Investment Banking Analyst

PAIRES; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role

Direct access to co-founders

Live mandates from week one

Room to grow in investor-side role

Base salary + commission

Job summary

PAIRES is seeking an Investment Banking Analyst to research reach and book investors behind opportunities on Pairs. The role sits on the investor side, building investor lists, drafting outreach, and running end-to-end conversations with family offices, high-net-worth individuals, angels and funds.

You will work directly with the two co-founders and the investor team in a flat organisation. This is an early-career role with a fast pace, a focus on quality, and a base salary plus commission.

Qualifications

• Experience building investor or buyer lists on live processes.
• Ability to draft targeted messages to busy investors that elicit replies.
• Comfort with high pace and following a structured outreach process.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain investor lists by stage, sector, check size and activity.
• Draft and send initial investor outreach messages.
• Schedule and coordinate investor meetings with founders.
• Keep detailed records of conversations, meetings and outcomes.

Skills

Investment banking experience

M&A advisory

Corporate finance

Capital advisory

Job description

We are hiring an Investment Banking Analyst to research reach and book the investors behind the opportunities on Pairs Pairs is a global network of family offices institutional investors VCs and angels We screen deal flow very tightly and the opportunities that clear our diligence go out to the network We invest alongside them too

THE ROLE

This role sits on the investor side of Pairs In banking you built the investor lists and drafted the outreach Here you run it end to end you find the right investors open the conversation and book them into meetings with founders whose opportunity fits The work rewards rigour Every list is qualified before it is used every message is written for the person receiving it and every reply gets a next step We are not raising a fund Our investors invest directly in companies so the work is about family offices high-net-worth individuals angels and funds that back companies directly Our model is introductions and relationship management not deal execution Our platform handles the pipeline research and follow-up Your time goes to investor conversations and to learning which investors are ready to commit capital You will work directly with the two co-founders and our investor team on a process that already works The organisation is flat so you will see first-hand how we screen opportunities what we decline and why This is an early-career role The pace is high and the people who do well here keep the quality high with it

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Investor lists Who fits each opportunity by stage sector check size and recent activity qualified before anyone is contacted
• First conversations Messages that read like a person wrote them and replies turned into calls
• Investor meetings Qualified investors booked with founders with the context they need before the call
• Accurate records Every conversation meeting and outcome logged so nothing is lost between calls

WHAT WE OFFER

• A fully remote asynchronous role
• Direct access to the co-founders and our investor team
• Close collaboration with our internal team
• Live mandates from your first week and access to the opportunities that clear our diligence
• Insight into our internal processes including how we screen deal flow
• Room to grow into a senior investor-side role as your network grows
• A base salary plus commission

YOU ARE A FIT IF YOU

• Have worked as an analyst in investment banking, M&A advisory, corporate finance or capital advisory, and have built investor or buyer lists on live processes.
• Know the difference between a long list and a qualified one, and can explain how you get from one to the other.
• Can write a short, specific message to a busy investor that gets a reply.
• Keep your pace high without letting quality slip, and follow a process without needing a reminder.
• Treat discretion as second nature. Use AI tools daily, with clear judgement about where they improve your work and where they would compromise its quality.