Investment Banking Associate II Corporate Finance

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.•New York, NY

41d•$200,000

About The Position

Citizens is seeking an experienced Investment Banking Associate to join our Corporate Finance (Industry Coverage) team focusing on Gaming, Leisure & Loading to support the team's senior professionals in industry-focused client development and originating, structuring, and executing debt capital markets, equity capital markets, and M&A transactions. The Associate's responsibilities will include client development support and significant transaction involvement, with the ability to work on multiple projects and transactions concurrently. The Associate will play a critical role in developing industry-focused idea generation, working on deal teams and coordinating projects. The Associate would work directly with senior professionals on the Corporate Finance team and in partnership with Debt Capital Markets / Leveraged Finance, Equity Capital Markets, and M&A product groups, as well as Sponsor Coverage and Corporate Banking relationship teams to support origination and execution efforts for transactions. These include: acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, restructurings, refinancings, and equity raises. This position offers an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing investment banking platform with market leading positions in middle market corporate and financial sponsor backed transactions. Through this experience the Associate will gain insight into the issues and considerations for management teams and shareholders at growing middle market companies, and exposure to strategic, financial, and capital decision making.

Requirements

4-5+ years of direct experience in M&A, Corporate Finance, Industry Coverage, Leveraged Finance / Capital Markets, Equity Research, or Buyside Equities
Experience in Gaming, Leisure & Lodging is preferred
Proven client interaction with excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to express ideas in a persuasive, organized, and articulate manner
Ability to function as part of a flat organization, manage several projects at once and work effectively as an individual and as part of multiple teams
Ability to follow-up independently and consistently and play the critical role as the project manager on most assignments
Demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis with a solid understanding of financial statements, financial modeling and company / industry analysis
Self-starting team player who can think strategically and excel in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, challenging work environment • High degree of maturity and integrity with a positive and hardworking attitude
Excellent attention to detail • Ability to immediately contribute to the group based on experience and help transfer best practices and knowledge • Full command of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Experience with related financial services software including S&P CapitalIQ, Bloomberg, FactSet, Pitchbook, AlphaSense, etc.
Undergraduate degree with a strong academic record from a leading university.
For the Associate role, FINRA Series 79 (or 7) and Series 63 required and /or willingness to obtain licenses within required timeframe.

Nice To Haves

MBA not required but a plus
Attendance in a formal investment or corporate banking training program preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

Working with the senior bankers and other analysts/associates on the Gaming, Leisure & Lodging Corporate Finance team
Additional exposure to and partnership with the Debt Capital Markets / Leveraged Finance, Equity Capital Markets, and M&A product groups, Sponsor Coverage and Corporate Banking relationship teams to develop idea decks that encompass, strategic alternatives, acquisition or opportunistic financing ideas and / or transaction financing scenarios to help corporate clients and financial sponsors achieve their financial and strategic objectives
Performing extensive financial statement modeling for a variety of transaction scenarios
Conducting comprehensive company and industry research and maintain several key industry datasets • Analyzing financial model output and client information to prioritize data and present conclusions for discussion purposes
Preparing pitch materials for client meetings
Creating thoughtful overviews of new platform investment opportunities or acquisition targets to be shared with clients and Sponsors • Support transaction screening and credit / underwriting approval processes and all required documentation, analysis, and meetings
Playing a key leadership role throughout the transaction execution process
Participating in accounting, business, and legal due diligence
Preparing detailed transaction marketing materials including confidential information memoranda and lender / management presentations and virtual data rooms