Investment Banking Associate

13 hours ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States William Blair Full time
About William Blair

William Blair is a global boutique investment bank that delivers trusted advice for nearly nine decades. We are committed to our people and culture, values, clients, and local communities.

Job Summary

We are seeking an Investment Banking Associate to join our team. As an Investment Banking Associate, you will be responsible for performing extensive financial/valuation analyses for mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising transactions. You will utilize creative approaches to analyses that illustrate key concepts/messages and carefully review and provide guidance to Analysts' work.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform extensive financial/valuation analyses for mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising transactions.
  • Utilize creative approaches to analyses that illustrate key concepts/messages.
  • Carefully review and provide guidance to Analysts' work.
  • Build advanced financial models to value potential and actual clients and/or industries.
  • Lead due diligence, research, analysis, and documentation of potential and live transactions.
  • Anticipate potential deal issues and pass concerns through to team members in real time.
  • Actively participate in presentation development and hypothesis testing to highlight financial analysis and research results.
  • Develop, produce, and deliver proposals and presentations to clients and prospects.
  • Engage with Analysts in the development of marketing materials that highlight the competitive advantage of William Blair.
  • Actively participate in client meetings and drafting sessions.
  • Identify improvements to processes and propose solutions to complete tasks more efficiently.
  • Take ownership of client relationships and foster effective dialogue with finance and accounting staffs to facilitate processes.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of macro factors related to client industry, investment banking products, and potential implications.
  • Act as on-the-job trainer for Analysts, providing constructive feedback.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree required.
  • Prior investment banking experience required; 2+ years as an Investment Banking Analyst strongly preferred.
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical abilities.
  • Deep, sophisticated understanding of accounting and finance.
  • Excellent mathematical, writing, verbal, and computer skills.
  • Ability to adapt to new tasks with little notice.
  • Ability to manage expectations of senior bankers while working on multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Effective leadership and coaching skills.
  • Sound judgment.
  • Commitment to satisfying internal and external customers.
  • SIE Exam, Series 79, and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment.

Travel required: approximately 5% to 30%.

William Blair is an equal opportunity employer.

We comply with all laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in employment practice because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, marital status, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, unfavorable discharge from the military service, or on the basis of a physical or mental disability that is unrelated to the employee's ability to perform the duties of the job applied for.

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