Corporate Development & Strategy - Associate

ALANTRA is a global investment banking, asset management and portfolio advisory firm focusing on the mid-market with offices in 22 countries across Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia. With over 500 professionals, the firm is publicly listed since 2015 with a €500Mn market capitalizations as of October 2022.

Its Investment Banking division employs over 300 professionals, providing independent advice on M&A, debt advisory, financial restructuring, and capital markets transactions. In Asset Management, Alantra offers its clients unique access to a wide range of investment strategies (direct investments, fund of funds, co-investments and secondaries) in six highly specialized asset management classes (private equity, active funds, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and venture capital) as well as private wealth management services. Alantra’s portfolio advisory team is the leading portfolio advisory unit in Europe, with over 160 seasoned professionals across the UK, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Greece dedicated to transaction execution, structuring, pricing, modelling and data enhancement in relation to credit portfolios and banking platform. 

For more information, visit www.alantra.com

Job Description:

Based in Madrid but with full international exposure, you will work in a highly dynamic, inspiring and challenging environment and become a key member of our Corporate Development & Strategy team.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of six professionals led by the Group COO and work closely with Alantra’s top management, including the Executive Chairman & CEO.

Your day-to-day tasks will include a wide range of activities including, among others:

• Corporate development (in-house M&A team): you will assist the team in the execution of all sort of transactions (acquisitions, capital increases, JVs, etc.) – more than 30 deals analyzed/executed during 2022). You will analyze companies and draft and review execution documents and other deliverables such as proposals, IM’s, financial models, due diligence and legal contracts. This position will also support the senior team members in meetings with counterparts, deal negotiations, valuation, transaction structuring etc
• Strategy: Present analysis and prepare presentations for the senior management of the firm (Board of Directors and Executive Committees). Prepare business and financial analysis of the different business units (KPIs, performance analysis, etc.)
• Investor relations: attend events and roadshows with investors, prepare results presentations and prepare materials for roadshows

You will need to have exceptional financial modeling and writing skills, a solid experience in financial statements analysis and accounting, experience with legal documents (NDA’s, LOI’s, MoU’s, SHA’s and SPA’s) as well as outstanding communication capacity and people management skills.

Finally, you should act as a role model to junior team members through permanent coaching and training to challenge, develop and empower them. You should also be able to identify and organize junior resources to meet and deliver deadlines focusing on the highest priorities.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of investment banking, private equity, corporate development, management consulting or transaction services experience from tier 1 firms. The professional category will be determined based on candidates’ experience.
• Strong academic background from top tier Business or Engineering schools.
• Strong quantitative/analytical skills – proficiency with financial models and knowledge of valuation methodologies.
• High technical skills, ability to digest large amount of complex information.
• Demonstrated strategic and creative thinking.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project
• Committed, rigorous, detail-oriented attitude combined with ability to show initiative and to take decisions.
• Highest standards of personal conduct, professional performance and business ethics.
• Complete fluency in English is mandatory (fluency in Spanish is not mandatory).
• Investor mindset and strong interest in the financial industry (investment banking, asset management, private capital, etc.)
• Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
• Fully fluent in English (both spoken and written) .
• Creativity, keen curiosity and look for intellectual challenges.
• Strong financial knowledge (P&L, BS and CF) and understanding of financial statements.
• Strong academic background from top tier Universities or Engineering Schools.
• Commitment, rigorous detail-oriented, attitude and ability to show initiative at work, with the ability to contribute with your own ideas.
• Ability to manage several assignments at once and work equally effectively as an individual and as part of a team.
• Capable of working under pressure and in a context of shifting priorities.
• Impeccable communication and presentation skills (verbal and written).
• Proficiency in the use of Excel, Power Point, Word and Outlook.