Investment Banking Associate - Consumer Retail Group Coverage

Barclays Business Banking; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Barclays as an Investment Banking Associate focused on the Consumer Retail Group. You'll be integral in M&A transactions, fostering client relationships, and conducting financial analyses to tailor tailored banking solutions. Ideal candidates possess strong M&A skills with experience in financial modeling and due diligence.

Qualifications

• First class experience required of complex financial modeling and valuation techniques.
• Strong understanding of professional ethics and regulatory environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and work on research and analysis of the Consumer Retail Group.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, understanding their financial goals.
• In-depth financial analysis to assess client companies' financial health.

Skills

Strong M&A and financing skills

Complex financial modeling

Valuation techniques

Client follow-up

Financial analysis

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Investment Banking Associate - Consumer Retail Group Coverage

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Join us at Barclays as an Investment Banking Associate in Consumer Retail GroupCoverage. In role you'll help coordinate and work with team members on research and analysis of Consumer Retail Group sector/companies, company valuations, finance modelling, marketing materials and transaction documentation. Mergers and Acquisitions will be a central focus for this team, you'll play a key role in both origination and execution of these transactions.

To be successful as an Investment Banking Associate, you'll need:

• Strong M&A and financing skills
• First class experience required of complex financial modelling, valuation techniques, presentation preparation, due diligence and financial analysis
• Experience in deal origination: helping generate ideas, writing presentations and handling client follow up
• A solid track record of executing transactions in Consumer Retail Group
  
  

Some Other Highly Valued Skills Include

• Experience of working in Investment Banking Consumer Retail Group Coverage
• Strong understanding of professional ethics and regulatory environment
  
  

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The position is based in our Canary Wharf, London office.

This role is deemed as a Certified role under the PRA & UK Financial Conduct Authority - Individual Accountabilities Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Purpose of the role

To build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies

Accountabilities

• Development and maintenance of strong relationships with corporate clients by understanding their business, financial goals, and industry trends. .
• Generation of ideas and identification of opportunities that expand the bank's client base and generate new business opportunities. .
• In-depth financial analysis and due diligence on client companies to assess their financial health and valuation. .
• Collaboration with legal and compliance teams to review, draft, and maintain legal documentation required for transactions, including contracts and agreements. .
• Collaboration with other teams, such as Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, Research, and Risk Management, to provide comprehensive solutions to clients. .
• Champion Energy Transition and Sustainability by engaging with clients on their climate, transition strategies and sustainable finance opportunities where applicable. .
• To build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies. .
  
  

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
  
  

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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