Hiring: Vice President, Investment Banking

Financial Technology Partners (aka “FT Partners”) is the only investment banking firm focused exclusively on the financial technology sector. We broadly define the sector as the dynamic convergence of technology-based solutions and financial services.

Responsibilities:

• Provide analysis and insights with confidence and gravitas.
• Have expertise of processes and deal flow from origination to close.
• Serve as a resource for others on major industry trends and begin to be skilled in business development.
• Understand the legal framework of transactions, including shareholder rights, key term sheet items and other terms and conditions.
• Demonstrate the ability to dissect and pull together trading and transaction comparables.
• Manage and understand assumptions around DCF, LBO and related valuation techniques; understand nuances and underlying data to properly layout fundamental valuation analysis.
• Articulate valuation to buyers, investors and clients and construct a valuation thesis from data and company details.
• Be seen as a subject matter expert and teach technical concepts to others.
• Manage multiple workstreams and deals while maintaining focus; anticipate and manage upcoming tasks for deal teams with little to no oversight.
• Plan and strategise with senior bankers, interpret the strategy/goal and work with junior bankers to execute.
• Develop strategic and tactical project plans; anticipate needs/potential challenges and take appropriate steps to prevent them.
• Remain flexible and adaptable, and calm under pressure.
• Take accountability and ownership for all deliverables and ensure completion by established deadlines.
• Support both immediate team members and the broader team on a wide variety of projects and challenges as needed.
• Utilise junior bankers efficiently; delegate effectively based on skillset and provide clear and thoughtful guidance/context.
• Manage capacity of junior bankers effectively and provide input on staffing calls to ensure equitable and balanced workload.

General Qualifications:

• Must have 6+ years of full-time investment banking experience in M&A.
• Attention to detail.
• Relationship management skills, able to interact with all levels within an organisation.
• Strong presentation skills in both large and small group settings.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills.
• Proven quantitative and technical skills.
• Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint.
• An entrepreneurial spirit, ready to roll up your sleeves and dig into the complexities of any task or challenge.
• Strong work ethic and drive with a high degree of self-discipline and motivation.
• U.K. work authorisation depending on work location; we do not sponsor in either location.

Communications Skills:

• Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills, able to prepare high impact materials.
• Participate effectively in both internal and external meetings.
• Maturity and poise to work directly with client executives.

Team Player:

• Contribute to building a positive team spirit, keep commitments, inspire the trust of others, work with integrity and ethically, and uphold firm values.
• Ability to perform under pressure, amid tight deadlines; can effectively prioritise and plan.
• Collaborative across teams and levels, both internally and externally.
• Understand coaching for long-term development of self and others.

Why FT Partners:

• Managing Partner and Managing Directors formerly of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan.
• Award-winning execution; Investment Bank of the Year / Boutique of the Year Awards (among many others).
• Executing both billion dollar and early stage / high-growth VC transactions.
• Excellent career path, strong and competitive compensation.
• Unparalleled deal flow with premier client base.
• Access to world-class executives at high-growth companies.
• Dominant footprint in one of the largest sectors: financial technology.
• Top-notch financial sponsor relationships.
• Close-knit, rapidly growing team.

Selected Transactions:

• Deribit’s $4.3 billion Sale to Coinbase.
• Divvy's $2.5 billion Sale to Bill.com.
• AvidXchange’s $2.2 billion Sale to TPG.