Analyst, Public Finance Investment Banking

Job Description:

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Job Description:

Public Finance Investment Banking group is headquartered in New York with multiple regional offices, including three in the department’s West Region: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. The firm is the #1 ranked underwriter in the municipal market. Public Finance provides financing solutions to state and local governmental and not-for-profit clients through the issuance of municipal bonds. Typically issued as tax-exempt debt, clients include states, counties, cities, school districts, higher education institutions, public utilities, public transportation agencies, not-for-profit health care systems and hospitals, state affiliated and not-for-profit student loan and housing agencies, cultural organizations and developers.

As an active team member in Public Finance, analysts assist bankers in capital raising, debt portfolio and credit analyses, and strategic advisory services, and market assessments for governmental, not-for-profit and/or developer clients.  As an investment banking analyst, your responsibilities may include:

• Developing and maintaining financial cash flow models, using industry standard software
• Supporting various financial analyses, including bond structuring
• Performing comprehensive and in-depth client, credit, and pricing research
• Preparing presentation and other materials for client meetings
• Communicating and interacting with team members, including underwriting, sales & trading teams, to execute transactions specifically in relation to structuring and marketing.

Qualifications

• Candidates are required to have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• A strong interest in finance and the public sector
• Candidates must demonstrate a combination of academic aptitude, quantitative and organizational skills, strategic and creative thinking, and strong written and oral communications skills
• Ability to manage several projects at once and work both independently and in a team
• Other desired characteristics include: integrity, attention to detail, assertiveness, initiative, leadership, strong work ethic and team focus
• An interest in working in Los Angeles, as well as with clients located across the western U.S., is required

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