?? Job Description: Vice President, Investment Banking
Title: Vice President Department: Investment Banking Location: New York
A global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, the firm services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates, and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Investment Management. The firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership.
Department Overview: Investment Banking in the Americas
The Americas Investment Banking Division (IBD) provides a vast array of advisory and financing solutions capabilities to corporations and institutions around the world. Our global teams consist of experienced professionals who act as advisory, coverage, and product specialists.
Coverage: Financial Sponsors coverage and Industry coverage in areas including Consumer / Retail, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Technology and Media Services, and Greentech Industrials and Infrastructure.
Client Financing & Solutions: Product specialists in traditional capital markets and financing functions, including Acquisition & Leveraged Finance, Equity Capital Markets, Risk Solutions, and Debt Capital Markets.
M&A: Advisory services pertaining to mergers, acquisitions, strategic assignments, and debt and equity advisory.
Focus Area: Equity Capital Markets – As a member of the Equity Capital Markets team, you will be working with managing directors, executive directors, and associates on servicing and executing client transactions across various equity products, including but not limited to: IPO/Follow-ons, PIPE, Private Placement, SPAC, and ATMs.
What Role Might You Play?
Deal Execution: Work closely with clients and execution teams on live transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, capital raisings, financings, and derivative transactions.
Client Relationship Management: Generate and present ideas at client meetings as a member of a deal team alongside senior bankers.
Strategic Analysis: Through financial, structural, and business risk analysis, support transactions and client presentations.
New Business Development: Actively participate in the effort to pitch and win new mandates from clients, leveraging proprietary content and ideas.
Team Management and Development: Manage Analysts to execute deliverables for clients and support the training and mentoring of junior professionals.
Requirements
5-10 years of investment banking experience; 3+ years of equity capital markets experience preferred.
Outstanding academic qualifications.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Strong written and verbal communication & interpersonal skills.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Outstanding technical and analytical skills.
Series 7 and 63 required.
Leadership Behaviors
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following leadership qualities:
Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
Inclusion: Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate, and Respect).