M&A Analyst, Motion Services; Europe Or India)

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:

Head of Strategy, Business Development and Sustainability

ABB Motion, a global leader in motors and drives, is at the core of accelerating a more productive and sustainable future. We innovate and push the boundaries of technology to contribute to energy efficient, decarbonizing and circular solutions for customers, industries and societies. With our digitally enabled drives, motors and services we support our customers and partners to achieve better performance, safety and reliability.

To help the world’s industries outrun – leaner and cleaner, we deliver motor-driven solutions for a wide range of applications in all industrial segments. Building on over 140 years of domain expertise in electric powertrains, our more than 22,000 employees across 100 countries learn and improve every day. go.abb/motion

This role is open globally, but location is set in Europe - with a preference for Finland (Helsinki), Italy (Sesto San Giovanni), Netherlands (Rotterdam), Poland (Lodz), Spain (Madrid), Sweden (Vaesteras), UK (Warrington) - and India (Bangalore). The work model is hybrid #LI-hybrid.

In this role, you will support business growth by analyzing markets, evaluating strategic opportunities, and contributing to M&A and investment activities. You will work closely with stakeholders to develop business cases, assess potential targets, and help translate strategy into actionable growth initiatives.

This role reports to Head of Strategy, Motion Services.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Collect market information, conduct financial modelling, and perform competitive analysis.
• Contribute to strategy definition and execution through the analysis and identification of new markets, segments, or solutions.
• Support in translating global strategies into local strategic actions and in identifying local input to global strategies coordinating both internal and external resources in the various competence areas (e.g. business plan development, strategic and financial analysis).
• Identify M&A and investment targets, execute target assessments, determine synergies, and drill down to shortlisting of actionable targets that transition into deal execution.
• Prepare business valuations (including comparable public companies, comparable precedent transactions, discounted cash flow) and financial due diligences especially for smaller transactions.
• Prepare high impact strategy and M&A related documents and presentations for division management.
• Identify improvement opportunities in M&A approach and contribute improving processes and tools.
• Collaborate with all related contacts to ensure alignment, efficiency, and effectiveness in the creation and implementation of the business strategy.

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Finance or another relevant field
• Additional technical education or experience with service, drives, motors, electrical equipment, automation or power conversion equipment is beneficial but not mandatory.
• 3-5 years of experience in M&A, strategy development, investment banking or financial due diligence consultancy.
• Strong analytical abilities and excellent understanding of financial statements analysis.
• Fundamental understanding of financial valuation theory, methodologies, and applications and/or financial due diligence and M&A process
• Good understanding of relevant markets, customers, technology, and competition.
• Clear communication skills in internal and external discussions and…