Commercial Associate - Global Commercial Banking - Los Angeles Metro

Bank of America•Los Angeles, CA

2d•$85,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Job Description: Global Commercial Banking is the Middle Market segment of Bank of America – serving public and private companies with annual revenues of $50 million to $2 billion. Commercial Associates are talented junior teammates who will build their business development skills and develop a high level of proficiency in the financial services solutions and capabilities that Bank of America delivers to our Commercial clients. This job supports client coverage teams by qualifying prospects, exploring opportunities with existing clients, preparing industry analyses, and developing innovative strategies to help us grow wallet and market share. Key responsibilities include working closely with various banking partners to create client/prospect presentations, providing support throughout the course of the transaction and strengthening client relationships. Job expectations include leveraging data to tell stories and sharing valuable insights from economic updates, markets forecasts, new business reports, and industry valuations to inform important business decisions. Successful CAs grow into Relationship Managers or other client-facing associates over ~4-5 years.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years of previous business experience
Demonstrates initiative/self-motivation
Possesses strong interpersonal skills
Possesses strong analytical and financial modeling skills
Understanding of corporate financial statements
Demonstrates strong critical thinking skills
Demonstrates the ability to independently make decisions

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related area
Formal Commercial Credit Training preferred but not required
Skills: Financial Analysis
Market Analysis
Client Management
Capital Structure Analysis
Negotiating and Influencing
Relationship Building
Pipeline Management
Client Solutions Advisory
Referral Identification
Data and Trend Analysis
Risk Management
Business Development
Data Visualization
Continuous Improvement
Project Management

Responsibilities

Supports the analysis of financial statements, market and industry data to uncover insights for client/prospect meetings, pitch books, and relationship reviews
Collaborates with Market Executives, Relationship Managers, and various team members across the bank to help prepare client presentations and support client deals
Observes and/or supports the credit approval process to gain knowledge of credit products and help provide clients with exposure to the bank's credit products
Observes and/or supports the treasury solutions packaging process to gain exposure to treasury products/services and their related approval processes
Supports the coordination of clients/prospects and partners from product and deal teams (FX & Rates, Investment Banking, International) throughout the course of a transaction
Supports the delivery of new business analytics and monitors client activities as directed to aid with identifying/expanding relationships and maintaining and/or enhancing business opportunities

Benefits

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
This role is currently benefits eligible.
We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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