JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: Club Recruiting Analyst

Department Code & Name: 201 - Club Recruiting Team (M&A)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Remote (U.S.-based) with occasional travel for site visits and business-related events

Job Level & Type: Individual Contributor

About LOVB (League One Volleyball):
League One Volleyball (LOVB) is reimagining women's sports. Launched in 2019, our company is a mission-led sports performance, training and media enterprise that will change the game of volleyball in the USA and empower new generations of female athletes.

It is a groundbreaking time for volleyball in the US with our historic triple Olympic Gold medals in Women's Indoor, Beach and Sitting Volleyball. Volleyball is already the #1 most played girls' youth sport. There are 38M current and former players today. Of major sports, it's the only one that is women-first (~90% of players are female). But the volleyball market has been almost entirely missed by traditional sports investors, brands, and media.

LOVB is capturing this opportunity by creating a strong club business, and from that built-in audience and fandom, is creating the best Pro League in the world and a digital ecosystem that will connect all aspects of LOVB. This community-up approach will drive participation and fandom, while enabling greater empowerment for girls and young women living this amazing sport. In this role, you will join a mission-driven, roll-up-your-sleeves team of innovators and builders who have come together to change the paradigm of professional volleyball and women’s sports.

Job Summary:

As the Club Recruiting (M&A) Analyst at LOVB, you will support the execution of our Youth business growth and expansion strategy. Working closely with the Club Recruiting Manager, you will facilitate the acquisition process for new clubs and tournaments from start to finish, including but not limited to coordination of internal and external stakeholders, supporting in financial analysis and deal structuring, assessment of people, and supporting confirmatory diligence analyses. You will directly interface externally with club and tournament owners/directors as well as internally across finance, legal, and operations (among others), ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned for successful integration. You will also support the New Builds strategy, working directly with the New Build Development Lead to operationally stand up new volleyball clubs across the country. This role is crucial to LOVB’s mission to unify the club volleyball landscape through seamless acquisitions and new club builds. If you're organized, analytical, relationship-oriented, and passionate about helping shape the future of youth volleyball, this is the opportunity for you.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Diligence & Acquisition Support

• Organize and track multiple concurrent acquisition and new build processes and maintain up-to-date checklists, trackers, and documentation.
• Schedule and manage meetings with club owners, directors, and internal stakeholders.
• Assist in compiling materials from the club to perform confirmatory diligence tasks such as analyzing club-level financials, performance, and operations.
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Facilities teams to verify club data and ensure successful pre-close evaluation.
• Coordinate cross-functional integration tasks with People Success, Ops, and Onboarding teams to ensure a smooth transition into the LOVB Ecosystem.
• Support the preparation of investment committee memos and final documentation for transaction approvals.

Strategic & Operational Coordination

• Maintain CRM systems, project management boards, and diligence trackers to ensure data accuracy and visibility.
• Help prepare presentation decks, email summaries, and call scripts for key conversations with potential club partners. Summarize deal points for internal hand-off documents.
• Coordinate NDAs, documentation collection, and internal readiness tasks.

Required & Preferred Skills/Abilities:

• Proactive mindset with strong follow through.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Sharp critical thinking and data interpretation skills
• Ability to manage multiple timelines and stay ahead of deadlines.
• Proficient in Google Workspace, CRM platforms (e.g., HubSpot), and project management tools (e.g., Asana, Monday.com).
• Experience working with financial statements is a plus.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment preferred.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in finance, consulting, corporate development, operations or business analysis.
• Background in youth sports or club volleyball operations is a plus.

Personal Attributes

• Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities.
• Solutions-oriented and able to identify when to escalate issues or challenges.
• Strong collaborator with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of working independently while effectively partnering with a distributed, remote team.
• Positive, proactive, organized, and creative – brings fresh ideas to problem-solving.
• Highly adaptable and eager to learn in a rapidly evolving environment.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements (Remote):

• Ability to operate a computer and use a keyboard, mouse, and video conferencing tools.
• Ability to clearly communicate via video, phone, and written channels.
• Occasional travel may be required for site visits and events.