Corporate Development Intern

Funding Societies " Modalku is the largest SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and registered in Malaysia. We are backed by Sequoia India and Softbank Ventures Asia Corp amongst many others and provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is crowdfunded by individual and institutional investors. And here at Funding Societies " Modalku we live by our core values:

• Grow Relentlessly: Striving to become our best, most authentic selves.
• Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics: Only by forging togetherness, can we help each other succeed.
• Test " Measure " Act: Staying curious and reinventing ourselves, through innovation and experimentation.
• Focus on Impact: Creating impact through bias for action and tangible results.
• Serve with Obsession: Building win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession.

Success for this position will involve the intern understanding the FinTech/ FIG landscape in Southeast Asia through hands-on experience with FS and completing at least one value-adding Corporate Development project.
What you will do:

• Support fundraising Initiatives:

i) Work closely with Corporate Development AD, Capital Markets team, CFO, CRO, CEO as well as external parties on equity/ debt fund raising strategies.
ii) Prepare engagement materials, including pitch decks development, financial modelling, and comparison analysis.

• Assist on M&A transactions, especially target(s) due diligence work, financial modelling, potentially working with external service providers (e.g., consulting/ advisory firms) and post-merger integration with invested firms.
• Lead in some special projects;

i) Set-up market/ competitor analysis warehouse to keep management abreast on global market trends and best practices.
ii) Work with Corporate Development and Capital Markets teams on setting up a securitization framework.
iii) Engage with commercial/ investment banks on potential collaborations / ideas.

• Any other ad hoc task assigned.

Requirements
What we are looking for:

• You are doing your last internship before completing your degree in business, finance, operations research, or accounting. Applications of candidates outside these fields are also welcome if you have followed finance and accounting elective courses.
• To fulfill the duration of the internship requirement for a Minimum of 6 months
• Must have familiarity with the FIG or FinTech sector, either through prior internships or CCA (e.g., sector analyst, CFA institute challenge).
• Highly motivated to contribute and learn, a self-starter that takes initiatives to value-add to the organization.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Enjoy the fast-paced environment.
• Microsoft Office knowledge (Excel & PowerPoint). Experience with (scientific) market intelligence databases (Bloomberg, capital IQ, Factiva etc) would be nice to have.

Benefits

• Time off - We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country. We also like to have our people take a day off for special days like birthdays and work anniversaries.
• Flexible Working - We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone's working style and personal life.
• Medical Benefits - We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their back for their loved ones too.
• Mental Health and Wellness - We understand that our team productivity is directly linked to our mental and physical health. Hence we have Wellness Wednesdays and we engage partners to provide well-being coaching. And we have our Great FSMK Workout sessions too to keep everyone healthy and fit!
• Learning & Development - We believe learning should never end and we support everyone with self-learning L&D allowances.
• Tech Support - We provide a company laptop for our employees and the best possible support for the right equipment/tools to enable high productivity