Work directly with the Head of Origination to identify businesses with a financing need and start informed conversations with their owners and finance teams. This role combines careful research with practical origination: understanding the business, finding a relevant reason to speak and following through.
What you will do
- Research businesses, ownership structures and sectors using company filings, accounts and other reliable public sources.
- Identify financing triggers such as acquisitions, investment plans and approaching debt maturities, and distinguish evidence from assumptions.
- Prepare concise company briefs explaining the business, its financing position and why a conversation may be relevant.
- Contact prospective clients by telephone, email and professional networks with clear, relevant outreach, following the firm’s contact and opt-out procedures.
- Qualify initial interest, arrange conversations with a Managing Director and maintain accurate research, contact and follow-up records.
What we are looking for
- Curiosity about how companies operate and a genuine interest in business, entrepreneurship and finance. Previous investment banking experience is not essential.
- Comfort starting conversations with people you have not met, listening carefully and handling a lack of interest professionally.
- The ability to turn a large amount of information into a short, accurate explanation with sources that someone else can check.
- Strong organisation and persistence: you keep track of commitments, follow up thoughtfully and know when to move on.
- A willingness to learn from feedback, question weak assumptions and use research tools without accepting their outputs uncritically.
What we offer
- Direct work with the Head of Origination and visibility into how a prospect becomes an advisory mandate.
- The opportunity to build practical knowledge of corporate finance through company research and conversations with business owners.
- Responsibility for your research and follow-through, with scope to help improve how Solon identifies and approaches prospective clients.
- A full-time role based in London, with hybrid working.
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