M&A Consultant jobs

JOB DESCRIPTION

Within Investment Banking, the firm works with a broad range of issuer clients, including corporations, institutions and governments, to provide comprehensive strategic advice, capital raising and risk management expertise. In-depth, regional market acumen and industry-specific expertise enable our M&A product teams to serve the evolving needs of clients around the world. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term relationships by taking a holistic and forward-looking view on our relationships, and identifying ways to help clients achieve their most important business objectives.

As an M&A Analyst within our team, you will play a crucial role in the origination and execution of public and private mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures across all industry sectors. Collaborating with other team members and colleagues from various industry, coverage, and product teams in other regions/countries, you will gain hands-on experience, continuous mentoring, feedback, and numerous opportunities for professional development.

Job responsibilities

• Develop and execute highly bespoke, sophisticated M&A processes working closely with clients and industry, coverage and other product teams
• Support the origination of new M&A business focusing on Central & Eastern Europe, Greece, Turkey and Central Asia
• Drive M&A transactions from launch to closing, including preparation, investor outreach, deal structuring and overall transaction management
• Develop financial analyses and valuation models to help clients evaluate investment opportunities, potential capital structures or alternative monetisation paths
• Work closely with management teams to develop comprehensive transaction materials, including the preparation of business plans, performance analyses, due diligence reports and marketing materials
• Support in the final negotiations for transactions and help driving deals across the finish line
• Design, organise and manage M&A processes
• Support for the management of the bank's regional franchise

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Relevant full-time investment banking experience, particularly in M&A and Corporate Finance
• Strong interest in and understanding of M&A processes and the lifecycle of a M&A transaction
• Strong desire to achieve optimal transaction outcomes and create value for our clients
• Excellent communication and project management skills with the ability to effectively interact with senior professionals, clients, advisors and key stakeholders in other lines of business
• Desire to work across sectors and have exposure to many different types of M&A transactions (including sell-sides, buy-sides, carve-outs, restructurings, etc.)
• Proficient technical ability and overall corporate finance proficiency, including strong modelling skills (LBO, DCF, DDM) as well as knowledge of broader investment banking products
• Ability to take ownership across a transaction, with exposure to industry, country, and product teams
• Ability to show initiative and support across several transactions in parallel, managing time appropriately across competing demands
• Ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines

This role encompasses the performance of regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the relevant regulatory authorities to carry out such activities.

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.


ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.