M&A Analyst Intern

BDA provides an excellent opportunity to work with high profile clients in cross-border deals involving Asia across selected sectors focusing on sellside, buyside and capital raising.

The prospective candidate will provide project management and execution support on complex transactions and prepare presentation materials to communicate key messages to clients and counterparties. Specific duties will include assistance in the preparation of financial models, valuation analysis, marketing documentation and research.

Internship Period* 1H 2025, January June 2025

*Flexibility in start and end dates to accommodate university timetables

Responsibilities

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

1. Conduct research and analysis for:

• Target profiles
• Industry analysis
• Potential buyer profiles
• Comparable listed companies valuation
• Comparable transactions valuation

2. 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

3. Attend meetings with clients and counterparties, and prepare concise, insightful notes on the meeting

• Prepare for meetings, such as writing agendas and descriptions of attendees
• Participate in meetings and add value to the discussions
• 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 penultimate year at university.

• 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
• Fluency in English and advanced capabilities in an Asian language (e.g. Mandarin, Cantonese, Bahasa, Thai, Vietnamese)
• Fundamental understanding of financial statements and valuation principles and techniques
• Superior knowledge of advanced tools in PowerPoint, Excel and Word

After submission, candidates will be directed to take a mandatory 40-minute long online assessment exam.

All information received will be kept in strict confidence and used only for employment-related purposes. Unfortunately, given the number of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.