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Nicolas Jäschke

M.Sc. candidate in Business Administration (Finance) · Buy-side M&A experience · Founded a consultancy

Profile

Four years of finance experience alongside my studies: buy-side M&A and corporate strategy at Viega, audit and capital markets at PwC, and two years running a consultancy I founded. I work where the analysis meets the decision — screening targets, modelling the cases, and writing the material boards decide on. Joining RÖDL’s M&A advisory in Cologne in spring 2027.

Experience

RÖDL Incoming Apr 2027 – Jul 2027

Intern, M&A Advisory · Cologne, Germany

  • Mid-market M&A advisory, buy-side and sell-side
Viega Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Working Student, Corporate Strategy · Attendorn, Germany

  • Updated the M&A long list to 85 prioritised targets by strategic fit
  • Built the foundation of the financial model behind a >€50M investment case — approved by the Group Board
  • Built Excel dashboards and automations for the pipeline, rolled out to corporate strategy in the regions
  • Conducted competitive intelligence analyses and built country dashboards for seven markets — Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark and Austria
  • Prepared the decision material for SteerCo, Regional Board and Global Board
NewHope Strategy UG Sep 2022 – Jul 2024

Founder & Managing Director · Giessen, Germany

  • Founded the firm while studying and ran it as managing director — €20,000 in revenue in the first fiscal year
  • Recruited and led a four-person team; owned pricing, delivery and client acquisition
  • Built the strategy and ran the digitalisation project for a restaurant client — footfall +30% within 2 months
PwC Oct 2021 – Mar 2024

Working Student, Capital Markets Consulting & Intern, Banking Risk · Frankfurt, Germany

  • Independently conducted the trading and treasury audit of an international bank
  • Part of the PMO of a one-year consulting project — €4M, 50 staff, 10 workstreams — tracking timelines and budget
  • Corporate Ambassador, PwC Friends Programme — applications +50% within 3 months

Education & Awards

Goethe University Frankfurt Oct 2025 – Jan 2028 (expected)

M.Sc. Business Administration — Finance

  • Exchange semester at Aalto University, Helsinki (Aug–Dec 2026) — M&A and financial modelling
  • Transition semester at the University of Giessen (summer term 2025), grade 1.3
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen Apr 2020 – Sep 2024

B.Sc. Business Administration

  • Grade 1.2 (GPA 3.8/4.0) — awarded the Deutschlandstipendium for academic excellence
  • Thesis: Success Factors of Horizontal Acquisitions in German SMEs — Development of a Practice-Oriented Checklist for the Buy-Side (grade 1.1)
  • Exchange semester at Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Finland (GPA 4.0/4.0)
Rivius Gymnasium Attendorn 2010 – 2018

Abitur

Other Experience

2021, 2022, 2025
Finance Tutor — teaching investment and financing to undergraduates
Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
Regional Manager at Lidl — full-time between degrees
2019
Product Management Intern, DHL Express Germany
2018
Federal Volunteer Service (Bundesfreiwilligendienst)

Skills & Interests

Languages
German (native) · English (C1.2) · Swedish (beginner)
Certificates
FMVA, Corporate Finance Institute (in progress) · Banking Analyst Bootcamp (AMT)
Tools
Excel (financial modelling, VBA) · PowerPoint with think-cell and Efficient Elements · Alteryx
Interests
Piano · Taekwondo (black belt) · Volunteering at CVJM, the German YMCA (approx. 100 hrs/year)

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