Investment Banking Associate - Energy: Exploration & Production
About The Position
Stephens is a privately held, family-owned investment banking firm founded in 1933. Our mission is to be a trusted advisor, creating lasting value for clients through a long history of identifying and seizing opportunities. We focus on developing relationships and working with clients as they interact with financial markets, analyze strategic alternatives, and raise capital. The Investment Banking professionals at Stephens have the opportunity to cultivate and advance their careers in a collegial and supportive environment. With offices across the U.S. and Europe, we offer objective advice and precise execution on mergers and acquisitions, underwritings of public debt and equity securities, private placements of debt and equity, and recapitalizations. We provide clients with insights based on deep industry knowledge, serving public, private, and family-owned businesses, financial sponsors, family offices, and institutional investors. We prioritize earning client trust and reward those who achieve this. Our transatlantic team of over 250 investment banking professionals collaborates to add value for middle-market and global organizations. Our vibrant and stable atmosphere encourages bankers to strive for growth and build their futures long-term. The Exploration & Production team has a long history of providing M&A, A&D, capital raising, and capital solutions for companies in oil & gas exploration and production. Our senior bankers possess strong technical expertise and deep relationships with strategic buyers, private capital sources, and family offices active in the space. Clients seek our experienced team for specialized solutions and an owner-oriented perspective.
Requirements
- 2+ Years of Investment Banking experience with a strong focus on M&A
- Excellent analytical and modeling skills
- High energy with strong interpersonal, accounting and finance skills
- Ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines
- Strong commitment to respecting and safeguarding confidential information
- Commitment to working hard
- Extraordinary focus on work quality and attention to detail
- Adherence to regulatory requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to learn quickly, with a particular focus on accounting rules and financial valuation methodologies
- Strong client management skills
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment
Nice To Haves
- Experience advising clients in the Energy space is preferred
Responsibilities
- Playing a key role in the transaction execution process
- Developing, and overseeing the development of, detailed financial analyses and the preparation of models for various types of transactions
- Performing extensive valuation and pricing analyses
- Creating Confidential Information Presentations, management presentations, marketing pitches and other presentations
- Helping plan and execute live engagements
- Coordinating and performing business due diligence
- Performing industry research and comparable company analysis
- Training developing analysts
- Building relationships and maintaining direct contact with current and prospective clients
- Performing other tasks as assigned by management
Benefits
- For benefits information, please visit: https://www.stephens.com/careers/benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
