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!
