M&A; Analyst, Industrials, Citi

Job Title	M&A; Analyst, Industrials
Employer	Citi
Job Type	Full Time
Location	London, UK
Industry	Investment Banking
Experience	0-3 Years
Languages	English
Deadline	Thursday 17th July 2014

Description
Citi Group

Associate class of 2014 within the Industrials team, Investment Banking

Competitive Salary Offered

Job Description
Job Purpose:

Associates work closely with a franchise group to contribute to managing client relationships and executing transaction by:
• Working on relationships within various institutions / clients, assisting senior bankers in business origination across Citi’s product set
• Specifically, working with Citi client base across Africa, or clients who want to invest in Africa
• Developing an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of the business, its products, and the major players in the region with the aim of identifying appropriate marketing opportunities
• Assist on advising and executing investment banking transactions

Job Background/context:

• The Corporate and Investment Banking business provides financial advisory services on a wide range of strategic transactions (including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and re-structuring) and capital-raising projects and debt financing projects, for corporate clients, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our bankers work closely with our other business units to ensure client access to the full range of products and expertise within the organisation
• Our bankers build and grow our long-term relationship with these clients. They orchestrate the delivery of Citi’s vast global product platform and develop integrated financing strategies, by acting as a primary point of contact through which our clients utilize our extensive capabilities around the world. Through these efforts, our bankers address our client’s global banking needs
Key Responsibilities:
• Working with group MDs and Directors on managing relationships with clients and client liaison
• Working with group to execute transactions and share responsibility to run deals
• Provide support in origination and execution of Corporate Finance transactions
• Responsibility for managing production of analytics (including developing financial analysis and models) and presentation materials
• Responsibility for overall co-ordination of deals and assignments, across Citi internal teams and external parties (e.g. client, lawyers, consultants)
• Develop and maintain knowledge of the developments in the core product set to explore and refer opportunities
• Source and create marketing material, liaising with product partners and the Senior Bankers
• Maintain regular and frequent dialogue with product partners to assist with relationship maintenance
• Produce and update client plans in conjunction with product partners
• Monitor calling plans to ensure business development is pursued across the client base and that deals are replicated
• Interact with Citi’s network around the globe to ensure activities are co-ordinated across the franchise
• Mentor analysts, provide detailed guidance and feedback, manage information flow to and from analyst

Development Value:
• Exposure to Senior Management and Senior Bankers
• Opportunity to develop world class broad based banking and client relationship skills
• Opportunity to work in a large and complex organisation with a demanding customer base and in a challenging and changing business environment
• Exposure to an open and multicultural working environment
Qualifications
Person Specification
Knowledge/Experience:
• Substantial work experience within a financial services organisation, ideally in an Investment Banking and/or M&A team
• Experience in the Industrials space
• Experience of transactions and understanding of the execution process (namely sell-side processes)
• Experience of analysing financial data and developing financial models alone
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of a broad spectrum of products and how they meet client needs
• Experienced at client planning and coordinating input from multiple product areas
• Knowledge and experience of working within Emerging and Developing Markets would be advantageous
• Connections within and/or strong interest for the African continent would be advantageous
• Knowledge of accounting, legal and compliance principles and procedures relating to the role
Skills:
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to work efficiently within a team environment and as an individual contributor
• Strong communication skills (both written & verbal) at all organisational levels - Ability to present information in a clear, creative and persuasive manner
• Ability to efficiently plan and organise own workload within tight deadlines
• Analytical - Assimilating new information quickly and relating it to the needs of the client base.
• Organizational – Managing demands from several sources and working to deadlines
• Proactivity - Identifying situations that could result in new business and developing recommendations tailored to the client
• Attention to detail and assuming responsibility over time for client contact
• Ability to supervise and coordinate work of analysts

Qualifications:
• Investment Banking background gained from a reputable firm where you will have gained first class training and development as a banker
• Product Knowledge relating to Industrials
Competencies
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Able to create and sustain good personal contacts within the client group, balancing client requirements and Citi’s priorities
• Self-Starter - Prepared to take the initiative to follow issues through, whilst exercising judgment as to when to seek assistance.
• Networking - Maintaining close contact with product and other teams at Citi, as well as clients and key regional players
• Team Player - being able to work in partnership with other individuals on day-to-day and long term projects
• Strong analytical skills
• Planning & Organisation
• Communication
• Influencing & Persuasiveness
• Flexibility and Adaptability

Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered for the role provided they have the necessary skills and experience.

About Citi

Our Investment Banking unit provides comprehensive financial advisory and capital raising services to top corporations, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Clients receive tailored financial solutions and strategic advisory services on a wide range of M&A transactions and capital-raising activities including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financial restructurings, underwriting and distributing equity, debt, and derivative securities.

Citi is the preeminent global investment banking firm as well as the foremost global underwriter in combined equity and debt issuance. We have cutting-edge capabilities in every part of the globe for virtually every financial services product that our clients need. Our bankers are organized into industry, product and regional groups and work closely with our partners in capital markets, sales and trading, research and global relationship banking to offer customized financing strategies for our clients.

This combined expertise allows us to offer the most innovative and comprehensive ideas and solutions in all market conditions by bankers that have in-depth industry knowledge, local market acumen, product creativity and execution expertise