Associate M&A - Amsterdam

Nielen Schuman; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive salary

Bonus eligibility

Personal development support

Job summary

Nielen Schuman in Amsterdam seeks an Associate M&A to join their growing team. This role involves integrating into a collaborative environment and contributing to corporate finance advisory through various phases of deal execution.

Key responsibilities include conducting market analyses, preparing client presentations, and mentoring analysts. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years in financial advisory, strong analytical and interpersonal skills, and fluency in Dutch and English.

The firm offers a competitive salary, a supportive environment, and opportunities for personal development.

Qualifications

• Experience in M&A, leveraged finance, or execution team.
• Native Dutch and strong command of English.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and collaborative mentality.

Responsibilities

• Conduct business and market analyses.
• Prepare for and participate in client presentations.
• Support negotiations and transaction closing.
• Mentor analysts and work collaboratively.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Valuation methodologies

Excel modelling

Education

3-5 years of experience in financial advisory or investment banking

Job description

Associate M&A

Nielen Schuman is seeking to add an Associate M&A to our growing team in Amsterdam. An Associate M&A at Nielen Schuman is ambitious, has a naturally inquisitive and entrepreneurial mindset and is intrinsically motivated by being part of and contributing to building a leading Benelux corporate finance advisory franchise.

At Nielen Schuman, you can make a difference. We offer you the opportunity to immediately integrate into the team and gain valuable experience in the various aspects of corporate finance advisory. We work in effective and highly collaborative deal teams with limited hierarchy in which you will join as a full member and have close interaction with our senior dealmakers and clients’ executives from day 1. You will be involved in all phases of deal sourcing and transaction execution; from deal origination, valuation, structuring, due diligence coordination and negotiation to closing. As such you will be involved in structuring advice to our clients, have a guiding role on performing valuation exercises, financial analyses, company and market analyses. Furthermore you contribute to the drafting of client presentations, developing information memoranda and other process related documents. You will be provided with the support to master the deal sourcing and execution process and be rewarded with substantial responsibility and a steep learning curve.

Your Responsibilities

• Conducting business and market analyses, including complex financial and valuation models and reports and potential bidder analysis
• Preparing for and participating in client presentations and pitches
• Day-to-day project participation and interacting with counterparts at clients, potential buyers and other professional advisors
• Preparing client presentations, teasers, information memoranda, management presentations and other process related documents
• Coordinating and supporting the due diligence process and information requests
• Preparing for and supporting negotiations and transaction closing
• Guiding and revising the work of analysts
• Mentoring analysts and working collaboratively with other mediors to further develop the pool of talented junior team members
• Building and maintaining an external network and relationships with prospective clients, market participants and professional advisors
• Driving and implementing initiatives aimed at building a leading Benelux corporate finance advisory franchise

What will make you successful in this role

• 3-5 years of experience in financial advisory, corporate finance or investment banking, preferably in M&A, leveraged finance, industry team or execution team
• Native Dutch and strong command of written and verbal English
• Excellent analytical, project management and interpersonal skills
• An entrepreneurial mindset, collaborative mentality and drive to succeed
• A strong command of valuation methodologies, accounting principles and Excel modelling

What we offer our future colleagues

• A non-hierarchical environment based on openness and mutual respect
• A high level of responsibility within a framework of personal development and support
• An entrepreneurial environment with a shared ambition to further grow the firm
• The opportunity to work alongside the best professionals in a high international deal flow environment with exposure to first class debt advisory
• Ability to work on a wide variety of assignments across various disciplines of our advisory service, thereby developing yourself as an all‑round corporate finance professional
• A highly competitive salary and bonus eligibility