Investment Banking Associate, Infrastructure, Global Investment Banking, Sydney or Melbourne

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. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

About Bank of America

Our purpose as a firm is to make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. Across the world, we partner with leading corporate and institutional investors through our offices in more than 35 countries. In the U.S. alone, we serve almost all of the Fortune 500 companies and approximately 67 million consumer and small-business clients. We provide a full suite of financial products and services, from banking and investments to asset and risk management. We cover a broad range of asset classes, making us a global leader in corporate and investment banking, sales and trading.

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.  In Australia, BofA Securities consistently ranks as a leading M&A adviser.

The Infrastructure franchise provides strategic advisory and financing solutions across power, renewables, networks, transport and logistics to corporate clients and financial investors including infrastructure, pension and sovereign wealth funds. The team has been executing high profile transactions including advising AGL on the sale of its stake in Tilt Renewables, OTPP on the sale of a 50% stake in Connexa, Singapore Post on the sale of FMH and the Queensland Government on its investment in Psi Quantum.  In addition, the infrastructure team covers private capital across the APAC region.  

Job Description

• Ability to operate as client/ project / deal team lead/team member, leading/supporting client relationships, driving the work product and transaction processes
• Participate 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 deal material
• Participate in or 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 bankers within your group, experts in other areas of the firm and colleagues from around the globe

Requirements:

• Investment Banking experience ideally in infrastructure, power, utilities, transport or logistics and M&A
• Outstanding academic achievement
• A bachelor's degree plus 4+ 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