Private Equity Intern | Benelux Team

Argos Wityu is an independent European private equity firm founded in 1989 with offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Geneva, Frankfurt, Milan, and Luxembourg. As an entrepreneurial and business-minded investment fund, we take majority stakes in medium-sized companies across Europe and currently manage €2bn in AUM via two strategies: Argos Mid-Market (invest in profitable, medium-sized companies with a focus on transformational opportunities incl. management buy-in, carve-out, and complex shareholder situations, favouring business transformation and growth before leverage) and Argos Climate Action (aimed at shaping European sustainable leaders by making their ‘grey-to-green’ transition). You can find more information on our website at https://argos.wityu.fund

The Benelux team consists of 8 investment professionals with offices in Brussels and Amsterdam.

Job description:

You will work with an international team in the Benelux and will be given the opportunity to be an integral part to all aspects of our day-to-day work in a tight-knit team of investment professionals.

• Deal execution: support the team in execution of investment opportunities through Analysing markets, competition, strategy, and other components in deal opportunities
• Preparation and presentation of financial models and analyses
• Valuations exercises incl. comparable transactions, listed comparable companies and modelling
• Support due-diligence processes and preparation of internal documentation to defend the opportunity
• Proprietary sourcing: support sourcing through market research, company screening, and industry mapping.
• Portfolio: ad-hoc tasks to support management teams of portfolio companies in key questions and value creation.

Candidate profile:

• Education: Master student; business/econ/finance studies preferred; others considered based on experience
• Language skills: Dutch (fluency highly preferred), English;
• Research & analytical skills: ability to synthesize and process data and identify underlying trends / identify insight
• Transaction experience: exposure to (parts of) the M&A cycle or PE via an internship
• Team player: we work and play as a team. You should have strong communication skills and a positive can-do attitude

Our offer:

• The internship will allow you to experience the challenge of working in a pan-European private equity fund
• Multi-strategy investment exposure (both Mid-Market and Climate Action) with an expanding PE platform
• Joining a high impact and sustainability & ESG-oriented investor – a chance to make a tangible contribution
• Multi-country role with time spent on Dutch and Belgian transactions (and international portfolio company setting)
• High level of responsibility and autonomy: a place to develop and grow during an internship cycle
• Guidance and mentoring through a flat team structure
• Access to training and professional development resources

We hire interns throughout the year with preference given to 6-month duration.

If you are interested to apply, please send your cover letter and CV to Lisa Petermeijer, e-mail: lpe@argos.fund