Senior Associate – Corporate M&A

Location: Milan, Italy

Sector: Corporate M&A / Energy & Infrastructure / Industrials

Seniority: Senior Associate (3–6 years’ experience)

A leading international industrial group is seeking a Senior Associate to join its Corporate M&A and Investments team in Milan. The team executes acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, and strategic minority investments across energy transition, infrastructure, engineering, and industrial technologies. Operating within a lean and highly analytical environment, this role offers broad exposure, significant responsibility, and direct interaction with senior management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Transaction Execution: Own core workstreams across acquisitions, disposals, JV structuring and strategic investments, including modelling, valuation, due diligence, and preparation of transaction materials.

• Strategic Analysis: Assess strategic fit, synergy potential, competitive positioning, and market dynamics across industrial, energy and infrastructure sectors.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with technical, operational, finance, and legal teams to ensure alignment and support decision-making throughout the transaction lifecycle.

• Deal Structuring & Financial Analysis: Produce detailed operating models, scenario analyses, valuation outputs, and investment proposals for senior leadership and board-level review.

• Market Intelligence: Track activity across energy transition, industrial technologies, EPC, and infrastructure markets to support origination and strategic planning.

• Documentation & Presentation: Prepare investment memoranda, board presentations, process materials, and management documentation for internal and external stakeholders.

• Integration Support: Contribute to post-acquisition integration planning, performance tracking, and operational value creation initiatives.

Candidate Requirements:

• Experience: 3–6 years’ experience in investment banking (M&A), corporate M&A, transaction services, or strategy consulting with strong modelling and analytical exposure.

• Technical Competence: Advanced financial modelling skills, valuation expertise, and experience managing analytical workstreams under tight deadlines.

• Execution Experience: Direct involvement in live M&A transactions, ideally within industrials, energy, infrastructure, or capital-intensive sectors.

• Commercial Mindset: Ability to understand business models, assess operational drivers, and articulate strategic rationale clearly.

• Communication Skills: Clear written and verbal communication, with confidence in presenting to senior internal stakeholders.

• Personality & Mindset: Highly motivated, detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership in a lean, fast-paced environment.

• Education: Strong academic background in finance, economics, engineering, or related quantitative disciplines.

Location:

Milan-based, with occasional European travel.

Please apply by submitting your CV.