Associate II Corporate Finance

Description

Associate II – Corporate Finance

Citizens Corporate Finance Group is seeking experienced Associate II to support the team's senior professionals in industry-focused client development and originating, structuring and executing debt capital markets and M&A transactions. The Associate's responsibilities will require client development support and significant transaction involvement, from origination through closing, and 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 and will interact directly with Managing Directors, senior management, other groups within Citizens, client management teams, private equity firms, corporate customers, and legal counsel. The Corporate Finance Associate would work directly with senior professionals on the Debt Capital Markets / Leveraged Finance and M&A product groups, as well as Sponsor Coverage and Corporate Banking relationship teams with deal experience supporting acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, restructurings, refinancings, and equity raises. The Associate will also be responsible for supervising and developing analyst level bankers.

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. The Associate will also develop direct relationship management responsibilities through interactions with current and prospective clients and management teams as well as private equity firms.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Working with Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, Associates within the Debt Capital Markets / Leveraged Finance and M&A product groups, Sponsor Coverage and Corporate Banking relationship teams to develop new business ideas, pitch strategies 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
• Analyzing financial model output and client information to prioritize data and present conclusions for discussion purposes
• Coordinating with senior bankers to provide indicative transaction structure and pricing guidance based on financial model and comparable transaction analysis
• Preparing pitch materials for client meetings
• Manage 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
• Working with legal counsel and clients / financial sponsors to draft and negotiate legal documentation
• · Preparing detailed transaction marketing materials including confidential information memoranda and lender / management presentations
• · This opportunity carries a competitive salary and a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and firm achievement.