Corporate Development Associate in Brussels, Belgium

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Eurofins’ corporate development team leads the execution of the company’s strategic business and financial goals through merger and acquisition activity across all business lines. Our inorganic growth is a key component of Eurofins’ overall strategy. The company has historically completed several dozen transactions annually on a global basis.

The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of experience in corporate development, transaction advisory, investment banking or private equity.

Join a dynamic team in a fast-moving environment

Coordination of M&A Pipeline:

• Market analysis and prospection: identify and liaise with potential future Eurofins partners.

• Confidentiality and preliminary data analysis: prepare and manage confidentiality agreements and gather and analyze preliminary data such as audited accounts, shareholding, and leadership details.

• Target evaluation and deal structure recommendation: evaluate targets based on their business and financial condition and outlook, and recommend deal structure.

• Transaction advisory and negotiation support: advise on the transaction process and tactics, interface with potential targets, shareholders, or advisors, and assist business leaders in preparing negotiation documents such as term sheets, heads of agreements, indicative offer letters, or exclusivity agreements.

• Due diligence coordination: coordinate due diligence activities and the involvement of other external advisors (e.g., legal counsel, auditors).

• Negotiation assistance and documentation review: assist in negotiations, attend meetings, and provide comments on sale and purchase documentation until signing/closing.

• Deal closing coordination: coordinate the closing of deals, including financial settlements.

• Peer reviews and support: perform peer reviews and support similar activities in other business lines or countries.

Integration of acquired companies:

• Reporting and communication setup: assist in setting up reporting and communication between new Eurofins partners and Eurofins’ general management.

• Legal and financial optimization: support potential legal reorganizations, fiscal, and financial optimizations of acquired companies.

• Post-closing obligations management: follow-up on any post-closing obligations resulting from acquisitions (e.g., earn-outs).

• Shareholder resolutions and performance monitoring: prepare shareholder resolutions and follow-up on annual accounts and post-closing performance.

We are looking for a high-potential candidate with a Master’s Degree (MBA is a plus) in Business Administration, Finance, or Engineering from a top university, with ambitions to be part of the next generation of finance leaders.

You should have at least 1 – 3 years’ experience in M&A, Corporate Development (industry or boutique), Investment Banking, Private Equity, ‘Big Four’ Auditing, and/or Consulting. Previous exposure to and a solid understanding of the M&A process (NDA, LOI, DD, SPA, PMI, etc.) is also ideal.

The role requires excellent interpersonal, communication, and team leadership skills, and an outstanding technical/conceptual understanding of finance and valuations.

Fluency in English is essential; additional languages are a plus.

Other skills and abilities:

• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, good strategic thinking and business acumen

• High energy level, drive and a passion to succeed; eager to learn and to grow

• Strong interpersonal skills, including listening and communication skills (verbal and written)

• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills

• Self-starter, ownership and natural drive to get things done

• Pragmatic and “roll up sleeves” mentality, can do attitude,

• Result driven, strong work ethics,

• Courage and self-confidence to take initiatives; autonomy

• Ability to work with people from different cultural backgrounds

• Thinking big picture, yet understanding details

• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in significant matters

• Comfortable to work in a very dynamic, fast growing environment and an entrepreneurial, de-central organization.

This role is crucial to Eurofins’ strategic growth, offering significant opportunities to engage in high-impact projects and develop as a future finance leader.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! The Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,515 million, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.