Deloitte Corporate Finance - Investment Banking Summer Associate
Our middle-market investment banking practice seeks ambitious, creative, and experienced leaders who enjoy an entrepreneurial work environment and look to accelerate their professional development. Summer Associates at Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC (“DCF”) will have the opportunity to gain transaction experience through work on multiple live transactions and pitch assignments across multiple industries. Our team structure enables Summer Associates to integrate fully into deal teams and provide real analytical input into the process while working directly with client executives. High-performing Summer Associates may be eligible to receive offers to return full time after graduation.
Work you’ll do
Summer Associates will work on teams to advise our clients on strategic processes to execute mergers and acquisitions and raise capital. You will work with experienced bankers to develop process tactics, frame perspectives on buyers and investors for our clients, build financial models, and craft presentation materials. Through close work with DCF’s industry experts and your own industry research, you will actively contribute to the strategic positioning of our clients to the market and, in the process, lead and oversee junior bankers’ modeling and analytical work. Constructing financial models to help clients assess growth strategies, capital structure decisions, and transaction alternatives will help you develop a comprehensive technical skill set. Summer Associates will have the opportunity to lead discussions with clients and interact with private equity and strategic buyers. The program is designed to exercise your leadership skills and further develop your process management and technical capabilities.
Regardless of project type, your work will require:
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Superior organizational and project management skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong understanding of financial statements
- Ability to design and provide research-based financial recommendations as well as develop actionable solutions
- Experience working both independently and collaboratively with a team on multiple tasks and assignments
Qualifications
Required:
- Enrollment in an MBA degree program
- Strong academic track record (cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above)
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
- Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of employment
- Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
- Our current work environment is a hybrid approach, which means:
- You should reside within a commutable distance of your assigned office with the ability to commute daily, if required
- You can expect to be co-located 80-100% with variations based on types of work/projects and client locations
Preferred:
- Cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above
- Relevant work experience or work experience in a professional environment (e.g. internships, summer positions, school jobs)
- Demonstrated recent leadership, such as in a campus club, society, sports teams or other activity
- Demonstrated recent social impact or volunteer activity
- Previous investment banking or M&A execution experience
- Experience performing financial modeling and analysis
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The team
Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC (“DCF”) is a rapidly growing middle-market investment bank headquartered in Charlotte with offices in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, and Los Angeles. The firm advises on a variety of transactions for private equity groups and public and private corporations, including mergers and acquisitions and the raising of private capital. Deloitte Corporate Finance serves all major sectors out of Business Services, Consumer and Retail, Energy & Resources, Financial Services, General Industrials, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Technology, Media, & Telecom industry groups.
Associates work in a collaborative environment where real-time performance feedback is encouraged and will be given responsibilities based on performance and capability. Opportunities for full-time positions may be available to high performers. Learn more about our Corporate Finance practice.
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