Investment Banking Associate - Consumer and Retail

About the role

The Investment Banking department is actively looking for an Associate to join the Consumer & Retail Group in our New York office. Associates serve as critical members of the team, working directly with both Senior and Junior Bankers of all levels on pitches and engagements. The Associate will be given significant responsibility in transaction execution.

Responsibilities

• Researching industry sector
• Assessing comparable companies, precedent transactions and potential investors/buyers
• Preparing and reviewing complex financial analyses and models
• Crafting detailed memos, presentations and pitches
• Conducting due diligence
• Coinciding group efforts for pitch and transaction related activity
• Presenting materials internally to senior bankers and externally to clients of the firm
• Training and mentoring Analysts within the team

Qualifications

• Experience in investment banking and M&A processes more specifically
• Experience with Consumer & Retail sector strongly preferred
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills essential
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Elevated attention to detail and consistency in work product
• Strong work ethic and team player
• Organized and proactive
• CapIQ, Factset, Bloomberg and MS Office suite knowledge strongly preferred
• FINRA Registrations: Series 63, 79 licenses and Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam required at time of hiring or shortly thereafter