Investment Banking - Consumer & Retail - Senior Associate - London

J.P. Morgan's Investment Banking Consumer & Retail Coverage Groups provide a full range of investment banking services to numerous clients across the EMEA region. Its clients include many of the world's leading firms in their respective industries. The Group's primary focus is on delivering creative solutions to clients across the full Investment Banking product spectrum, including mergers & acquisitions as well as equity and debt capital raisings. 

Job responsibilities 

• Complete of large and complex valuation and analytical exercises 
• Build and use financial models 
• Transaction execution: support due diligence, document preparation, negotiation etc and liaising with relevant counterpart at the client/ other advisers (accounting, legal etc.) 
• Being responsible for monitoring and evaluating current events, valuation and other financial information on the clients of the group 
• Conducting industry and product research 
• Executing end-to-end client transactions 
• Support the preparation of presentation books, management presentations, Board materials, Memorandums, and other presentation materials for use in M&A and capital markets transactions or strategic client dialogue
• Building client relationships across key companies within EMEA Consumer & Retail

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Prior investment banking experience 
• Strong academic background 
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with specific ability to communicate concepts and ideas concisely and defend their validity 
• Very strong quantitative and analytical skills (including Excel modelling and valuation work) 
• Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines, and have the aptitude to synthesize large amounts of information and to develop innovative solutions 
• Candidate needs to be adaptable, able to manage projects independently and be ready to assume a high level of responsibility as a member of a team 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong interpersonal skills 
• Ability to comfortably interact with clients in a professional and mature manner
• Outstanding ethics, integrity and judgment 
• Excellent understanding of financial, legal and reputational risks facing large integrated investment banks in today's environment 
• Strong intellectual curiosity 
• Highly organized, detail oriented and proactive 
• Excellent technology skills with superior Excel and PowerPoint skills and ability to quickly learn new software applications

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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