M&A and Investments Intern (Summer 2025)

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results. We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered and enabled to perform at their best.

Great American's Targeted Acquisitions and Strategic Investments Team focuses on identifying and executing acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships to enhance the Company’s current capabilities. They identify new business partners to support the existing divisions and subsidiaries while developing investment opportunities for American Money Management, as well as acquisition opportunities for AFG in general.

The Targeted Acquisitions and Strategic Investments Team is currently seeking a summer intern to assist in providing analysis and support for our division. The intern will focus on M&A target sourcing and analysis, valuation of targets and potential investments and internal analysis of existing portfolio of partners. This full-time internship is hybrid and based out of our downtown, Cincinnati office.

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting market research to identify potential M&A targets and investment opportunities

• Performing financial analysis and valuation of potential M&A targets and investments

• Assisting in the preparation of investment memos and presentations

• Supporting due diligence processes by gathering and analyzing relevant data and information

• Building and maintaining financial models to evaluate the impact of potential transactions

• Collaborating with team members to develop strategic recommendations for M&A and investment activities

• Monitoring and reporting on the performance of acquired companies and investments

• Updating the CRM system with relevant interactions, notes, and insights from the M&A and investment activities

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Finance or Business or a related degree

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, and in an unstructured environment

• Outstanding organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Business Unit:

Targeted Acquisitions & Strategic Investments

Benefits:

Compensation varies by role, position level, and location. Individual pay is influenced by skills, education, training, certifications, experience, and the role's scope and complexity, along with business needs.

We offer a competitive Total Rewards package, including medical, dental, and vision plans starting on day one, PTO, paid holidays, commuter benefits, an employee stock purchase plan, education reimbursement, paid parental leave/adoption assistance, and a 401(k) plan with company match. These benefits are available to eligible full-time and part-time employees.

Your recruiter can provide more details about our total rewards and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process.