Investment Banking Associate - Energy & Power in London

About Us

Rothschild & Co is a leading global financial services group with seven generations of family control and a history of over 200 years at the centre of the world's financial markets. Our expertise, intellectual capital and global network enable us to provide a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients, communities and planet. We have 4,600 talented specialists on the ground in over 40 countries around the world, enabling us to deliver a unique global perspective across four market‐leading business divisions – Global Advisory, Wealth Management, Asset Management and Five Arrows. As a family‐controlled business built on relationships, we place a huge emphasis on our people and finding the right colleagues to take our business forward. Rothschild & Co is committed to an inclusive and supportive environment where different perspectives are valued. We are focused on the attraction and recruitment, development and retention and progression of high calibre talent to ensure we and our clients benefit from the value of difference.

Responsibilities

• Work on multiple transactions and with multiple project teams simultaneously on all critical aspects of transactions, ranging from client development and initial opportunity evaluation to transaction strategy and execution.
• Lead the preparation of financial and economic analyses and preparation of complex financial models required for evaluating and completing such transactions.
• Use a range of valuation techniques to support client advice including discounted cash flows, trading comps analysis, transaction comps analysis, and LBO‐based valuations.
• Preparation of client presentations, teasers, information memoranda and offering documents for a range of transaction types.
• Oversee the appointment and subsequent management of due‐diligence advisers, supporting the drafting of scopes, reviewing all proposals, onboarding advisers and then managing the various due‐diligence workstreams on a given transaction in parallel, including reviewing draft reports and ensuring key findings are reflected in the financial model as required.
• Presenting key findings of project work to clients across a diverse range of transaction related topics (valuation / due‐diligence / market and competitor analysis / bid assessment etc.).
• Research on relevant industries to support the team's marketing initiatives, optimizing various sources of information (FactSet / Bloomberg / Factiva / Merger market / broker reports etc.).
• Contribute content to pitch books by conducting ad‐hoc analysis.
• Update industry databases and credentials on an ongoing basis.
• Oversee the onboarding process for new clients to the firm.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree: 2.1 or above

Experience, Skills and Competencies Required

• Prior experience in an advisory or investment banking role across the Energy & Power space.
• Proven quantitative and analytical skills to develop financial models and valuations with a deep understanding of financial statement analysis.
• Experience leading client presentations, managing projects and the execution of transactions, including leading several workstreams independently and in parallel.
• Ability to simultaneously manage several projects in an extremely fast paced environment in order to meet critical client deadlines.
• Knowledge of the relevant financial and regulatory environments that surrounds M&A.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
• Ability to provide direction and leadership in order to build a strong team environment and to build effective relationships between individuals, teams and lines of business, across different geographies.
• Ability to build long‐term, professional relationships that add value to the client and lead to the expansion of the business.
• Aptitude for ongoing personal and professional development.

This is a certified position. Our goal is to have a balanced, inclusive and flexible environment which enables all colleagues to achieve their personal and professional aspirations, and to ensure that Rothschild & Co provides longer term opportunities for talent.