Associate/Senior Associate, Investment (Structuring & Execution) (10663)

Team Overview

Structuring & Execution (S&E) is Temasek's in-house M&A specialist team within the Investment Group. The team focuses on structuring and executing large and complex transactions for Temasek, across industries worldwide. In 2022, the team worked on >US$20b of announced deals, spanning various sectors and geographies. Examples of transactions include public and private M&A, joint ventures, spin-offs, capital raises, and restructuring among others.

The successful candidate will be joining a lean and highly collaborative team, working closely with various teams across the Temasek ecosystem.

Key focus areas include:

• Deal structuring: Evaluating and recommending transaction structures to achieve Temasek's investment or divestment objectives. E.g. preferred instruments, earn-out mechanism, exit provisions and minority rights
• Financial analysis: Evaluating the financial impact of the structure and assisting with financial modelling, return evaluation and due diligence
• Negotiation and documentation: Reviewing and negotiating investment term sheets and transaction documents, with a focus commercial and financial terms
• Overall execution: Assisting in managing the overall transaction process, involving proactively assessing potential issues & risks, coordinating with various internal and external parties

Main Responsibilities

• Participate in and drive transaction structuring and execution of complex investments and divestments
• Working alongside industry and markets teams, as well as coordinating with legal and tax teams deal assessment and structuring
• Review of transaction terms and documents
• Conduct detailed financial analysis and review valuation models from a structure perspective
• Preparing analysis and presenting views to deal teams and senior management.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor degree from an accredited university preferred
• Working Experience: Preferably 1-3 years of relevant working experience with a top-tier private equity, investment bank, corporate finance/M&A firm
• Self-starter with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities and to work independently
• Good communication, interpersonal & team skills
• Strong analytical mind set and spreadsheet modelling skills
• Familiarity with the use of electronic data sources (e.g. Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Factiva)
• Deal structuring experience is not a pre-requirement