INVESTMENT BANKING ASSOCIATE, HEALTHCARE

Company: Jefferies
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: November 6, 2024

Job Description:

Job Description

GROUP DESCRIPTION:

Jefferies Global Healthcare Group provides a full suite of advisory and capital markets capabilities to clients across several sectors, including biotechnology, healthcare services, medical technology, life science tools and diagnostics, healthcare technology, and pharmaceuticals. The Healthcare Group consists of a team of approximately 120+ bankers focused on providing services to clients in these sectors in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

POSITION:

The Global Healthcare Group is actively looking for an experienced Investment Banking Associate for our Palo Alto, California office that will support our Biotech and Specialty Pharma team.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in the execution of equity and debt financings, M&A, and restructuring and recapitalization transactions
• Perform financial valuation, discounted cash flow, pro forma merger, precedent transaction, and comparable companies' analyses
• Prepare pitch books and live deal materials, including offering memoranda, confidential information memoranda, management presentations, lender presentations, and prospectuses
• Analyze detailed corporate and financial information, as well as conduct due diligence
• Build financial operating models and valuation models
• Conduct industry and product research
• These responsibilities afford direct and active interaction with the senior executive management teams of our clients. Associates are expected to attend and participate in client meetings and contribute to building and maintaining client relationships. You will work on several projects simultaneously with teams of professionals, both within the group and across the firm, including with product partners such as bankers in our Equity Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance, Private Capital Advisory, and Restructuring teams, collaborating to develop and execute solutions to meet client needs. REQUIREMENTS / DESIRED EXPERIENCE
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Currently living in Palo Alto, California, or willing to relocate
  • PhD or MS with post-graduate work experience
  • 2+ years of investment banking experience ideally in a Healthcare (biotech/biopharma) coverage or in a M&A product team
  • Detail-oriented with exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to manage a variety of transactions and projects simultaneously
  • Resourceful self-starter; able to work autonomously and a team player
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Strong technical, written and verbal communication skills
    
    Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $150,000 - $225,000
    
    The salary offered will take into consideration an individual's experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, Jefferies offers, for eligible employees, an annual discretionary incentive and retention bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Jefferies also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays and paid parental leave.
    
    About Us
    
    Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (''Jefferies,'' ''we,'' ''us'' or ''our'') is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.
    
    At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
    
    Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and individuals with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.
    
    Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
    
    All employees must follow Jefferies' COVID-19 protocol policy, which is subject to change.

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