Associate M&A
Type of contract: CDI
Location: Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Nantes, Reims
Start date: As soon as possible
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What the job entails
Working closely with Partners and Directors, you will benefit from a high level of exposure in a working environment based on trust, challenge and transmission. The Associate’s main responsibilities include:
- Participating in origination, preparing and leading pitches, finding targets and acquirers
- Managing and executing transactional phases, drafting information memoranda and teasers, contacting and monitoring counterparties, etc.
- Financial modelling and analysis: business plan, valuation, structuring, management package, etc.
- Coordinating and managing due diligence and data-room work
- Assisting with negotiations and implementation of closings
- Contributing to the day-to-day running of the team, recruitment and training.
Who you are
Graduated with a Bac+5 in Finance from a Business School, Engineering School or similar.
With at least 2 to 5 years’ experience, acquired within an M&A and/or Transaction Services team, you must be autonomous, dynamic, rigorous and have good analytical and summarising skills. Given the international dimension of Oaklins’ assignments, you must have a perfect command of written and spoken English.
Who we are
Oaklins France supports its clients in their M&A transactions (company sales and acquisitions, LBOs, fund-raising, and financial engineering) as financial advisors, and on behalf of investment funds, family-owned companies, and major groups.
We are part of a global team of 800+ financial advisory professionals in 40 countries providing M&A, growth equity, ECM, debt advisory and corporate finance services to support entrepreneurs, corporates and investors in reaching their goals. Over the last 5 years, more than +1900 deals have been closed in Small & Mid Caps transactions (up to €500m enterprise value) both in France and internationally.
Particularly driven by an entrepreneurial DNA and focused on the needs of its clients, the Oaklins team in France is split between offices in Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Nantes, and Reims, with over 40 M&A advisors with multidisciplinary expertise, closing around 40 transactions per year.
A day at Oaklins
In our offices, independent thinking, agile collaboration and a burning passion for the work overrules hierarchical structures. You’ll be working alongside experienced advisors carrying hundreds of transactions under their belts, and together you’ll explore creative solutions to complex problems. Backed by senior-level mentoring, you’ll be challenged to develop your knowledge and confidence to reach further in your career.
Apply for the position
Applications (CV and cover letter) should be e-mailed to Véronique Roth (v.roth@fr.oaklins.com) with the reference: Associate M&A – Your preferred location – First name Last name.
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