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Internship Private Equity (4 months)

Brussels, Belgium
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The Company

Apheon is a pan-European mid-market private equity investment company managing ~€3 billion of assets from global institutional investors and families. It is headquartered in Brussels, with offices in Luxembourg, Paris, Munich, Milan, Madrid and Amsterdam. Apheon invests in leading companies with a sustainable, competitive position in attractive niche sectors, that are headquartered in the Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, with a constant emphasis on developing their environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) journey during its investment period. Apheon employs ~60 direct employees across 7 offices and indirect employees in excess of 20,000 in its participations. More information on Apheon’s activities, people and values can be found in the “working at Apheon” video (link).

Our Apheon Brussels office is currently recruiting an intern to support the Benelux Investment Team in its daily activities. We are offering a 4-month internship position, with compensation based on the candidate’s profile.

Job Description

As part of a pan-European investment team of around thirty investment professionals based in Brussels, Paris, Munich, Milan, Madrid, and Amsterdam, the intern will support and assist the Benelux Investment Team (based in Brussels) from the evaluation of opportunities to the execution of transactions:

  • Assess new investment opportunities at an early stage (market research and analysis, valuation, expert calls, etc.)
  • Contribute to the drafting of investment memos (in English) for pre-investment and investment committees (business and market analysis, financial review, valuation), and support the due diligence process (financial, strategic, ESG)
  • Assist investment teams in the monitoring of portfolio companies (add-on acquisitions, market analysis, internal and external reporting)
  • Support the team in cross-functional tasks (marketing presentations, process optimization tools, market intelligence)

Education and Experience

We are looking for an intern with a strong academic background (business school, engineering school, or university) and a first significant internship experience, ideally within an investment bank, strategy consulting firm, or private equity fund.

The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of financial models, as well as excellent proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. Fluency in English is essential to succeed in a demanding international environment.

The successful candidate must have the following skills:

  • Strong knowledge of financial models
  • Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
  • Native Dutch and fluency in English (both written and spoken)
  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • Ability to work independently
  • Strong commitment and engagement
  • Responsiveness and adaptability
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Team spirit

Interested? Please send your CV and Cover Letter to recruitment@apheon.com

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Our manifesto: contributing to the development of sustainable finance

Sustainability generates long-term and higher value

Apheon’s ambition is to contribute to the development of sustainable finance by placing sustainability at the core of its strategy and demonstrating by example that it delivers higher and better value for portfolio companies and investors.
 
We are convinced that businesses that respect the planet, that look after their employees and that support their communities will in turn attract the best talent, differentiate themselves from their competition and ultimately emerge as the strongest in the future.

A holistic and collective approach

To succeed with this strategy, Apheon believes a holistic and collective approach is fundamental.

Holistic: it is essential that all aspects of ESG are equally and continuously supported. This is why we are active at every stage of the investment cycle by applying proprietarily developed methodologies and initiatives which are built on 5 priorities covering the broad ESG spectrum:

  • Sustainable revenues (strategy): increasing, when applicable, the share of revenues which directly benefit the environment and/or society

  • Carbon (environment): reducing emissions

  • Talent (social): creating a positive working environment which will attract, develop and retain the best talent

  • Youth, diversity and inclusion (societal): fostering a more inclusive society

  • Transparency (governance): reporting on metrics transparently, and being transparent on potential obstacles
Collective: we believe that it is only through collective action that we can create significant impact. This is why it is our intention to pull together Apheon’s entire ecosystem to undertake our ESG initiatives. This includes mobilizing our employees, portfolio companies, investors, external experts, charitable organizations, public institutions and peers. At this time of global transition, we believe that sustainable finance plays a key role in advancing towards a sustainable planet and society. Financial players, in particular private equity firms such as Apheon, are in a position to drive forward action by leveraging their business model of transforming companies. Apheon is keen to play such role and to move forward every day with humility but also conviction.