Analyst - ECM Strategic Equity Transactions Group (SETG)

Job Title: Strategic Equity Transactions Group, Analyst / Associate

Location: Jefferies, London

Company Overview:
Jefferies is a leading global investment banking firm providing a full range of capital markets, advisory, and asset management services. With a strong entrepreneurial culture and a client-focused approach, we deliver tailored financial solutions across industries and geographies. Our EMEA Strategic Equity Transactions Group (SETG) sits in London within the Investment Banking Division and focuses on the management of strategic equity stakes.

Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly motivated Analyst / Associate to join our Strategic Equity Transactions Group in London. The team originates, structures, and executes derivative solutions to help clients acquiring and managing stakes in listed companies. The range of transactions the SETG team executes includes minority stake acquisitions in listed companies, equity-based financing, risk management strategies, as well as corporate solutions such as structured share buybacks and tailored derivative strategies for M&A situations.

You will be working closely with ECM and other capital markets groups, industry teams and coverage bankers, as well as Corporate Derivatives traders, who are part of the Equities division.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support the origination, structuring, and execution of structured equity transactions, including derivative hedging and financing strategies.
2. Work closely with investment banking, trading, and legal teams to structure and execute transactions.
3. Preparing detailed and highly tailored pitchbooks and live deal materials.
4. Analyzing detailed corporate information including financial disclosures and M&A deal structures.
5. Building and using financial and derivatives pricing models.
6. Monitor market trends, analyze pricing dynamics, and provide insights on market opportunities to clients.
7. Manage relationships with corporate issuers, institutional investors, and hedge funds.
8. Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal risk management policies.

Key Qualifications & Skills:

1. 1-5 years of experience in structured equity solutions, equity derivatives, equity-linked or other capital markets groups, within investment banking, or sales & trading.
2. Strong technical skills in financial modeling, derivatives pricing, and capital markets structuring.
3. Proficiency in Excel, Bloomberg, and other financial tools.
4. Deep understanding of credit analysis, risk and equity derivatives pricing and structuring.
5. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills.
6. Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to create compelling client presentations.
7. Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
8. Team-oriented with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate across different functions.

About Us:
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr