Your goal

Being an M&A Associate is the first career step to becoming a dealmaker. You will work for several deal teams that guide entrepreneurs in buying or selling a company. You are financially and analytically strong, but above all commercially and socially skilled. You will not merely be working on spreadsheets, you will be involved in the entire process and meet clients from day one!

At Marktlink we invest in our talents and reinforce each others strengths. That's why we work in multidisciplinary teams. Through the Marktlink Academy you will be offered multiple trainings in every stage of your career. In addition, learning on the job is essential in mergers and acquisitions and we organise monthly sessions to share knowledge. A healthy work-life balance and informal working atmosphere are very important to us. Every day we have lunch together and then we talk about everything, except work.

Your responsibilities

As an M&A Associate at Marktlink, you can roughly expect the following tasks:

• Perform business and market analyses;
• Preparation of valuations and bid books;
• Getting to know potential buyers and sellers;
• Approaching new buyers and sellers;
• Building and maintaining the (Marktlink) network;
• Drafting financing applications and resolving financing issues;
• Broad support of the manager during projects.

Your profile

• You have completed a university degree in finance or a college degree in combination with a finance-oriented master's degree;
• You are a social and entrepreneurial person with practical, strategic, tactical and commercial insight;
• In addition to strong analytical skills, you are punctual and goal-oriented;
• Demonstrable affinity with the SME sector;
• An eye for personal relationships and excellent communication skills are essential;
• An excellent command of German and English.

Why us?

• You will receive a competitive salary and an annual Marktlink bonus;
• Unlimited holidays. Work hard. Play hard. We offer a unique combination of freedom and responsibility!
• HP tablet/laptop and iPhone;
• Lots of responsibility from day one, flexible working hours and amazing colleagues;
• Focus on career growth and inspiring learning programmes;
• Yearly company ski-trip and Marktlink Gala.

A positive result of the pre-employment screening is a necessary condition for offering an employment contract.