline management rather than financial modeling alone. The associate will turn investment themes into target-company criteria, research fragmented industries, and identify owner-operated businesses. They will also write personalized outreach, run multi-channel sequences, and conduct early qualification calls.
Key focus areas include Turn investment themes into precise target-company criteria and searchable market maps, Research fragmented industries, identify owner-operated businesses, and enrich decision-maker data, and Write personalized outreach that demonstrates real knowledge of the company and owner.
Successful candidates bring Professional English. Important skills include Professional English, Research Judgment, Concise Writing, Persistent Follow-Through, Respectful Follow-Through, and Advanced Google Sheets. Preferred (not required): Spanish Fluency, Clay, Apollo, and PitchBook.
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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
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Turn investment themes into precise target-company criteria and searchable market maps.
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Research fragmented industries, identify owner-operated businesses, and enrich decision-maker data.
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Write personalized outreach that demonstrates real knowledge of the company and owner.
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Run multi-channel sequences and conduct early qualification calls.
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Maintain accurate pipeline stages, notes, follow-ups, and disqualification reasons.
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Measure performance by qualified owner conversations and actionable opportunities, not raw email volume.
Requirements
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Based in Latin America with professional English; Spanish or Portuguese fluency preferred.
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1–3 years in search funds, private equity, investment banking, corporate development, executive search, B2B sales, or comparable sourcing work.
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Strong research judgment, concise writing, and persistent but respectful follow-through.
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Advanced Google Sheets or Excel skills and comfort working from a CRM every day.
Helpful but not required
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Prior search-fund internship or lower-middle-market transaction exposure.
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Experience with Clay, Apollo, PitchBook, Capital IQ, Grata, HubSpot, or Affinity.
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A work sample showing how you mapped a market or sourced hard-to-find companies.
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