Senior M&A Business Analyst (m/f/d)
This listing is for a Senior M&A Business Analyst (m/f/d) role at Secondfoundation, in Berlin, Germany. The listing describes it as a full-time, senior position.
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This listing is for a Senior M&A Business Analyst (m/f/d) role at Secondfoundation, in Berlin, Germany. The listing describes it as a full-time, senior position.
From the advert, the main requirements are German and English language skills.
The advert mentions Python and financial modelling among the skills and tools for this role.
The employer does not state a salary in this listing; DGJ Insight below shows an official pay benchmark for the place where one exists.
Benefits mentioned in the advert: bonus and flexible hours.
Visa sponsorship is not mentioned. Applicants from outside Germany should check the official work permit route before applying.
Dev Global Jobs found this job on Arbeitnow on Nov 10, 2026.
- Employer
- Secondfoundation
- Location
- Berlin, Germany
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level (from the title)
- senior
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer
- Languages asked
- German and English
- Found
- Nov 10, 2026 on Arbeitnow
- Employer text
- 381 words, about 2 min to read
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Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
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- Skilled worker visa (Fachkräfte): Recognised qualification and a job offer
- Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte): Points-based job search for up to one year
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About the role
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Second Foundation is a global energy trading company with around 500 employees across locations in Prague HQ (CZ), Zug (CH), Berlin (DE), Charlotte (USA), and Tokyo (JP). We specialize in power market trading and in the integration and optimization of renewable energy and battery storage systems. In parallel, we are actively expanding our own asset base, with a primary focus on battery storage.
We are looking for a Senior M&A Business Analyst to join our Berlin office. You will lead analytical work on M&A opportunities in the energy and battery-storage sectors, shape investment decisions, and support deal execution. In this senior role, you will own key analytical workstreams, coordinate cross-functional input, and help ensure high-quality decision-ready outputs. Your work will help expand and strengthen our portfolio across Europe and other key markets.
01What you would work on?
- Analyse markets, competitors, regulation and technology across the energy and battery-storage sectors.
- Source and evaluate M&A opportunities, including BESS deals, and support due diligence through to deal close.
- Build and review financial models, investment cases, valuation scenarios and cost analyses.
- Structure analytical approaches and produce clear, decision-ready materials for senior stakeholders.
- Own analytical workstreams end-to-end, manage concurrent projects and escalate issues with proposed solutions.
- Coordinate input from internal teams and work with external stakeholders, including banks, co-investors and partners where needed.
- Support portfolio optimisation, growth initiatives and post-acquisition integration where relevant.
- Guide junior analysts, review their work and help maintain quality standards across team deliverables.
02What makes you a great candidate?
- Degree in business, finance or a STEM field.
- Experience in M&A, investment analysis, corporate finance, consulting, financial modelling or business analysis.
- Strong financial-modelling skills, including DCF, IRR, NPV, scenario analysis and investment cases.
- Advanced analytical capability and ability to structure complex problems independently.
- Solid data-handling, analysis and visualisation skills; Python or automation experience is a plus.
- Fluency in German and English is required.
- Curious, quick to learn and comfortable applying critical and creative thinking to business problems.
03What we offer?
- Competitive salary package with the possibility of a yearly bonus
- Flexible working hours and home office options
- High-end work equipment, with devices available from Apple, Samsung, or Lenovo
- BVG Deutschlandticket Job
- Edenred meal vouchers
- Urban Sports Club membership
- Learning and development opportunities
- Team-building activities and company events
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