Mergers & Acquisitions Associate (f/m/d)

Location:

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Job ID:

R0092968

Date Posted:

2025-09-17

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY LTD

Profession (Job Category):

General Management

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity

The Hitachi Energy M&A team collaborates with our global leadership team to identify, evaluate, and execute investment opportunities that drive growth and improve business performance. The team applies strategic, financial, and operational frameworks to execute acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, and partnerships involving equity participation.

How you’ll make an impact

• Support M&A managers and project teams throughout the lifecycle of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures

• Build financial models and perform valuation analyses

• Complete assigned work products and ad hoc analyses to support transaction execution

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (business units, functional teams) and external partners (advisors, consultants) to deliver high-quality work products

• Support business plan development, strategic and financial analysis, synergy assessments, valuation, due diligence workstreams, legal documentation, and integration planning

• Manage and maintain the M&A opportunity pipeline

• Evaluate new opportunities (e.g., inbound teasers from investment banks and brokers) for strategic fit and potential impact, in collaboration with Corporate Development and Business Units

• Prepare reports and insights on pipeline trends and activity

• Identify, develop, and maintain tools and processes that support M&A best practices and improve team efficiency

Your background

• 2-3 years’ total experience, including 1+ years supporting M&A projects, preferably in Corporate Development or Transaction Advisory Services

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (Master’s preferred)

• Able to navigate cross-functional, matrixed global organizations with diverse stakeholders

• Can manage competing priorities across multiple projects

• Superior attention to detail, critical thinking and analytical rigor

• Excellent communication skills – both written (PowerPoint) and verbal

• Has the ability to operate within a small, high-performance team with high visibility and limited resources – ability to learn quickly is essential

• Able to travel occasionally (~10%), including internationally

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