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The Summer Analyst program is designed to provide undergraduates with exposure to a broad range of investment banking (IB) and mergers and acquisition (M&A) assignments and will include rotations in each of the IB, M&A and Equity Capital Markets groups.
Analysts will be exposed to various corporate finance activities including underwriting equity and fixed income securities and a full range of mergers and acquisitions financial advisory services including those related to acquisitions and divestitures of public and private companies, takeover defense strategies and planning, as well as restructurings, recapitalizations and workouts. Specific responsibilities will include:
- Complex financial analyses such as: market trading analysis, precedent transaction analysis, other company valuations and pro-forma financial modeling;
- Company and industry specific research to support financial valuations; and
- Client pitches and/or presentations to management and board of directors.
The IB and M&A groups work in small project-based teams. These small teams provide Analysts with opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and to accept increased responsibility at a relatively early stage in their career.
Ideal Analyst candidates will:
- Be in the graduating class of 2009
- Have a proven record of outstanding achievement in academic and extracurricular activities
- Have a good understanding of quantitative analyses, financial concepts, accounting and computer modeling
- Possess a strong sense of personal integrity and teamwork, display a high level of energy, have a keen desire to learn new concepts and demonstrate the ability to quickly adapt to new situations.
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