At QIMA, we are on a mission to offer our clients smart solutions to make products you can trust. 

Operating in over 100 countries, we serve the consumer products, food, and life sciences industries and help more than 30,000 brands, retailers, manufacturers, and growers achieve quality excellence. 

We combine on-the-ground expertise with digital solutions that bring accuracy, transparency and intelligence for quality and compliance data. 

What sets us apart is our unique culture. Our 6,000 Qimates live and make decisions every day by our QIMA Values. With client passion, integrity, and a commitment to making things simple, we disrupted the Testing, Inspection, and Certification industry. Are you ready to hop on this exciting ride with us and help us achieve our mission? 

Our Global Support Services ensure smooth global operations by providing essential support in IT, Finance, Marketing, HR, Admin, Legal and M&A. We centralize these functions to boost efficiency, maintain consistency, and drive growth across all regions. 

You will join us as M&A Origination Analyst Intern, reporting directly to the M&A Director, who is based in Europe.

Main responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Sourcing and screening potential acquisition targets across all continents, working with our appointed sourcing consultants and local business managers and using industry databases, networking, and other channels.
• Taking part in introductory meetings and pitching QIMA's projects to prospective sellers.
• Helping draft the business and financial memo on each potential target for presentation to senior management.
• Performing financial analysis and taking part in Q&A sessions with financial advisers and target management teams.
• Valuing targets and drafting letters of intent.
• Maintaining and updating our target and pipeline database throughout the sourcing and deal-execution stages.

You are in your final year or on a gap year ("césure") at a top-tier business or engineering school and available for four to six months. Successful candidates will also be:

• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to work under limited supervision.
• Able to multi-task and run several acquisition projects in parallel.
• Enthusiastic and personable, with a positive attitude and a genuine team-player mindset.
• Comfortable working in an international environment, with excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong listening skills.
• Fluent in English.