M&A - Senior Analyst/Associate

Lazard; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Lazard in Abu Dhabi seeks a skilled M&A analyst to support origination, execution, and coverage tasks within a leading financial advisory team.

The role emphasizes creating pitch materials, building analyses, and delivering papers on sector dynamics for regional clients.

Qualifications

• Degree from a top tier business or engineering school.
• Prior experience in mergers & acquisitions is required.
• Ability to produce and present technically written materials and client pitches.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task across projects.
• Proficiency in Office Suite and investment banking tools (Bloomberg, FactSet, Dealogic).
• Experience in UAE or regional markets is preferred.
• Fluency in English; Arabic a plus.

Responsibilities

• Origination: preparing pitch materials, monitoring investors and market dynamics.
• Execution: preparing process documents, managing the process, building analyses and financial models.
• Coverage: conducting in-depth research and preparing papers on sectors and companies.

Skills

M&A experience

Financial modeling

Pitch materials creation

Multitasking

English fluency

Education

Top tier business or engineering school

Tools

Bloomberg

FactSet

Dealogic

Job description

Responsibilities

• Origination: preparing pitch materials, monitoring investors and market dynamics
• Execution: preparing process documents, managing the process, building analyses and financial models
• Coverage: conducting in-depth research and preparing papers on the various sectors covered and their companies

Requirements

• Top tier business or engineering school
• Prior experience in Mergers & Acquisitions
• Ability to produce and present technically written materials and client pitches
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task across multiple projects
• Proficiency in Office Suite and professional investment banking tools (Bloomberg, FactSet, Dealogic)
• Required regional or UAE experience
• Fluency in English required; fluency in Arabic is a plus

About the Company

Lazard is one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms. We are a close, collaborative community of just over 3,000 professionals operating with an entrepreneurial culture and a flat structure.