Mergers & Acquisitions Trainee

Company Description Are you eager to develop your skills and gain hands-on experience within one of the world’s leading professional services organisations? Are you ready to build your career in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and accelerate your professional growth ? Our Strategy, Risk and Transactions business unit empowers organisations to make well-informed decisions and confidently manage change. We provide expert advice on strategy development, risk assessment, and transaction processes. Within this unit, the M&A offering plays a key role in guiding clients through mergers, acquisitions, and related transactions. We are looking for motivated students who are finalising their studies or recent graduates to join our M&A team in Helsinki as a Trainee. This full-time Trainee position is planned to start in the end of 2026 or beginning of 2027. The Trainee period will last approximately 6 to 8 months, offering a unique opportunity to get familiar with two of our core M&A offerings, working in each team approximately three to four months. This unique setup will allow you to build a comprehensive skill set and identify the area that best aligns with your interests and strengths. Many Trainees continue with us into permanent roles after their Trainee period. Job Description Your future is at Deloitte! As a Trainee in our M&A team, you will benefit from working alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative, supportive, and low-hierarchy environment. The combination of the offerings will be decided based on your interest and background, please let us know about any preference in your cover letter. Read more about the Trainee period in general here and about our M&A offerings below. Corporate Finance & Valuation Deloitte Corporate Finance advises clients in all stages of M&A transactions. You will be involved in preparing sales materials, presentations, financial models, valuations, and other client deliverables. You’ll gain hands-on experience working with Nordic and global companies, private firms, and investors on engaging M&A projects. Transaction Services Our Transaction Services team provides buy- and sell-side advisory for corporate acquisitions and divestitures, focusing on financial due diligence to analyse target companies’ profit & loss, balance sheets, and cash flows. As a Trainee, you will assist in due diligence and client engagements, building your skills in financial analysis, client deliverables, and M&A processes. M&A Deal Transformation Our Deal Transformation team provides integration, separation, HR, IT and commercial due diligence services as well as design, planning and execution support for integration and separation programmes typically in an M&A context. We also provide profitability and working capital improvement services. As a Trainee, you will work with various due diligence and diagnostics analyses, including integration, separation and operational due diligence for M&A transactions, as well as commercial due diligence. Your tasks can include peer company and functional benchmarking, synergy case building, client workshop and meeting facilitation, and documentation and reporting support. Why Deloitte? 💚 As a Trainee, you will have a meaningful impact on the development of the industry and your career path according to your own interests and strengths. 💚 You will be part of a supportive and inclusive work environment where your people leader, buddy, and experienced colleagues guide and inspire you. 💚 Our flexible working conditions allow you to work in a hybrid model at our office, client sites, and remotely. Qualifications What do we hope for from you? If you got excited reading the job description, have an analytical and solution-oriented mindset and a collaborative attitude you might be the M&A Trainee that we are looking for! We also hope that you have: Have a strong academic record with a relevant master’s degree e.g., Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering or a related field (close to graduation or graduated) Excellent analytical skills and strong motivation as well as interest in M&A Confidence in using Excel and PowerPoint and eagerness to learn new analytical tools Good communication skills and excellent command of Finnish and English Previous relevant work experience is considered an advantage but are not required. To be considered for this Trainee position, a prerequisite is that you are currently allowed to work in Finland, holding a valid residence permit if required. Additional Information 🕒 When: Apply now or by Sunday, 13 September at the latest. 👉 How: Please submit your application through our recruitment system. Be sure to include your CV, cover letter, and your most recent academic transcript or degree certificate. We are especially interested to hear why you are excited about this Trainee position. 💬 Interviews: In the first stage, selected candidates will be invited to record short ans