Financial sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and their portfolio companies continue to be an important component of M&A activity, accounting for $7.5 trillion or 33% of transaction volume globally over the last five years. Since 2019, J.P. Morgan has advised on over 1,000 announced sponsor-involved M&A deals, and we continue to build momentum by enhancing our world-class Strategic Investor Group (SIG) M&A franchise.
With $3 trillion of capital currently available across the asset class, we are committed to providing insightful advice and outstanding execution to our financial sponsor clients.
As a Vice President in Investment Banking, you’ll have experience developing strong relationships with corporates and financial institution clients and working across the spectrum of M&A, advising on public and private transactions, spin-offs, divestitures, activist-driven deals, sponsor-backed leveraged buyouts, and minority investments.
Job Responsibilities
- Acting as the primary day-to-day client point of contact and lead banker on deals
- Reviewing and coordinating the analytic work of junior bankers to move marketing/execution process forward
- Refining marketing/execution materials for maximum client impact
- Overseeing the creation of financial projection models
- Identifying and managing all risks in a given deal
- Liaising with other internal and external parties on transactions (eg. lawyers, accountants, counterparties)
- Leading client negotiations, Q&A process and management interviews
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Prior work experience in an investment banking front office role.
- Experience in training junior bankers
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with specific ability to communicate concepts and ideas concisely and defend their validity
- Very strong quantitative and analytical skills (including Excel modelling and valuation work)
- Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines, and have the aptitude to synthesize large amounts of information and to develop innovative solutions
- Adaptability, able to manage projects independently and be ready to assume a high level of responsibility as a member of a team
- Ability to comfortably interact with clients in a professional and mature manner
- Excellent understanding of financial, legal and reputational risks facing large integrated investment banks in today's environment
