Graduate in Strategy and Transactions

As a graduate in Strategy and Transactions, you will advise clients on how to innovate and stay competitive through buying, selling, or merging parts of their business.

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Start your career in Strategy and Transactions

In Strategy and Transactions, we help clients manage capital effectively, create stakeholder value, and meet strategic goals. Our approach includes buying, selling, and restructuring to improve strategic and financial outcomes.

We identify growth opportunities through new revenue streams, market growth, and synergies and help our clients focus on key value drivers. We empower our clients to make informed decisions about capital management and transactions and enhance value by evaluating potential future cash flows and identifying favorable funding options.

Our teams are based in Copenhagen and Aarhus, and no matter the location, you will be part of a professional environment that emphasizes knowledge sharing, both locally and internationally.

  • Corporate Finance

    In Corporate Finance, we contribute to companies’ achievement of their strategic objectives through local or global mergers and acquisitions (M&A). We are a team with strong expertise and credentials across all sectors, with a market-leading position within the Tech M&A landscape and an increasing focus on the sustainability sector.

    We have a passion for advising business owners on life-changing events. We go to work every day to pursue, strengthen, and balance the three core pillars in the team: i) having fun, ii) developing ourselves and iii) succeeding with all our transactions.

    We are the lead advisor in M&A processes and provide comprehensive support to business owners, private equity firms, and corporate clients across all stages of the M&A process: from preparing business plans and conducting valuations to managing buyer interactions and crafting effective deal negotiation strategies. We are proud to say that we have become an integral part of the infrastructure in Danish investment banking, and we take pride in having been awarded “Financial M&A Adviser of the Year”.  

    As a part of Corporate Finance, you will become part of an ambitious, dynamic team that enjoys spending time together both at work and for social occasions. You will be joining a large team with a strong and positive culture with a lot of different backgrounds and personalities. 

    If this sounds interesting to you, you can read more here.

  • Transaction Diligence

    In Transaction Diligence we are responsible for conducting financial analyses and offering transaction advice to the largest and most prominent clients, both nationally and internationally, spanning corporate entities and private equity firms.

    In our field, we specialize in financial due diligence throughout the mergers and acquisitions process. Our primary goal is to provide our clients with insights into a company's financial health, enabling them to have the best foundation for buying or selling decisions. This involves aiding our clients in understanding business drivers using cutting-edge analytics tools and advanced financial analyses.

    We are a skilled, sociable, and diverse team, representing various educational backgrounds and nationalities. We share a common passion for financial analysis and are committed to supporting our clients in making informed decisions.

  • Valuation, Modelling and Economics

    In the Valuation, Modeling, and Economics service area, we offer a comprehensive range of financial analysis and decision support services. Our overarching team is divided into three sub-teams, each with its own unique focus.

    In Valuation, we perform valuations of companies and individual assets that recognize the need for transparent and robust consulting to satisfy corporate, regulatory, and accounting requirements. We help clients within a broad range of sectors advance their strategic, financial and tax agendas through corporate finance, the use of analytics and economic analyses.

    In Modelling, we work towards the green energy transition by enabling major Danish and international investment funds, institutional investors, and developers to make investment decisions within the renewable energy and power-to-x space. At our core, we develop complex financial models and detailed assessments and valuations of energy projects, often in combination with running M&A and debt financing processes. Further, we provide various financial modelling services for large corporates across different sectors.

    In Economics, we provide a wide range of services within the fields of corporate finance, debt and financial advisory, investment modelling, public-private partnerships, public infrastructure projects, cost-benefit analysis, health economics, modelling and advanced data analysis, competition and compensation, risk analysis valuation and investor advise for infrastructure investments.

    Our work is typically related to financial advisory on some of the largest infrastructure projects in Denmark and the Nordics. We feel highly motivated to create success by advising clients in investment decisions on projects large enough to make an actual difference and create a better tomorrow.

     

  • EY-Parthenon

    EY-Parthenon is a global strategy consultancy that is part of EY with more than 9,000 professionals focusing on a broad range of topics within Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Transformation, Corporate & Growth Strategy. In EY-Parthenon we work closely with our clients to develop and execute corporate and growth strategies. Moreover, we assist clients throughout the entire M&A cycle, from strategy to purchase and sale, with key deliverables such as commercial due diligence, software due diligence and operational integration/separation.

    We deploy EY-Parthenon's and EY’s global connectivity and scale to deliver Strategy Realized — assisting Corporates and Private Equity (PE) clients in driving and executing on their Strategy and M&A agenda. We apply the latest thinking, research, analytics and a hands-on approach to solve complex business matters

    Read more about EY-Parthenon.
     

    Corporate and Growth Strategy
    In the Corporate and Growth Strategy team we assist clients to develop corporate and growth strategies by providing in-depth market, competitor, and customer insights. Our work revolves around business model strategies, new market entry, portfolio strategy, value creation, commercial due diligence (buy and sell-side), and performance improvement. We serve a range of clients, both PE and corporates, across all sectors and work in close collaboration with executive management and company owners to create meaningful and long-lasting impact.

    When you join the Corporate and Growth Strategy team you will be an integral part of delivering value for our clients from day one, working closely together with the rest of the team. You will experience a steep learning curve driven by a multitude of different projects, tasks and sparring with experienced Consultants and Managers as well as significant exposure to Partners.

    Transaction Strategy and Execution
    In the EY-Parthenon Transaction Strategy and Execution (TSE) team we support clients with development, evaluation, and end-to-end execution of their transaction strategy. Our teams help clients to prioritize investment, quantify and implement portfolio optimization opportunities, and identify M&A targets to help achieve full potential. We are building a culture where you are embraced for who you are.

    What is special about working in our team is that we engage with a broad range of stakeholders from the CEO to the functional lead and that our projects are very different depending on the situation. This means that you will advise clients throughout the M&A lifecycle from due diligence, negotiations, day 1 operating model and post-merger integration (PMI). 

    We offer opportunities to work across the following diverse areas, with opportunities to focus as you progress:

    • Deal Strategy and Value Creation
    • Technology and Operationeal Due Diligence
    • Buy & Integrate and Sell & Operate

Read more about life as a Graduate at EY

When you start as a Graduate at EY or EY-Parthenon, you will kick-off your career with the Nordic Introduction Program. It's not just an introduction—it's your first taste of the vibrant EY culture and daily work life. Connect, collaborate, and create lasting bonds with your fellow newcomers. Discover more about life as a Graduate by exploring our career blogs.

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