Acuity Knowledge Partners - Associate Director - Investment Banking

Job Purpose:

- We are looking for a passionate, energetic individual to join our Investment Banking division.

- You will be part of team working as an extension to our global clients.

Key Responsibilities:

- Maintaining high quality in the below workflows by performing quality checks, providing training, mentoring and upskilling juniors:.

- Overseeing the request intake process, including participation in project scoping calls to improve understanding and prepare detailed project scope documents.

- Preparing and driving the content of clientand prospect-related materials, including pitches, proposals, client marketing materials, and other associated offering documents and analyses.

- Working with Investment Banking and Boutique Advisory clients on worktypes including but not limited to pitchbook creation, industry research, valuation, capital market products, and idea/peer/target identification.

- Motivating and managing a team of analysts, planning workflows, and liaising with global clients to ensure that deadlines are met at the required standard

- Contributing to process improvement, QC, and providing value adds to the deliverables and automation of tasks.

- Providing domain expertise in M&A and capital raising activities.

- Communicating clearly and confidently with internal and external stakeholders-both written and verbal.

- Providing strategic thought leadership through the authoring of blogs and whitepapers.

Key Competencies:

- 15-20 years of experience working with Investment Banks and Boutique Advisory.

- Experience in managing large teams.

- Familiarity and expertise in a specific sector will be an added advantage.

- Experience in complete delivery set-up, smooth roll-out of services and the implementation of best practices, feedback mechanisms, hiring and training the team.

- Good knowledge of the products involved in the entire value chain of Investment Banking activities, including M&A and capital raising.

- Excellent understanding of the financial statements analysis.

- A Masters in Business Administration and/or a full/ part qualification in CFA will be an added advantage.

- A highly analytical mind and a high level of attention to detail.

- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.

- A strong work ethic.

- The ability to work independently and meet deadlines under pressure.