Job responsibilities
- Complete of large and complex valuation and analytical exercises
- Build and use financial models
- Transaction execution: support due diligence, document preparation, negotiation etc and liaising with relevant counterpart at the client/ other advisers (accounting, legal etc.)
- Being responsible for monitoring and evaluating current events, valuation and other financial information on the clients of the group
- Conducting industry and product research
- Executing end-to-end client transactions
- Support the preparation of presentation books, management presentations, Board materials, Memorandums, and other presentation materials for use in M&A and capital markets transactions or strategic client dialogue
- Building client relationships across key companies within EMEA Consumer & Retail
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Prior investment banking experience
- Strong academic background
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with specific ability to communicate concepts and ideas concisely and defend their validity
- Very strong quantitative and analytical skills (including Excel modelling and valuation work)
- Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines, and have the aptitude to synthesize large amounts of information and to develop innovative solutions
- Candidate needs to be adaptable, able to manage projects independently and be ready to assume a high level of responsibility as a member of a team
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to comfortably interact with clients in a professional and mature manner
- Outstanding ethics, integrity and judgment
- Excellent understanding of financial, legal and reputational risks facing large integrated investment banks in today's environment
- Strong intellectual curiosity
- Highly organized, detail oriented and proactive
- Excellent technology skills with superior Excel and PowerPoint skills and ability to quickly learn new software applications