Corporate Finance ( M&A ) Associate recruitment

Main responsibilities

Depending on the level of experience a candidate already has, he/she will be involved in the below tasks with an increasing level of responsibility:

Preparation of MA and cross-product client pitches
Do company and industry analyses and prepare company and industry profiles
Target analysis and / or buyer’s acquisition capacity analysis
Side by side analysis, combination analysis, EPS analysis
Company valuations using market multiples, DCF and LBO method
Knowledge transfer to and quality control / coaching of junior team members
Primary responsibility on staffing of Interns
Execution responsibility of specific project tasks
Help to develop transaction structures / structured solutions
Be a key team member in day to day project execution work
Keep up to date about MA, equity and debt related issues
Liaise with (product) experts typically based in Frankfurt, London, Paris and/or New York in the dedicated SG Business Lines

Experience and technical skills

Very good Bachelor or Master’s degree in Finance or Business Administration
3+ years relevant work experience specifically in MA executing transactions with a leading bank or advisory house
Very strong technical / analytical skills
Direct experience with transactions in German-speaking region, an advantage
Excellent command and superior user knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
Good user knowledge of Bloomberg/CapitalIQ/Datastream/Factset/Reuters
Fluency in both German and English is essential, working knowledge of French would be beneficial

Personal Abilities/Competencies

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