M&A Summer Analyst

To participate in our Internship Initiative, you must be an Alumni or Panhellenic Young Leader. If not, please apply to become a Panhellenic Young Leader

Interested applicants must also meet with Georgia Tsakos, Director of Alumni and Internships. Contact her at gtsakos@panhellenicsf.org or book a meeting [here].

Express interest before May 19th 

Company Statement

Univar Solutions is the largest distributor of chemicals and ingredients in North America and second largest globally with over $10B in revenue. We purchase chemicals and ingredients from thousands of leading producers worldwide to warehouse, repackage, blend, dilute,transport and sell those materials safely to nearly 100,000 customer locations across 120 countries. Our go-to-market approach focuses on leveraging the scale of our operations and our local industry and geographic knowledge to create differentiated value for our customers and suppliers. This is primarily achieved through our Chemical Distribution & Services (CD&S) channel, through which we can leverage the scale of our operations and is intensely focused on customer service, and our Ingredients & Specialties (I&S) channel, which focuses on specialty chemicals, additives and ingredients paired with in-depth technical expertise. In 2023, Univar was acquired by Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) for approximately $8.1 billion and one of its largest private equity investments in its history.

Company Website: HTTPS://WWW.UNIVARSOLUTIONS.COM

Summer Analyst Program Overview:

The M&A Analyst program is designed for candidates between their junior and senior undergraduate years. The Program provides participants a practical experience working within a dynamic M&A environment of a portfolio company of one of the leading private equity firms in the world. The M&A analyst will be assigned to work directly with the Global Head of M&A focused on active deal management and origination of new acquisition targets. In addition to this on-the-job experience which will be conducted remotely, the analyst will have an opportunity to interact with business leaders throughout the organization and to interact with owners of businesses we are actively looking to acquire. The program is considered an initial interviewing step for the M&A Analyst full-time position in 2026.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Conducting industry and company research and analysis

• Developing client presentations

• Writing internal and external marketing memoranda

• Performing other tasks supporting business development

Qualifications:

• We are looking for highly motivated, ambitious, curious and mature individuals:

• Interested in career in M&A, finance, investment banking, law, consulting, sales and marketing,engineering

• Demonstrated leadership attributes in work, school, or community.

• Excellent analytic, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Strong interpersonal skills used within a demanding team environment.

• Demonstrated proactivity, resiliency, and an unfailingly positive attitude.

• Excellent capacity to independently function as part of a team through self-motivation.

• Strong work ethic and a high level of professional integrity

• Enrolled in an undergraduate degree program

• Grade Levels: Rising Juniors & Seniors