ABOUT THE FIRM:
Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for over 60 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as wealth and asset management. The firm provides a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF), a diversified holding company.
GROUP DESCRIPTION:
Jefferies Latin America Coverage Group provides a full suite of M&A/advisory and capital markets transaction capabilities to clients across multiple industries in Latin America and is one of the fastest growing LatAm coverage teams on the street.
POSITION:
The LatAm Coverage Team is actively looking for a Vice President for our New York office. The candidate will be working closely with the Head of the LatAM Group and other Managing Directors with a focus on a region poised for continued growth and with significant M&A, equity/debt deal activity in various industries including Technology, Healthcare, Industrials and more. This banker will also have the opportunity to grow into a calling officer will ultimately have the ability to call on private and public companies over the next several years.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead the execution of equity and M&A advisory mandates, debt financings, 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.
- Develop client relationships through deal execution and pitching.
These responsibilities afford direct and active interaction with the senior executive management teams of our clients.
REQUIRED BACKGROUND:
- Native Spanish fluency
- Familiar with business and capital markets environment in LatAm
- MBA with 3+ years of investment banking experience OR an Undergraduate degree with 5+ years of investment banking experience
- Familiarity with basic modeling and structuring for cross border M&A transactions and with structuring/execution processes for debt and equity capital market offerings
- Ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-lingual projects
- Currently living in New York or willing to relocate
- Excellent financial modeling, financial statement analysis, and accounting skills / knowledge
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Detail-oriented with exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to lead a variety of transactions and projects simultaneously
- Resourceful self-starter; able to work autonomously
- Demonstrated team player and leader
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 supporting 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 an equal employment opportunity workplace. We practice equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, religion, ancestry, color, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, national origin, marital, family and social status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, religion, trade union membership or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all applicable federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. In accordance with applicable law, we are dedicated to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs. Please inform your recruiter should you require accommodations throughout your application process.
All employees must follow Jefferies’ COVID-19 protocol policy, which is subject to change.
