Corporate Development Position- Madrid, Spain

Alantra is an independent global mid-market financial services firm providing investment banking, asset management, and private capital services to companies, families, and investors operating in the mid-market segment. The Group has over 650 professionals across Europe, the US, Latin America, and Asia.

Its Investment Banking division provides independent advice on M&A, debt advisory, financial restructuring, and capital markets transactions, having advised on more than 650 deals for a total value of c.€88.5bn in the last four years. Alantra’s senior bankers and execution teams offer a global understanding of industry sectors combined with strong local relationships with the companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and financing institutions in each of its markets.

In Alternative Asset Management, Alantra offers its client unique access to a wide range of investment strategies in five highly specialized asset management classes (private equity, active funds, private debt, energy, and venture capital). As of 30 June 2023, assets under management from consolidated businesses stood at €2.2bn, while assets under management from Strategic Partnerships, in which Alantra holds a significant stake, were at more than €13.7bn.

For more information, please 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 contain a wide range of activities including, among others:

• Corporate development (in-house M&A team): Execution of all sort of transactions (acquisitions, capital increases, JVs, etc.) – more than 30 deals analyzed/executed during 2023). 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: Prepare and execute, together with the business divisions, the strategic plans for each of the different business units, including analysis of KPIs and business performance, market dynamics, competitors trends, etc.

You will be in charge of preparing presentations for the senior management of the firm (Board of Directors and Executive Committees).

• 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:

What you will bring:

• 5-7 years of strategic consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate development 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.

Application Details:

• Start date: As soon as possible
• Location: Madrid, Spain

Documentation to be sent to careers.spain@alantra.com, with the subject “Alantra Corporate Development & Strategy + the candidate’s full name”. Mandatory attachments:

• Current CV (information about your education, work experience and extra-curricular activities)