Corporate Development Manager

This is an office-based position located at Eastman’s corporate headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee.

•    Collaborate with global, cross-functional deal teams supporting mergers and acquisitions and other strategic initiatives.
•    Work with internal stakeholders to develop and maintain a pipeline of potential corporate development opportunities aligned with Eastman’s strategic priorities.
•    Analyze the external environment, including industry structure, demand drivers, competitors, customers, market trends, and other relevant factors.
•    Evaluate internal capabilities, including technologies, people, products, and business platforms, to support strategic assessments.
•    Develop and own financial analyses, Excel-based models, valuation analyses, forecasts, scenarios, and business cases to evaluate strategic alternatives.
•    Apply appropriate modeling and valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow, comparable company and transaction analysis, accretion and dilution, return analysis, and other relevant methods.
•    Develop insights, analyses, and recommendations and communicate them through clear, accurate, and high-quality presentation materials.
•    Present findings and recommendations to project teams, business and functional stakeholders, and management to support alignment and decision-making.
•    Coordinate assigned project activities, including work plans, timelines, action tracking, information gathering, status updates, and issue resolution.
•    Support due diligence activities by coordinating information requests, organizing findings, identifying issues, and preparing internal due diligence updates.
•    Support integration planning and other transaction-related activities in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
•    Work with target companies, advisors, investment bankers, and other external service providers as appropriate and under the direction of the deal lead.
•    Assist with transaction negotiations and other deal execution activities as assigned.
•    Serve as a resource to teammates by sharing knowledge, analytical approaches, and best practices related to corporate development activities.
•    Lead smaller projects or workstreams with manageable risk and resource requirements.
•    Work collaboratively across the global Eastman organization to support successful project and transaction outcomes.

Education and Experience

•    Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required.
•    Five or more years of relevant experience in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, consulting, internal corporate strategy, finance, accounting, or a related business function. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
•    Demonstrated experience using Excel for financial modeling, analysis, forecasting, valuation, or business case development.
•    Demonstrated project management experience coordinating work across multiple stakeholders, functions, or business areas.
•    Demonstrated experience contributing to alignment and advancing strategic or business projects with cross-functional stakeholders.
•    Corporate finance or accounting coursework required through formal education or an applicable job training program.

Occasional travel may be required based on business and transaction needs.