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Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Senior Consultant Corporate Development & M&A

Corporate StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Has independently structured and managed complex projects and has strong methodological knowledge of project management.
  • Has extensive M&A experience, for example in corporate development, transaction services, consulting, or comparable fields.
  • Is confident working with business cases, profit-and-loss statements, cash flow, and company valuations, and can translate figures into business decisions.
  • Can identify key relationships, structure complex topics, and derive clear recommendations.
  • Can drive work independently and communicate confidently with stakeholders and management in German and English.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze markets, competitors, and business models, and develop concrete growth and M&A options with the business units.
  • Manage M&A projects from initial analysis through due diligence, company valuation, and transaction structuring to decision and implementation.
  • Develop approaches for post-acquisition integration and value creation, and take responsibility for selected integration projects.
  • Structure complex questions, develop courses of action, and independently deliver strategic projects together with internal stakeholders.
  • Combine strategic and financial analyses into clear recommendations and present them to stakeholders and management.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

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