Investment Banking Analyst – Financial Sponsors Coverage

Job Reference ID:

23000F4L

Responsibilities

Base Salary Range: [$86,000 - $110,000]

Base salary range does not include overtime pay, bonus and/or other benefits, where applicable. Actual base salary offer will vary based on skills and experience.

Division Description:

Global Banking and Advisory (GLBA) combines recognized wholesale coverage with world-class product, financing, and advisory expertise within one team, enabling us to best support our clients. On the one hand, our transversal, product-neutral coverage teams span all businesses to promote the bank's products and services to our clients globally, and on the other, we provide world-class capital raising, financing and advisory expertise.

Responsibilities:

The Investment Banking Analyst is an integral part of the Financial Sponsor Coverage & Investment Banking team at SG. We seek an intellectually curious recent college graduate with a strong interest in financial markets and serving clients through banking. Candidate will have opportunity to develop an acumen for financial literacy, understanding of multi-faceted and highly sophisticated client base, and grow into a strong analyzer, writer, marketer. The candidate will gain exposure to LBO and real asset financing, portfolio financing, capital markets, hedging among others and a number of industry verticals.

Working directly with the Financial Sponsors Coverage & Investment Banking team and business partners:

• Listening to earnings releases by management
• Various internal reports and operational Coverage team support including meeting and pipeline tracking
• Profitability analysis (advanced Excel modeling) for prospective transactions
• Pre-Screening / Support Memos (business cases and client profitability analysis)
• Special sector studies as needed
• Tracking of live deal and pitch communication for current and prospective clients
• Acquisition finance modeling (Three-statement, Discounted Cashflow, Merger, Consolidation)
• Circulation of daily news reports on the sector; Budget and forecast projects.
• Pitch presentations (slide creation and binding)
• Yearly budget, periodic income forecast, income correction campaigns on the portfolio
• Communication with clients for periodic Know Your Client document updates
• Developing Support Memos (business cases and client profitability analyses)
• Client profile development
• Participation in client meetings
• Interaction with business line product specialists on specific client initiatives
• Corporate Finance data gathering on individual clients or industrial sectors

Profile Required

Skills and Qualifications:

Required:

• Flexibility to work hours necessary to get tasks completed
• Interest in the banking industry and client relationship management
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong research capabilities
• Interest in financial sponsors (innovation, trends, influences)
• Ability to write effectively
• Ability to reason through business situations
• Interest in the banking industry and client relationship management
• Resourcefulness
• Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time
• Accuracy
• Commitment to delivering to tight deadlines
• Strong personal drive and self-motivation
• Superior analytical thought process
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Technical Skills

Required:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (personality fit is very important)
• Financial modeling ability
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Financial Accounting and Corporate Finance skillset
• Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint

Desired:

• Knowledge of bank products (can be learned over time)

Qualifications

Required:

• Strong interest in finance and global capital markets

Desired:

• Prior internship or work experience in corporate and investment banking, accounting, credit underwriting, asset management, or consulting
• Prior experience in accounting, asset management, consulting, or investment banking

Required:

• FINRA Series 79 & 63 registrations (successful completion of exams within 3-months of joining, if candidate is not already registered)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or other

Business insight

OUR CULTURE:

At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.

D&I:

Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/societe-generale-about/diversity-and-inclusion/)

HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols. Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. The applicable Business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.

Societe Generale is an equal opportunity employer, and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. We are committed to recognizing and promoting the talents and achievements of our employees and staff, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or status protected under applicable law.