Investment Banking Associate

Job Description:

Job Title: Investment Banking Associate

Corporate Title:  Associate

Location:  Paris

Company Overview:

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!

Role Description:
 

We believe Bank of America can do more for our clients than any other financial services firm. We understand the challenges our clients face around the world, and we use the full resources of our company to help them achieve their goals. Our solutions span the complete range of advisory, capital raising, banking, treasury and liquidity, sales and trading, and research capabilities.

Our Global Corporate & Investment Banking business focuses on building long-term relationships with more than 3,000 large U.S. and multinational corporations, financial institutions and financial sponsors. We provide strong advisory expertise, capitalizing on powerful mergers and acquisitions, corporate banking, treasury, debt and equity product expertise to deliver integrated financial solutions. Within a focused country group, associates help orchestrate capital raising and strategic advisory transactions.

We are looking for 2 Investment Banking Associates to join our Paris based Global Investment Banking team and support our growth strategy.

Main responsibilities:

• Financial analysis of companies in target, analysis will include maintaining and updating comparable company trading analysis and transaction analysis

• Assume responsibility for monitoring targeted clients in terms of news and announcements

• Support on transactions across the banks products.  Such support may include maintaining financial models, coordinating due diligence, managing working group lists and timetables

• Research on companies and industries and support on client initiatives including generating and developing new ideas to present

• Formulate and develop client pitch-books and analysis in addition to supporting other bankers within the team

• Build direct cross functional relationships with bankers in product and regional business units

What we are looking for:

• Strong mathematical and analytical skills as well as proficient level of MS Excel and PowerPoint

• Meticulous attention to detail, diligence and conscientiousness

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills

• Capable of working effectively both independently and with multiple teams/individuals

• Fluency in English is essential and a second European language a plus

• Educated to degree level (preferably in a numerical discipline such as economics or finance)

Benefits of working at Bank of America – France

• Competitive retirement plan in addition to State plans

• Mandatory Medical Plan provided by the bank as a top-up to Social Security health benefits for you and your family.

• Employees and family members can receive free health advice 24/7 through a range of English and French speaking medical providers

• Life and disability insurance

• Time Savings Account (‘CET’) to save some of your leave days, cash them out or use them later

• Reimbursement of 50% of your commuter pass

• Nursery scheme for children under age 3

• Works council benefits

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering with local charities

• Opportunity to receive free entry to arts exhibitions sponsored by Bank of America in Paris

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender/sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, membership of the Traveller community, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, civil status,  socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants, family status or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.