Investment Banking Analyst / Associate - Asset Based Finance

SUMMARY

Title: Experienced Investment Banking Analyst / Associate / VP

Group: Debt Capital Markets – Asset Based Finance

Location: Atlanta, GA

WHY STEPHENS

Founded in 1933, Stephens is a privately held family-owned business whose mission is to become a trusted advisor to our clients in all aspects of their business and personal finances. We have a long history of identifying and seizing opportunities through economic cycles. Whether executing single transactions or developing holistic solutions, we create lasting value for our clients.  We don’t just focus on transactions, we develop relationships.  We work with our clients as they interact with the financial markets, analyze strategic alternatives and raise capital.

 
The men and women of Stephens Investment Banking have the opportunity to cultivate and advance their careers in a collegial and supportive environment. With offices in strategic locations across the U.S. and in Europe, we provide unvarnished advice and precise execution on the full array of investment banking services:

• Executing mergers and acquisitions, underwritings of public debt and equity securities, private placements of debt and equity, as well as restructurings and recapitalizations.
  
  
• Providing our clients insights on how historical trends and the latest developments are shaping their opportunities based on our deep knowledge of a variety of industries and subsectors.
  
  
• Serving public, private and family-owned businesses, as well as financial sponsors, family offices and other institutional investors.

We prioritize earning our clients’ trust, and we reward the individuals who make that happen. The exceptional candidates who join our transatlantic team of more than 250 investment banking professionals will participate in our collaborative approach to adding value for middle-market companies, as well as global organizations. Discover why our vibrant and stable atmosphere inspires our bankers to constantly strive for growth, while building their futures here over the long-term.

DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS

Our Debt Capital Markets bankers work with clients to determine the best approach to optimize their capital structure and achieve their goals. Our structuring and advisory expertise encompasses a broad range of products including (but not limited to): SPV/corporate revolving warehouse and term facilities, asset portfolio sales, forward flow programs, rated asset-backed securities, private placements, subordinated debt, preferred /structured equity,. Through our competitive processes, we leverage our proprietary relationships across the debt capital markets to identify potential financing solutions and drive toward the best terms available.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Associates leverage their knowledge and experience to work with and mentor analysts, and continually develop their expertise within structuring, negotiating and executing to deliver top quality work product to the team and clients. As an Associate you have a broad array of responsibilities executing transactions and working with your team to build the business. These tasks include:

• Perform collateral analytics from loan tapes, analyze historical CNL performance, and derive base case loss assumptions using historical data for consumer, equipment, small business, and esoteric asset classes.
• Use stratifications and other reporting tools to effectively convey pool characteristics, concentrations, distributions, and risks. Proactively determine missing, incomplete, and inaccurate information
• Design, develop and use complex cash flow models for ABS transactions, including structure proposals, rating agency stress scenarios, offering memoranda disclosures, investor runs and other bond analytics and calculations
• Collaborate with clients, rating agencies, attorneys, accountants, and others on all matters related to collateral characteristics, bond structuring and analysis
• Creating Confidential Information Memorandums, management presentations, marketing pitches and other presentations
• Helping plan and execute live engagements
• Training and developing analysts
• Building relationships and maintaining direct contact with current and prospective clients
• Performing other tasks as assigned by management

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2-5 years of experience focused on asset finance / securitization / private placement / rating process execution
• Significant experience performing asset based financing in the consumer, equipment, small business, and esoteric asset classes
• Excellent analytical and modeling skills
• High energy with strong interpersonal, accounting and finance skills
• Ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines
• Strong commitment to respecting and safeguarding confidential information
• Commitment to working hard
• Extraordinary focus on work quality and attention to detail
• Adherence to regulatory requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to learn quickly, with a particular focus on accounting rules and financial valuation methodologies
• Strong client management skills
• Demonstrated ability to work well in team environment

For benefits information, please visit: https://www.stephens.com/careers/benefits