Corporate Finance (M&A) Copy Editor - Remote

**Corporate Finance (M&
A) Copy Editor - Remote**
Are you looking for a part-time, stable role with an established industry leader while working from the comforts of your home? Now’s your chance to be part of a fast-growing, profitable, innovative company.
We’re an established boutique M&
A firm seeking a part-time, long-term, remote developmental/ copy-editor.
**About Us**
**They say selling a business is an art - we’ve turned it into a science.**
- **Our Speciality**:
Our only specialty is selling businesses.
- **Our Focus**:
Companies with annual revenues up to $100 million.
- **Our Clients**:
Privately owned businesses, online businesses, and emerging growth companies.
- **Industry Experience**:
We have extensive experience facilitating M&
A transactions in a range of industries at various stages of growth.
- **Global Presence**:
We’ve completed hundreds of transactions on behalf of our clients in over a hundred industries and represented business owners and buyers throughout the world.
**Why Us**
- **Stability**:
Our founder has been in the industry for 20+ years and started the firm 15 years ago.
- **Values**:
We’re a boutique firm with a strong set of values that we strictly adhere to.
- **Flexibility**:
Flexible work hours are available.
- **High-Quality Content**:
You will edit high-quality content and work directly with the author of the content - our company founder. Our company owner has over fifteen years of writing experience, has written six books on the industry, and runs the number-one podcast in our industry.
**Overview**
You will work directly with our founder on copy editing original content we create. Our managing editor will then edit the content. The topics relate to the technical aspects of buying and selling businesses, such as valuation, taxation, legal, negotiations, etc.
**About the Job**
**Key Responsibilities**
- **Developmental/Copy Editor**:
Your primary responsibility will be to work directly with our company owner as a developmental/copy editor. He will create the initial draft of the content, and then you will do a developmental/copy edit (the degree varies depending on the content). He will rework the content after you have done the developmental/copy edit, then send it to our managing editor to do the final edit.
- **Team**:
You will work directly with our founder and managing editor.
**Hours and Availability**
- **Work Hours**:
This will start as a part-time role but may transition to a full-time position over time.
- **Time Zone**:
European business hours with occasional meetings during US business hours.
- **Hours Per Week**:
Must be available approximately 10 to 30 hours per week.
- **Availability**:
Must be available during the day for regular unscheduled Skype calls during European business hours. Beyond this, you can edit the content during your own schedule. This position entails frequent communication with our founder and managing editor, so you must be easily available and flexible. We prefer you have few conflicting career-related obligations that may interfere with our ability to communicate regularly.
**Key Qualifications**
- **Developmental Editing**:
Must have at least five years of developmental editing experience.
- **AP Stylebook**:
Knowledge of the AP Stylebook style guide.
- **Tech-Savvy**:
Skype, Google Docs.
- **Business Knowledge**:
Must have significant business, corporate finance, or M&
A knowledge.
- **Home Office**:
Must have a headset and reliable high-speed Internet access.
- **Skype**:
Must be comfortable doing a Skype voice chat on a regular basis. The majority of the content requires regular high-level conversations. All of these conversations will occur during European or US business hours on a Skype voice call.
**Job Type**:
Part-time
Pay:
R200.00 - R400.00 per hour
Expected hours:
10 - 30 per week
Application Question(s):
- What is your related business or corporate finance (business valuation, M&
A, etc.) knowledge?
- What is your related developmental and copy-editing experience?
- Are you able to work full-time in the future?
- What time zone are you located in?
- What is your current availability (number of hours per week, timezone, etc.)?