M&A Analyst

Bring your curiosity and passion into action. Join Galp today.

You will join the Corporate Center, the operational hub supporting our business units to thrive, through a culture of collaboration. This is where strategic planning and financial management, sustainable practices and technological innovation, risk assessment and human resources converge to ensure efficient and reliable service delivery.

About your future Team

The Strategy, Portfolio and M&A (SPM&A) area has as key mission and objective to support Galp in discussing overall and each BU strategy, ensuring it has the right portfolio to execute that strategy, and enabling a value driven portfolio review, through accretive inorganic initiatives/transactions. It anchors this in integration, collaboration and empowerment.

The M&A team, part of the Strategy, Portfolio & M&A area, is responsible for proposing, executing and delivering M&A transactions, acquisitions and divestments, within Galp Group, covering all the different businesses and geographies where Galp operates. It works closely with the Portfolio and Strategy teams to implement and accelerate Galp’s strategic goals.

The role you will be playing offers you the opportunity to consolidate expertise in corporate finance and M&A, work on high-impact and transformative projects for the company/different BUs, and collaborate with a dynamic and top-performing team.

How will your day-to-day look like:

• Engage in origination, negotiation and execution of M&A transactions, divestments, restructurings, partnerships or joint ventures from end-to-end;
• Assist the different Business Units in evaluating and structuring investments, performing business development activity, and developing partnerships;
• Participate in group-wide strategic projects impacting the portfolio;
• Coordinate and contribute for the execution of thorough valuation models and marketing packages (teasers, information memoranda, management presentations, etc.) for acquisitions, disposals and restructurings;
• Coordinate due diligence processes with external advisers and relevant internal teams;
• Assist in the negotiation of transaction agreements (e.g. sale/purchase agreement, shareholders agreement, partnership agreement, etc.), in liaison with the Legal Team and external advisers;
• Coordinate and contribute to the preparation of internal presentations and decision support packages for investment/divestment opportunities to be presented to Galp’s senior management;
• Throughout the deals, liaise internally with Business Units, top management and other corporate areas, and externally with advisers, partners, potential investors and other entities, as required.

What makes you unique:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in M&A or adjacent corporate finance roles;
• High level of professionalism, self-motivation, and ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team;
• Experience in financial modeling and in valuation techniques;
• Structured and analytical thinker, focused on attention to detail;
• Resilient and dynamic character, capable of providing deliverables under tight deadlines and with an ambition to be part of a fast-paced working environment;
• Team player, with strong professional ethics and integrity;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Passionate and ambitious self-starter, taking ownership of projects, with a strong drive for excellence;
• Think strategically, seeing the bigger picture and setting goals and objectives to develop and improve the business;
• Excellent academic credentials in a reputable university (with a Master’s degree, preferably in Management, Finance, Economics or Engineering);
• Advanced English language communication skills, oral and written;
• Advanced in Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint and Word).