Department :
Secondaries & Primaries
Location :
Frankfurt
Contract :
Internship
Duration :
3-6 months
Start date :
April 2027
The role
- Fully integrated team member in deal teams for Private Equity Secondary and Primary transactions
- Support of due diligence processes, including valuation of investment opportunities and drafting of investment committee papers for the respective funds and companies
- Independent preparation of financial models and presentations
- Monitoring and valuation of existing investments
- Preparation of presentations for internal and external use
Required skills / profile
Outstanding academic qualifications from a leading business school or university
Relevant prior internships in related fields (e.g. M&A, Strategy Consulting, Leveraged Finance, Private Equity)
Very strong analytic capabilities with respect to validating markets and business models
Outstanding motivation and willingness to work with international teams
Professional in German and English
About the Team
Since 1999, the multicultural Private Equity Fund of Funds team composed of 90 investment professionals has developed an unrivalled network and secured preferential positioning to acquire stakes in high-quality private equity and infrastructure funds from institutional investors. The team currently manages $67bn of assets under management.
Application process
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Skills Required
- Outstanding academic qualifications from a leading business school or university
- Relevant prior internships in M&A, strategy consulting, leveraged finance, private equity, or related fields
- Very strong analytical capabilities for validating markets and business models
- Outstanding motivation and willingness to work with international teams
- Professional proficiency in German and English
Ardian Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ardian and has not been reviewed or approved by Ardian.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is frequently described as strong, with supplemental coverage in Europe and solid medical offerings highlighted in the U.S. Feedback suggests this contributes meaningfully to perceived total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, Europe-specific days such as RTT, and signals of generous parental leave are cited as strengths. Feedback suggests these provisions are a notable advantage in several offices.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A broad employee-shareholder base is emphasized, aligning incentives and offering accessible ownership participation. Feedback suggests this ownership mindset adds long-term value for staff.
Ardian Insights
What We Do
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of US$130bn managed or advised in Europe, North America, and Asia. The company is majority-owned by its employees. It keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and focuses on delivering excellent investment performance to its global investor base. Through its commitment to shared outcomes for all stakeholders, Ardian’s activities fuel individual, corporate and economic growth around the world. Holding close its core values of excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship, Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 850 employees working from fifteen offices across Europe (Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), the Americas (New York, San Francisco and Santiago) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul). It manages funds on behalf of round 1,000 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: Fund of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt.
