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Investment banking analyst 1, fund placement

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William Blair
Investment banking analyst
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Join to apply for the Investment Banking Analyst 1, Fund Placement role at William Blair

Solutions for Today’s Challenges. Vision for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.

Join William Blair, the Premier Global Partnership.

William Blair has delivered trusted advice for nine decades, and we continue to deepen our expertise and relationships across regions, asset classes, and markets throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

We are committed to our people and culture, values, clients, and local communities.

What sets us apart is that we are an independent partnership, with employees who have unique experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet clients’ evolving needs amid dynamic market conditions and varying industries.

We strive to attract the most qualified, passionate candidates who specialize in investment banking, investment management, private wealth management, and a variety of other business functions.

We work tirelessly to create an inclusive culture and take pride in fostering employees’ professional and personal growth. We empower our people to bring their best thinking each day so we can deliver the tailored, thoughtful work and problem-solving abilities that our clients expect.

Equally, we are proud of our long-term partnerships with the communities in which we live and work, a legacy we inherited from our founder.

We invite you to learn about how we are seeking excellence in everything we do and empowering our clients’ success with passion, creativity, and rigor. For more information, visit williamblair.com.

The William Blair Fund Placement team advises private market managers throughout the capital raising process, including transaction execution and the delivery of fundraising services to clients and prospects. Perform extensive fundraising advisory services and complete due diligence activities while working closely with the project management and investor coverage teams to advance projects, convey relevant investor updates, and present findings to clients.

Responsibilities Include But May Not Be Limited To


* Take ownership of deal admin related tasks, such as maintaining deal trackers, scheduling investor calls, and updating Salesforce
* Provide advice to clients on fundraising strategy, structuring, timing, investors, and legal terms
* Assist in the development, production and delivery of proposals and presentations to clients and prospects
* Actively participate in client meetings and internal discussions.
* Anticipate potential deal issues and pass concerns through to team members in real time
* Evaluate prospective fundraising clients
* Partner with global coverage teams
* Demonstrate curiosity and understanding of the various private market strategies
* Demonstrate an understanding of broader fundraising markets and potential implications to each client process.
* Manage client data rooms
* Identify improvements to processes and propose solutions to complete tasks more efficiently.
* Mentor summer interns and invest in teaching subsequent classes of analysts, imparting best practices
* Ensure all activities are in compliance with applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
* Additional responsibilities as requested.

Qualifications

* Bachelor’s Degree required
* Prior investment banking or fundraising (placement agent or investor relations) experience required; previous experience as an Analyst, or equivalent, strongly preferred
* Internship or prior work experience in financial services industry preferred
* Proven track record in university studies required
* Excellent mathematical, writing, verbal and computer skills
* Detail oriented with strong analytical abilities
* Critical thinking with problem-solving skills
* Ability to adapt to new tasks with little notice
* Ability to manage expectations of senior bankers while working on multiple projects simultaneously
* Effective leadership and coaching skills
* Strong desire to win
* Sound judgement
* Deep, sophisticated understanding of accounting and finance
* Commitment to satisfying internal and external customers
* Travel required: approximately 5%

William Blair is an equal opportunity employer. It complies with all laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in employment practice because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, marital status, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, unfavorable discharge from the military service or on the basis of a physical or mental disability that is unrelated to the employee's ability to perform the duties of the job applied for. EOE m/f/d/v

Be aware of hiring scams: William Blair has clear processes and guidelines with regards to recruiting. We do not request personal financial information in connection with an employment application nor does William Blair extend any employment offers without first conducting an interview through one of its registered offices. William Blair does not use instant messaging services such as WhatsApp, Telegram, or iMessage as part of the recruiting or interviewing process.

Note to External Recruiters / Search Firms: William Blair does not accept unsolicited resumes and will not pay for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Any unsolicited resumes received will not be considered as a valid submission.

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