M&A Business Development Intern (Part Or Full Time) Milano

M&A Business Development Intern (Part Or Full Time)
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

"We buy great small businesses and shape them into timeless ventures" About Us It all starts with a huge problem SMBs are facing.

As the overall age of the western population increases, micro and small businesses are struggling with succession planning.

Retiring owners often don't have relatives to pass on their small family business to and exit opportunities to third-parties of employees are rare.

Consequently, the majority of them are shutting down endangering millions of jobs.

In Italy, our first geography of interest, nearly 80%, meaning 4 out of 5 companies below €10M in revenue, will shut down because of a loss of continuity.

We're talking about a huge know-how that won't be transferred and tens of thousands of employees that will be sent home.

This is why at Equis we're building a tech platform which: Acquires these small businesses whose founders are retiring Gives the majority of the shares back to the employees Supports these companies in creating a bridge to a solid and scalable future A Few Insights Into the Companies We're Targeting: Up to €5M in revenue; 10%+ Ebitda margin; B2b, services and manufacturing; Based in Italy; Owner looking for retirement; No consumer, distressed companies or turnarounds.

The project is backed by Founders Factory and a leading Italian investment bank.

About the Role We're looking for a M&A Business Development Intern with a very quantitative approach who will work alongside the other co-founders to help launch and scale the venture, starting in Italy.

Part-time, up to 3 days/week, or full time.

Key responsibilities: Report to and work closely with the founding team; the CEO, a serial entrepreneur and exited founder, the CFO, a former BB IB and Entrepreneur through acquisition; Support with building and leading an A-class pipeline of SMEs to acquire; Support with topics such as: Raising finance; Strategic planning; Building the finance organisation from the ground up; Building and operating scalable M&A processes, incl.

DD process and negotiating with small business owners; Financing of operations; Investor relations; Accounting systems.

You should definitely have: Flexible, analytical, entrepreneurial and innovation-driven mindset; A very quantitative approach and background, incl.

passion for data analysis and seniority with developing complex spreadsheets; A BSc in Finance or similar quantitative discipline, nearly ending your MSc in Finance or similar quantitative discipline; Outstanding communication skills in both Italian and English.

What's in it for you: Solve a real pressing problem and contribute to an important mission; Build with and learn from an international team who have built companies before; The opportunity to directly impact all aspects of the business at day 1; Remote-first and flexible culture, we believe in outputs not clocking in time; A contribution of €300/month for part-time, €600/month if full time; if this role continues to a full time position, a competitive compensation package will be provided, incl.

ESOP.

We are prioritising candidates in Milan, IT.