M&A Associate

About the role

Trafigura is looking for an M&A Associate in Geneva to work on acquisitions and investments across oil and gas, metals and minerals, renewables, power, carbon, energy and transport infrastructure. You will support senior colleagues on larger, more complex transactions and lead smaller ones yourself, while also supporting the Operating Asset Division on business planning, project analysis and strategy.

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 negotiation of transaction documents, internal stakeholder management and internal approvals.
• Lead and manage smaller, less complex deals (business development and M&A).
• Support the Operating Asset Division on existing assets, including business planning, project analysis (capital investment, new business lines and geographies) and strategy.

Required profile

• 3-5 years of experience in an M&A team at a corporate, trading house or physical commodities company, or an investment bank.
• M&A experience, including completed transactions, in at least one of: oil, gas, metals, bulks, infrastructure, power, renewables, energy transition.
• Fluent English (C2), written and spoken.
• Preferred: early career training in investment banking, a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance or a related business subject, and fluency in another language (C1 or above).

Required skills

• 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.
• Ability to present investment cases to senior stakeholders.