Investment Banking Associate

5 days ago


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

William Blair is a premier global boutique investment bank that has delivered trusted advice for nearly nine decades. We continue to deepen our expertise and relationships across regions, asset classes, and markets throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Our Culture

We are committed to our people and culture, values, clients, and local communities. Our independent partnership structure allows employees to bring unique experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds to the table, providing advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet clients' evolving needs.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Investment Banking Associate to support our team in delivering exceptional results for our clients. The successful candidate will have a strong background in investment banking, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform extensive financial and valuation analyses for mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising transactions.
  • 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.
  • Develop and deliver proposals and presentations to clients and prospects.
  • 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.
Requirements
  • 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 and complies with all laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in employment practice. We do not request personal financial information in connection with an employment application, and we do not extend any employment offers without first conducting an interview through one of our registered offices.



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