Job Summary
Join our dynamic Americas Global Banking Team in New York as an Associate Director, M & A Advisory, and take your career to the next level! As an Associate Director with the M&A Advisory team you will play a key role in supporting origination and execution of M&A transactions for the bank’s clients.
Key Responsibilities
• Support, end-to-end, origination and execution of M&A transactions
• Prepare presentation materials for use in client pitch meetings and during transaction execution, covering topics such as market activity, industry trends, company financial analysis, strategic alternatives, M&A opportunities, combination analysis etc.
• Lead drafting of financial model, marketing and other transaction materials together with Directors/VPs
• Defining, guiding and reviewing detailed valuation analysis, including DCF, trading comparables, transaction comparables and LBO analyses
• General industry/ country/ company research including benchmarking
• Coordinate efforts with deal team members across the Bank; and
• Day to day project management and execution support on live transactions
• Support senior members in preparation of strategy papers / participate in strategy discussion to the extent relevant
• Ensure internal policies and procedures laid out by the Bank are adhered to
• Follow the bank compliance procedures as required and maintain required confidentiality for M&A deals
Our Ideal Candidate
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a front end investment banking role
• Bachelor’s degree
• Strong financial modelling and presentation skills
• Knowledge of various aspects of M&A product and processes including financial analysis, valuation, DCF, EPS accretion / dilution etc.
• Highly motivated, self-starter and with the ability to work with multiple stakeholders and meet deadlines with quality output
• Exceptional communication skills with ability to interact with senior members and clients
• Command over MS Excel, PowerPoint and industry relevant databases Bloomberg, S&P Capital IQ etc.
• FINRA SIE, Series 63, Series 79 (licenses will need to be obtained if not already held)
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
Expected annual base pay range for the role is 168,000 USD to 210,000 USD. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers
What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
