Financial Sponsor Group Associate

Join as a Financial Sponsor Group Associate within the Investment Bank where you will work closely alongside senior bankers and partner with Barclays Industry bankers and Capital Markets to cover premier private equity and asset manager clients. You will play a leadership role on deal teams in pitching and executing advisory, LBO, leveraged finance/DCM, and Equity Capital Markets transactions. In this exciting role, you'll have the opportunity to support senior client coverage bankers in, originating transactions, and advising financial sponsors across different products and industries, and supporting execution across a variety of products and sectors.

To be successful as a Financial Sponsor Group Associate, you should have experience with:

• Investment banking transactions ranging from M&A advisory, acquisition financing, leveraged finance/DCM, and Equity Capital Markets

• Collaborating with industry coverage teams and product partners to originate and execute highly detailed transactions and deliver world-class client outcomes

• Developing investment ideas used to engage clients and strengthen client relationships

• Training, developing and managing Analyst team members

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Ample understanding of corporate finance modelling, accounting, valuation, credit analysis, and other applications

• Supporting business, financial and other types of transaction due diligence

• Excellent verbal and written communication with the drive and ability to build client relationships and partner closely with internal constituents

• Meticulous attention to detail and effective time management

• Maintaining a client-facing role in the context of secondary client coverage and on deal-specific pitches or mandates

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in New York.

This role is regulated by FINRA.

Minimum Salary: $175,000

Maximum Salary: $225,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

To build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies 

Accountabilities

• Development and maintenance of strong relationships with corporate clients by understanding their business, financial goals, and industry trends.   .
• Generation of ideas and identification of opportunities that expand the bank's client base and generate new business opportunities.  .
• In-depth financial analysis and due diligence on client companies to assess their financial health and valuation.  .
• Collaboration with legal and compliance teams to review, draft, and maintain legal documentation required for transactions, including contracts and agreements.  .
• Collaboration with other teams, such as Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, Research, and Risk Management, to provide comprehensive solutions to clients.  .
• Champion Energy Transition and Sustainability by engaging with clients on their climate, transition strategies and sustainable finance opportunities where applicable.  .
• To build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies.  .

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.