Intern – M&A Advisory Southern Cone

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP and Paribas merged in 2000 to create BNP Paribas. BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial and advisory services to its clients including large corporates, public institutions and financial institutions. BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in over 70 countries, with more than 180,000 employees, including more than 140,000 in Europe. The Group has three operating divisions: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS), Investment & Protection Services (IPS) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, Corporate and Institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg). BNP Paribas enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.

About BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (www.cib.bnpparibas.com):

Fully integrated in the BNP Paribas Group, BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) is a leading provider of solutions framed in three business lines: Global Markets, Securities Services and Global Banking all offered to two client franchises: corporates and institutional, and operates across EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa), APAC (Asia Pacific) and the Americas. The bank is a global leader in Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives. It is a top European house in Equity Capital Markets and it has leading franchises in Specialized Financing. In Securities Services, it is a top five House worldwide: it provides multi asset, post trade and asset servicing solutions for institutional participants in the investment cycle, from the buy-side and sell-side to corporates and issuers. BNP Paribas CIB strives to service the global economy by providing solutions to its clients in financing (ECM, DCM, specialized financing), flow banking (trade finance and cash management), financial advisory (M&A, project finance), global markets (interest rates, credit, foreign exchange, equity derivatives), risk management, and securities services.

Responsibilities

Overview of the opportunity

The Advisory Latin America team based in Santiago, Chile is looking to hire a Active undergraduate or graduate student in Engineering, Business, Finance, or Economics with  1 or less years of professional experience in finance to join the team for a period of up to 6 months in Santiago. The Advisory Latin America team performs M&A advisory activities on local and cross-border transactions in all types of industries. This team originates and executes M&A mandates in the context of strategic acquisitions, mergers and leveraged buyout transactions in the Southern Cone (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay).

Main responsibilities:

- Assist in the origination and execution of Mergers and Acquisitions transactions

- Prepare and produce marketing materials for the execution of the projects;

- Support in building detailed financial models;

- Carry out business valuations using commonly used valuation methodologies;

- Conduct specific research on industries and companies;

- Provide general support to the team as requested. 

Required professional and personal competences

- Active undergraduate or graduate student in Engineering, Business, Finance, or Economics.

- Solid financial skills.

- Understanding of capital structures (debt versus equity) and business valuation concepts.

- Understanding on basic financial modeling.

- Experience in using Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

- Advance English 

- Analytical and organizational capabilities

- Rigor, precision and attention to detail.

- Ability to work in teams and collaborate to achieve common objectives- Proactivity and autonomy.

- Sense of responsibility.