Undergrad PE Buyside Analyst

Overview

This paid buyside internship is a high-intensity training program focused on learning M&A fundamentals through real buyer–seller conversations, negotiation psychology, and deal structuring support.

The internship is 10 hrs/week.

Responsibilities

• Call business owners and executives daily
• Navigate objections, gather context, and understand founder psychology
• Learn how buyers and sellers negotiate outside of textbooks
• Practice controlled, professional persuasion
• Keep conversations structured and outcome-oriented
• Support structuring deals in the lower-middle-market M&A space
• Understand seller motivations vs. buyer constraints
• Evaluate fit, feasibility, and deal readiness
• Learn the mechanics of earnouts, seller financing, rollover equity, reps & warranties, etc.
• Observe how real deal conversations unfold and how structures adjust dynamically
• Support live buyer–seller interactions
• Prepare call notes, next steps, and negotiation plans
• Observe how valuation gaps and structure negotiations are handled
• Learn what kills deals and what revives them
• Understand transaction pacing, sequencing, and the “psychological arc” of a deal

Highlights

• 100% real-world communication and deal execution
• Learn negotiation psychology from day one
• Paid hourly
• Rapid exposure to real transaction mechanics
• Opportunities to collaborate with the deal team and research team for those who show strong KPIs after one month
• Interns who make the deal team and manage deal flow can make up to 20% of our success fee; several interns have accumulated a potential bonus pool of $50K+
• Strong preference to hire full-time team members from the internship program; in 2025, 3 interns converted to full-time roles; in 2026, significantly more full-time hires are expected from the internship program

Requirements

• Strong communication skills
• Fast learner
• Comfortable taking responsibility early
• Fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Students who want to learn how deals really happen (not academically)
• People who learn better by doing than observing
• Those who enjoy structured, dynamic conversation over spreadsheet-heavy analysis