Associate, Merger

**Job Summary**
- Perform financial and valuation analyses using various methodologies
- Build detailed financial models to evaluate performance under various operating scenarios and to analyze the impacts of different capital structures and potential M&A transactions
- Participate in both origination and execution of transactions, from the pitch phase through to closing
- Support the preparation of presentation materials for use in client meetings, covering topics such as strategic alternatives, capital markets activity and general corporate finance
- Support the origination and execution of transactions including due diligence and drafting of documents
- Maintain up to date knowledge on clients and targets
- Research and analysis of markets and industries
- Research and financial analysis of companies based on company information, research reports, and other information sources
- Coordinate efforts with deal team members across the Bank
- Involved in day-to-day project management and execution support
- Complete all required credit and regulatory examinations

**About Team/Function**
- Key Responsibilities
- End to end corporate finance transaction execution (both M&A and financing);
- Build detailed financial models (including DCF, LBO etc.) to value companies, evaluate performance under various operating scenarios and to analyse the impacts of different capital structures and potential M&A transactions or capital market transactions;
- Prepare presentation materials for use in client meetings, covering topics such as strategic alternatives, M&A execution, capital markets activity and general corporate finance;
- Participate in the origination and execution of transactions including due diligence and drafting of documents;
- Lead drafting of marketing and transaction materials together with Directors/VPs;
- Review materials drafted by analysts and interns;
- Train analysts and interns;
- General industry/ country/ company research including benchmarking;
- Coordinate efforts with deal team members across the Bank; and
- Day to day project management and execution support on live transactions

**Skills and Experience**
- 1+ years of relevant experience in M&A or Investment Banking
- End to end transaction execution experience, ideally in both M&A and financing;
- Superior analytical aptitude, creative problem solving abilities and excellent communication skills
- Detail orientated and numerate
- Ability to perform under pressure and thrive in a high intensity environment
- Strong record of achievement in academics and/or summer/full time employment in related fields
- High level of passion towards development of a career in M&A
- Strong sense of personal integrity and teamwork
- Highly motivated individuals with a strong record of achievement in academics and/or summer/full time employment in corporate finance.
- CFA is a plus
- Superior analytical aptitude, creative problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree / university degree or equivalent

**Role Specific Technical Competencies**
- Merger & Acquisition
- Investment Banking

**About Standard Chartered**
- We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
- Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
- Together we:

- **Do the right thing** and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- **Never settle,** continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- **Are better together,** we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

**What we offer**

**In line with our Fair Pay Charter,** we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- **Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,** with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- **Time-off** including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- **Flexible working** options based around home