Corporate Finance (M&A) Copy Editor – Remote

We are seeking a detail-oriented Corporate Finance (M&A) Copy Editor to join our remote team and work closely with our founder, Jacob Orosz, and managing editor, Melanie Fairhurst. In this role, you will support Jacob by editing and refining high-level content related to lower-middle market business transactions, ensuring clarity and accuracy in all written materials.

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 25+ years and started the firm 20 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: We produce high-quality content and the company owner has over twenty years of writing experience, has written six books on the industry, and hosts the number 1 podcast on selling a business – M&A Talk.

Overview

You will work directly with our founder and managing editor on copy editing the original content we create. Our managing editor will then review the content and your edits. The content topics relate to the technical aspects of buying and selling businesses, such as valuation, taxation, legal, negotiations, etc. 

You can view a sample of our content at www.morganandwestfield.com/knowledge/

About the Job

Key Responsibilities

• Your primary responsibility will be to work directly with our company owner and managing editor as a copy editor.  They will draft the initial content, which you will review and copy edit—ranging from light edits to more in-depth revisions, depending on the material. After your edit, they will revise the content do a final review.

Hours and Availability

• Work Hours: This is a part-time role based in European business hours with occasional meetings during US (Eastern Time) business hours. 
• Availability: Must be available for 10 to 25 hours per week. You will attend regular unscheduled MS Teams calls. Beyond this, you can edit the content during your preferred schedule. This position entails frequent communication with our founder and managing editor, so you must be readily available and flexible. We prefer you have few conflicting career-related obligations that may interfere with our ability to communicate regularly.

Key Qualifications

• Copy Editing: Must have at least five years of copy editing experience.
• AP Stylebook: Knowledge of the AP Stylebook style guide.
• Tech-Savvy: MS Teams, Google Docs.
• Business Knowledge: Must have significant business, corporate finance, or M&A knowledge.
• Home Office: Must have a noise-canceling headset and reliable high-speed internet access. 
• MS Teams: Must be comfortable doing a Teams 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 an MS Teams voice call.