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Working Student – Corporate Finance and M&A

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)6 days agoWorking Student
On-siteEnglish requiredGerman is a plus (not required)FinanceCorporate Finance

Required skills

Financial databasesPowerPointExcelFinancial modelingDeal databases

Job description

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Munich: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits. You can also open ChatGPT or Claude with a ready-made prompt to tailor your CV, check your fit, draft a cover letter or prep for the interview.

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Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

We are seeking a strong candidate to join BCG’s Transactions & Integrations practice team in Munich. You will have the chance to work closely with our analysts and experts on a day-to-day basis and you will get the chance to take responsibility for driving your own ideas.

You can work up to 20 hours/week during your semesters and up to 40 hours/week during your vacation time. The role offers enough flexibility to combine personal, academic and professional life, with an expected workload of approximately two working days per week. This is a temporary role from min. 12 to max. 24 months. You need to be an enrolled university student in Germany.

You’re good at

  • Supporting our business development efforts and internal projects
  • Monitoring European-wide deal activity to keep us in the know on deal opportunities
  • Performing research tasks – from financial and deal databases to company research
  • Supporting our analyst team with financial analysis and financial modelling tasks
  • Organizational tasks: Supporting the team in organizing events and meetings, etc.

What You'll Bring

  • Ongoing Bachelor’s or Master’s studies with high academic achievements (business administration, financial mathematics, economics, or similar)
  • Interest in corporate finance, M&A, post-merger integration and strategy topics
  • Preferably previous experience in our field (corporate finance, M&A, private equity, or similar) as an intern or working student
  • Strong Excel and PowerPoint capabilities; first experience with financial and/or deal databases is a plus
  • Creative, yet structured problem solver and autonomous self-starter with strong analytical skills
  • Able to work in a fast-paced environment and to manage multiple tasks in parallel
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, German is a plus
  • Strong interpersonal credibility, reliability, and service mentality

Who You'll Work With

BCG’s Transactions & Integrations practice supports BCG’s clients to create value from transactions, from beginning to the end, including deal strategy, preparation, execution, integration and value creation. The practice matches our deep expertise in a multitude of industries with our comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of M&A activity and post-merger integration. We have more than 300 professionals who support business leaders of organizations that are pursuing mergers or acquisitions, existing non-core businesses, seeking new alliances, or launching IPOs.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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Working student essentials

What this Finance working student role in Munich means for you: the weekly-hours rules, the social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.

Weekly hours

Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.

Working student rules

Social contributions

Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.

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International students

Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.

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