M&A - VICE PRESIDENT HEALTH CARE (m/f/d)

Job Description

ALANTRA is a global investment banking, asset management and portfolio advisory firm focusing on the mid-market with offices in 22 countries across Europe, the US, Latin America, and Asia. With over 500 professionals, the firm is publicly listed since 2015 with a €430Mn market capitalization as of May 2023. Its Investment Banking division employs over 300 professionals, providing independent advice on M&A, debt advisory, financial restructuring, and capital markets transactions. In Asset Management, Alantra offers its clients unique access to a wide range of investment strategies (direct investments, fund of funds, co-investments, and secondaries) in six highly specialized asset management classes (private equity, active funds, private debt, infrastructure, real estate, and venture capital) as well as private wealth management services. Alantra’s Portfolio Advisory team is the leading portfolio advisory unit in Europe, with over 160 seasoned professionals across the UK, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Greece dedicated to transaction execution, structuring, pricing, modelling, and data enhancement in relation to credit portfolios and banking platform.

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As a Vice President, you will represent our firm as both a business developer and executor. You must demonstrate professional judgement and be expected to become capable of handling any assignment on your own. In your role as a Vice President you will determine project tactics, develop strategy, and conduct negotiations. Based in Frankfurt, you will work in a highly entrepreneurial and inspiring environment and become an integral part of our Investment Banking team.

• Manage mandates, direct project teams, and build M&A process expertise


• Perform execution activities such as drafting buy-side and sell-side documentation, analyzing industries and companies, and developing client presentations


• Interact comfortably and build relationships with the full range of third-party professional advisors (legal, tax, accounting), senior management teams at client companies and PE clients


• Interpret and effectively present financial analysis, company valuation and modeling, and M&A-related documentation


• Communicate frequently with each project team and be continually aware of each mandate's progress


• Maintain an appropriate balance among delegation, performing the work itself, and supervision


• Supervise Associates and Analysts, and facilitate their learning of the M&A process


• Work with our recruiting team to identify, interview, and select junior candidates

Why should you join Alantra?

The position provides an excellent opportunity to assume responsibility in a successful sector with excellent opportunities for advancement mid-market cross border transactions in a dynamic and entrepreneurial culture as well as providing long-term career growth prospects. Our people are our most valuable asset; hence we offer them extensive career programs to advance their professional development. We work to support each individual's career progression by deepening her/ his skills and build strategies for success in future roles. We offer our teams a wide range of challenges and experiences and support each individual to continuously expand the limits of their comfort zone. Small teams, flat hierarchies, and short decision-making processes in an international environment give you the opportunity to work on transformational cross-border projects and take on responsibility from day one. We want people who make things happen!

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Requirements

• Graduates from top tier universities or business schools with degrees in business, finance, economics, or accounting


• 6 - 9 years of experience from a leading investment bank, M&A boutique, or Big 4 accounting firm


• at least 2 years of experience in Health Care


• Agnostic on which vertical in Healthcare


• Strong analytical and financial skills required


• Demonstrated team player with a strong motivation to contribute to a positive team culture


• Committed, rigorous, detail-oriented attitude, and ability to show initiative


• Professional maturity and experience to directly interact with clients


• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously


• Business proficient language skills in German and English with clear and concise written and verbal communication skills


• Highest standards of personal conduct, professional performance, and business ethics

Our VP program is designed for open-minded, creative, intellectually curious, and entrepreneurial individuals, willing to learn in a rewarding, collaborative, and enriching environment. We are very enthusiastic about our business and culture and look to attract, retain, and develop future colleagues who share the same values and are ready to make a real impact. We are looking for self-motivated team players who can take advantage of the opportunities a dynamic and growing team can provide - ready to make a real impact.

Alantra is an international financial services firm with over 540 professionals representing 35 nationalities in 24 offices. We provide investment banking, alternative asset management and credit portfolio advisory services to corporations, family-owned companies, and institutional investors. Our ambition is to always support our clients with the best advice and products and to do that with an accountable and ethical approach to business. Our listed partnership model means that while our teams work under stringent corporate governance structures, they thrive on autonomy and are personally invested in Alantra. Which means we are all personally invested in our clients.