M&A Associate

Main purpose

We are seeking an M&A Associate to work on acquisitions and investments across oil and gas, metals and minerals, renewables, power, carbon, and energy and transport infrastructure. You will support senior colleagues on larger, more complex transactions and lead smaller ones yourself. You will also support the Operating Asset Division on business planning, project analysis and strategy, seeing assets through their lifecycle from origination to exit.

Key responsibilities

- Support senior M&A team members on larger, more complex transactions from origination through execution, signing-to-close and post-completion integration.
- Perform financial analysis and due diligence on transactions.
- Support the negotiation of transaction documents, internal stakeholder management and internal approvals.
- Lead and manage smaller, less complex deals (both business development and M&A).
- Support the Operating Asset Division on existing assets, including business planning, project analysis (capital investment, new business lines / geographies) and strategy.

Required qualifications

- 3-5 years of experience in an M&A team at a corporate, trading house / physical commodities company, or investment bank
- M&A experience, including completed transactions, in at least one of: oil, gas, metals, bulks, infrastructure, power, renewables, energy transition
- Advanced financial modelling, valuation and analytical skills applied to investment evaluation and decision-making
- Ability to lead end-to-end transaction management, including screening, evaluation, structuring, internal approvals, negotiation, financing, and execution
- Experience presenting investment cases to senior stakeholders
- Fluent English (C2), written and spoken

Preferred qualifications

- Early career training in investment banking
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance, or a related business subject
- Fluency in at least one additional language besides English (C1 or above), written and spoken

Attributes for success

- Clear communicator: explains complex transactions concisely, verbally and in writing, to internal and external audiences
- Collaborative: builds working relationships with trading, legal, tax, corporate finance and analytics colleagues to move transactions forward
- Organised and detail-focused: manages multiple deals and deadlines at once without loss of accuracy
- Initiative: takes ownership of tasks and moves them forward without being asked
- Sound judgement under pressure: makes well-reasoned decisions in fast-paced situations

Department overview

The M&A team supports the Group's long-term value creation and works with a private equity mindset. It is a lean, flat team based in Geneva, Houston and Singapore, working with senior management, the Operating Asset Division, traders and functions such as legal, finance, tax, CHESS, corporate affairs and HR. The Associate is expected over time to become a generalist across the areas where Trafigura operates.

Equal opportunity employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce! We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.