Investment Banking Associate

Citi has an Associate open position for the Infrastructure Investment Banking team. This role is focused on advising financial sponsors investing in the fast-growing infrastructure sector (i.e. infrastructure funds, SWFs and pension and insurance managers), which spans various industries including transport, utilities, energy and telecom. Given the team's proactive and flexible approach, the Associate will have the opportunity to work across a variety of sectors and multiple processes, including both sell-side and buy-side transactions. The upcoming Associate can expect to be a highly impactful contributor to deal teams and gain significant exposure to all aspects of the project's activities.

Ideal candidates will experience in investment banking, project finance, transaction advisory services and/or principal investing background with demonstrated transactional experience in infrastructure, including transport, utilities, energy and telecom.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the execution of Citi's Investment Banking business activities
• Building financial models and valuation analyses and presentations to highly sophisticated financial sponsors focused on infrastructure
• Conducting company specific and industry research to support transaction specific diligence as well as to develop specialized sector / industry themes
• Working with financial and commercial counterparties on process management and diligence for M&A processes
• Manage and mentor analysts by providing detailed guidance and feedback, managing information flow, and providing credit and exposure information to analyst, as appropriate
• Keep track of infrastructure funds activities related to acquisitions, divestitures, fund raising, financing and capital markets products
• Develop client relationships at an early stage
   

Qualifications:

• Experience in investment banking either in an infrastructure, project finance, transaction advisory, industry group or M&A
• Strong quantitative skills and advanced financial modelling capabilities
• Strong project management skills with focus on attention to detail
• High degree of intellectual curiosity, initiative and professional maturity
• Demonstrated problem solving and organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work well in a challenging and fast-paced work environment
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, partnering with sector teams and broader Citi's product teams

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering or closely related areas of Business Administration. Master's degree in Business Administration from a top-tier university

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime.

Additional Job Description Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime.

The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016.

Under the Certification Regime, Citi UK regulated entities (Citi entities) must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.

Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:

• Honesty, integrity and reputation

• Financial soundness

• Competence and capability

In order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above.

This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening checks

Job Family Group:

Institutional Banking

Job Family:

Investment Banking

Time Type:

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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