Director, Consumer, Retail and Healthcare – Global Investment Banking

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Connecting Asia Pacific to the world

Our Asia Pacific team is spread across 19 cities (including Sydney and Melbourne) in 12 markets. We are focused on connecting Asia to the world and the world to Asia, using our global expertise to ensure success is shared between us, our clients and our communities. Our regional footprint covers 12 currencies, more than a dozen languages and five time zones, placing us firmly among the region’s leading financial services companies.

Our Business

Global Investment Banking focuses on building long-term relationships with large corporations, financial sponsors / infrastructure funds, as well as emerging disruptive growth companies. We have cultivated a ‘best in class’ reputation by providing strong advisory expertise and capitalizing on powerful M&A, equity and debt (including leverage finance) product expertise to deliver integrated financial solutions.  

The Healthcare, Consumer and Retail franchise provides strategic advisory and financing services to corporate clients, financial sponsors / infrastructure funds, as well as emerging disruptive growth companies. The team has been executing high profile transactions including advising CSL on the acquisition of Vifor Pharma and associated equity raising, the divestment of Ramsey Sime Darby Healthcare, the sale of Aesop to L’Oreal and PAG’s acquisition of Australian Venue Co.  In Australia, Bank of America was number one for M&A in 2023.

Job Description

• Ability to operate as client/ project / deal team lead, leading client relationships, driving the work product and transaction processes
• Participate and lead in the execution of M&A transactions and equity and debt financing
• Perform in-depth financial, valuation, due diligence and industry analysis
• Lead marketing presentations and live deals
• Lead client meetings
• Generate ideas and opportunities for new and existing clients, across the sector
• Train and mentor junior bankers (analysts) as they develop core investment banking skill sets
• Work with teams consisting of professionals drawn from across the business, including other senior bankers within your group, experts in other areas of the firm and colleagues from around the globe

Requirements:

• Investment Banking experience ideally in Healthcare, Consumer and Retail and M&A
• Outstanding academic achievement
• A bachelor's degree plus 9+ years of investment banking, corporate finance, M&A, modelling/valuation or consulting experience
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to train and develop juniors

Disclaimer:

Apart from Bank of America, National Association, Australian Branch, none of Bank of America’s legal entities are Authorized Deposit-taking Institutions authorized under the Banking Act 1959 of Australia nor regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority