Internship Blacktrace

3-6 months
Bachelor & master students
Location: ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Up to 40 hours per week
Starts all year through

Your responsibilities

As an M&A intern at Blacktrace, you will be involved in:

  • Understanding and analyse the dynamics of the market segments Blacktrace is focusing
  • Identifying the drivers of market segments, of market players and of M&A activity
  • Generating and analyzing M&A related data (transaction values, multiples, etc.)
  • Modelling in Excel the market segment in question and analyse leading market, business and M&A indicators
  • Generating insightful M&A analyses based on the output generated from all Excel models and data gathered about M&A and market players
  • Generating longlists
  • Report through Information Memorandums and M&A opportunities

Your team and you

Blacktrace is an award winning independent boutique advisory firm specialized in international M&A transactions. The team consists of specialists from different areas of expertise in M&A.

You (i) are an analytically driven person with extensive experience in PowerPoint and Excel, (ii) have the passion to understand the various disciplines of business and keen to summarize and draw on paper and (iii) have the skills to write good in English language, you can apply your knowledge where it counts, where it can really make a difference and where it will generate new business opportunities and customers. At the same time build yourself an inspiring M&A career with a company that believes in giving its employees the challenges and opportunities they need to grow professionally and personally.

Our offer

We offer benefits that are very competitive and designed around your preferences: A full-time M&A internship anywhere between 3 and 6 months (depending on your availability), a thorough look into the M&A industry and steep learning curve in various aspects of M&A, tools to drive your career such as a personal development budget, free training and coaching and a growing team of highly professional dealmakers specialized in international M&A transactions.

We are looking for

To be suitable for this role you have to be finalising your degree (Master or Bachelor) in Economics, Business Administration, Accountancy, or have another Bachelor or Master degree with proven affinity with business models, economics, and finance. You display a high level of integrity, confidentiality, stress resistance, flexibility and creativity. You need to have (i) an outgoing personality, (ii) strong analytical skills and (iii) presentation skills to deliver Information Memorandums and M&A publications. You show self-propelling skills to find your way within a boutique firm to achieve the goals set. Your English as well as Dutch language is excellent in wording and writing.

Recruitment process

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your resume and motivation letter to Mrs. Wies Cornelius (E wies.cornelius@blacktrace.nl). For any questions please contact Gijs van de Wetering (M +31 (0) 6 36 18 99 16).