Associates for our Danish M&A Transaction Services team

at  Deloitte

Your tasks and responsibilities will be scalable with your capabilities and ambitions, and you will constantly be challenging yourself to learn new skills and come up with new ideas. We believe in leadership at all levels. Therefore, we foster a culture that encourages you to take the lead on your specific development level.

Even though there are never two days that are the same in M&A Transaction Services, you will as an associate often be responsible for the financial models and perform a large part of the financial analyses feeding into the due diligence deliverables. It is a crucial part of the job working closely with the decision makers in the largest private equity firms, corporate senior management teams, and other advisers. Typical daily tasks include:

• Developing an understanding of the target business and its value drivers
• Supporting the team in conducting a comprehensive due diligence effort by researching the target company’s products, markets, competitors, clients, and financial performance to prepare for an anticipated deal
• Building financial models for our due diligence, including analyses of historical trading, balance sheets, and cash flow
• Building a bridge between financial data and business plans as well as publicly available information
• Identifying financial red flags and areas for further due diligence
• Reporting of potential key issues for our client, including identification of risk and/or valuation affecting considerations
• Participating in meetings with the client, the target company’s management, auditors, other advisers, etc.

We advise on the financial aspects of the target company and provide the insight necessary and decisive for relevant stakeholders to assess the key drivers, underlying performance and related risks from a financial perspective.
Our work is based on financial information available and close dialogues with different stakeholders (e.g., corporate senior management, investment banks, financing banks, lawyers, strategy consultants, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS

Becoming a part of the M&A Transaction Services team requires that:

• You have studied a Master of Science (MSc) within the fields of Finance, Economics, or Business, or you are set to graduate as a Master’s student in the summer of 2025.
• You have proven analytical skills and you possess solid knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint

• Developing an understanding of the target business and its value drivers
• Supporting the team in conducting a comprehensive due diligence effort by researching the target company’s products, markets, competitors, clients, and financial performance to prepare for an anticipated deal
• Building financial models for our due diligence, including analyses of historical trading, balance sheets, and cash flow
• Building a bridge between financial data and business plans as well as publicly available information
• Identifying financial red flags and areas for further due diligence
• Reporting of potential key issues for our client, including identification of risk and/or valuation affecting considerations
• Participating in meetings with the client, the target company’s management, auditors, other advisers, etc