What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategy and Deals Intern position at Calamos Recruiting?
Summary:
The Strategy and Deals Intern will work with both: a) the SVP, Head of Strategic Planning and Analysis (“SPA”); and b) the SVP, Head of Private Equity (“PE”), to support the firm’s evaluation and execution of investment, value creation and wider transaction opportunities.
Such opportunities will typically arise from the firm’s corporate development strategy and/or its private equity activities.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Support preparation of opportunity analysis, such as:
- Market outlook, e.g. gathering, review and distillation of third party and adviser reports, together with publicly available information
- Financial performance, e.g. historical trends, underlying earnings, cash flows, robustness of balance sheet and financial projections
- Operational matters, e.g. headcount, operating model
- Perform financial modelling, including preparation and review of deal models, discounted cash flows, return metrics and KPIs
- Support preparation of reports/presentation materials to support executive decision making
- Where appropriate, participate in calls with third party advisers, including investment banks, professional services firms and legal advisers
- Assist with cross-functional co-ordination
Preferred Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a Finance or Business Related Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program (2026 graduate)
- GPA of 3.8 or higher
For Illinois Applicants only: The expected hourly range for this position is $22 per hour.
Salary : $22
