M&A Analyst Internship

We have now closed the job applications and will reopen later in 2023 for Intern Analysts in our London office, with the availability to work fulltime for 6 months. Due to employment visa regulations in the UK we limit our internship offers to only candidates with the rights to work in the UK.

Job Details

A career with BDA is dynamic and rewarding and provides excellent opportunities for international work, training, career advancement and remuneration. Given our high-quality cross border deal flow, successful candidates will obtain significant hands-on experience and responsibility early in their careers, and have advancement opportunities within BDA globally.

Our internship cycles are as follow:

*Flexibility in start and end dates to accommodate university timetables

Job Description

Successful candidates will support deal teams with a wide variety of tasks around our M&A advisory mandates. In particular, an Intern Analyst’s work will typically cover the following:

• Conduct research and analysis for:
  • Target profiles
  • Industry analysis
  • Potential buyer profiles
  • Comparable listed companies valuation
  • Comparable transactions valuation
• Assist drafting of important pitch documents and marketing materials
  • Pitch books for potential transactions
  • Marketing documents for mergers and acquisitions mandates, such as teasers, information memorandums and management presentations
• Attend meetings with clients and counterparties, and prepare concise, insightful notes on the meeting

Job Qualifications

We are interested in candidates who meet the following criteria. Prior experience in finance or banking is highly desirable. Priority will be given to candidates in their final year at university or post-graduate study, fresh graduates or candidates with prior work experience.

• Highly motivated, enthusiastic and shows initiative
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage a variety of projects in a dynamic, team-oriented environment
• An outstanding appreciation for accuracy of information and clean, perfect formatting
• Consistently produce work to a high standard of quality, thoughtfulness and insight within prompt deadlines
• Clear, confident social and communication abilities (both written and verbal) to interact in a natural, compelling manner with senior executives
• Adherence to strict confidentiality
• A strong interest in Asia and a desire to develop a career in Asian M&A
• Good commercial sense and an interest and inherent curiosity in companies, their operations and strategies
• Fundamental understanding of financial statements and valuation principles and techniques
• Superior knowledge of advanced tools in PowerPoint, Excel and Word