Known for its unique entrepreneurial culture that values teamwork and transparency, Intrepid offers highly motivated individuals the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to client engagements and take on important leadership initiatives within the firm, resulting in a high level of job satisfaction while building a solid foundation for your career. Our culture values the development and well-being of our team-members and fosters strong camaraderie throughout the firm, resulting in what we believe is some of the highest retention rates in the industry.
Intrepid is a specialty investment bank and provides M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory services to entrepreneurs, family-owned companies, private equity sponsors and major corporations, through dedicated banking teams with deep industry sector experience and over three decades of experience. The firm is based in Los Angeles, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Charlotte. Intrepid is the middle-market advisory arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE: MUFG), one of the largest financial groups in the world.
The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.
On January 1, 2019, MUFG, acquired Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC. Intrepid provides M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory services to entrepreneurs and middle-market companies in various industry sectors. Based in Los Angeles, Intrepid breeds a culture that embraces teamwork, tenacity and creativity to win big for our clients. We believe that every company has an entrepreneurial passion that drives it and a story that defines it. Our team delivers results through skillful positioning and relentless execution. Intrepid 's M&A and Capital Markets advisory services complements the product and coverage capabilities of Union Bank to deliver a unique value proposition to business owners.
Intrepid Investment Bankers is expanding nationally and seeking to hire a talented and experienced professional at the Managing Director level in our Industrials and Business Services Group with a focus on restaurant brand and franchise concept sector.
ResponsibilitiesManaging Directors are an important part of Intrepid deal teams, working closely with junior bankers and clients. Managing Directors are involved in all phases of origination and execution including:

• Building relationships with deal referral sources and business owners
• Identifying, qualifying, and generating new prospect leads
• Managing the client relationship and overseeing all client and counter-party communication
• Leading a specific practice or product area, as applicable, and developing thought leadership in target sectors
• Overseeing due diligence processes and materials
• Overseeing the creation of financial models and valuation analyses and ultimately all collateral material used in the transaction process
• Managing the creation of comprehensive pitchbooks, information memoranda, management presentations and marketing materials
• Overseeing all key steps in the sale execution process and leading all negotiations and strategy development
• Assisting other bankers in firm building activities (training, recruiting, mentoring, etc.)

Qualifications

• 10-plus years of experience in sell-side M&A advisory
• Minimum 5 years of industry specific M&A
• Fundamental understanding of restaurant brand and franchise concept industry with specific sector focus
• Outstanding academic credentials from a top tier school
• Team player willing to take an integral role in Intrepid's growth
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Highly proficient financial analysis and modeling skills
• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work as part of a small team
• Self-starter willing to work in an entrepreneurial, demanding, and fast paced environment
• Ability to engage with prospects and intermediaries, develop relationships, and work seamlessly as a bridge for introducing other senior bankers into these relationships
• Excellent computer, presentation drafting and formatting and organizational skills
• Ability to work comfortably in an unstructured environment
• Proactive attitude accustomed to taking initiative and solving problems
• FINRA Series 7, 63 or 79 license

The typical base for this role is $ 250,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Depending on corporate title, role in the transaction, productivity, and type of incentive payout, participants can be eligible for compensation that includes a guaranteed salary against the variable incentive amount, that can range up to 25% per transaction, subject to final approval by the CEO of Intrepid. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.
MUFG Benefits SummaryThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.