Strategy & M&A Trainee

Job Description

Do you want to build your career in one of the world's leading professional services organizations? Are you interested in working in the challenging environment of Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)?

Our Strategy, Risk and Transactions business unit empowers organisations to make well-informed decisions and confidently manage change. We provide expert advice on strategy development, risk assessment, and transaction processes.

We are looking for motivated students who are finalising their studies or recent graduates to join our Strategy and Deal Transformation teams in Helsinki as a Trainee. This full-time Trainee position begins in the end of 2026 or beginning 2027 and lasts approximately 6 to 8 months. offering a unique opportunity to get familiar with two of our core offerings, working in each team approximately three to four months. This unique setup will allow you to build a comprehensive skill set and identify the area that best aligns with your interests and strengths. Many Trainees continue with us into permanent roles after their Trainee period.

Your future is at Deloitte!

As a Trainee, you will benefit from working alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative, supportive, and low-hierarchy environment.

Strategy & Business Design (Monitor Deloitte)

Monitor Deloitte is our strategy consulting practice, working with the leading and most ambitious corporations and public organizations to drive growth on the issues that are most important to them. We work with chief executives and their teams to catalyse enterprise wide, strategy-led transformation to realise full business value.

As a Trainee, you will be involved in projects related to growth, corporate and business strategy, business design and configuration, innovation & ventures and strategic transformation. Your tasks can include, for example, data gathering and analysis, preparing client materials, attending client workshops and project reporting.

M&A Deal Transformation

Our Deal Transformation team provides integration, separation, HR, IT and commercial due diligence services as well as design, planning and execution support for integration and separation programmes typically in an M&A context. Our team also provides profitability and working capital improvement services.

As a Trainee, you will support our experienced professionals with various due diligence and diagnostics analyses, including integration, separation and operational due diligence for M&A transactions, as well as commercial due diligence on acquisition targets. Your tasks can also include peer company and functional benchmarking, synergy case building, client workshop and meeting facilitation, and documentation and reporting support.

Why Deloitte?

💚 As a Trainee, you will have a meaningful impact on the development of the industry and your career path according to your own interests and strengths.

💚 You will be part of a supportive and inclusive work environment where your people leader, buddy, and experienced colleagues guide and inspire you.

💚 Our flexible working conditions allow you to work in a hybrid model at our office, client sites, and remotely.

Qualifications

What do we hope for from you?

If you got excited reading the job description, have an analytical and solution-oriented mindset and a collaborative attitude you might be the M&A Trainee that we are looking for!

We also hope that you have:

• Have a strong academic record with a relevant master’s degree e.g., economics, strategy, industrial engineering or similar or a related field (close to graduation or graduated)
• Excellent analytical skills and strong motivation as well as an interest to pursue a career in M&A, Strategy and Performance Improvement
• Confidence in using Excel and PowerPoint
• Good communication skills and that you can communicate fluently in at least one Nordic language and in English

Previous relevant work experience is considered an advantage but are not required.

To be considered for this Trainee position, a prerequisite is that you are currently allowed to work in Finland, holding a valid residence permit if required.

Additional Information

🕒 When: Apply now or by Sunday, 13 September at the latest. 

👉 How: Please submit your application through our recruitment system. Be sure to include your CV, cover letter, and your most recent academic transcript or degree certificate. We are especially interested to hear why you are excited about this Trainee position.

💬 Interviews: In the first stage, selected candidates will be invited to record short answers to video interview questions. In the second stage, we will meet selected candidates for a formal interview. Before the interviews, we will also ask you to complete a short suitability assessment.

📩 Questions about the recruitment process or position: General answers to questions about the recruitment process can be found here. If you did not find the answer you were looking for, please contact our recruitment team at rekry@deloitte.fi.

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We look forward to receiving your application!

Together makes progress

At Deloitte, we value diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences, as they enable us to effectively solve complex challenges for our clients. We encourage you to apply for the position if you believe your skills can contribute to our team’s success.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside over 450,000 colleagues globally and nearly 900 colleagues in Finland across Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, and Consulting services. At Deloitte, it’s all about people, each with something special to offer. We collaborate closely with one another and with our clients, making great things happen. That’s how we create real change.

Deloitte is where you’ll find unlimited opportunities to succeed and realise your full potential, together.