Domestic Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Case Analyst (Industrial Base Program)

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Company Overview:</strong><br><br>ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis, and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service.</p></div><p><strong>Position Overview</strong></p> <p>ANSER is seeking a Domestic Mergers &amp; Acquisitions (M&amp;A) Case Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (IBP), Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate (GIES). You will monitor, research, and analyze domestic mergers and acquisitions involving major U.S. defense suppliers to assess potential impacts to the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). You will conduct due diligence, prepare analytic products and briefings, identify risks and benefits to the Department of Defense (DoD), and supporting interagency coordination related to M&amp;A reviews.</p> <p><strong>Day to Day Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Review and assess domestic M&amp;A transactions subject to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and DoD Directive 5000.62, including processing non-HSR transactions through the DoD M&amp;A due diligence process.</li> <li>Analyze transaction documentation including premerger filings, corporate ownership structures, financial statements, purchase agreements, product and competition data, market share information, technology data, and U.S. Government contracting information.</li> <li>Conduct due diligence and fact-finding research to assess potential national security implications, competition impacts, supply chain access risks, and effects on existing or future DoD programs and contracts.</li> <li>Prepare case summaries, risk assessments, analytic reports, and briefings describing methodologies, datasets, analysis, findings, and recommendations.</li> <li>Coordinate with DoD stakeholders to collect and consolidate comments, conduct interviews, and develop DoD positions on pending M&amp;A transactions.</li> <li>Support collaboration and information exchanges with antitrust agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), during merger investigations and reviews.</li> <li>Manage multiple concurrent cases and analytic decision points while evaluating companies across multiple investment tiers and proposing courses of action.</li> <li>Monitor transactions following HSR review to identify emerging risks to the Department and recommend additional actions