What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 Public Finance Bridge Program position at Stifel?
Stifel's Public Finance Bridge Program is a selective two-day career exploration and professional development seminar where motivated undergraduate sophomores will gain insight into how Public Finance sits at the intersection of fixed income investment banking and public policy. Selected attendees will participate in both lecture style and interactive programming, as well as networking activities with Stifel bankers. These activities will enable attendees to gain an inside look at the public finance industry overall, as well as what a career at Stifel Public Finance could look like for you.
What We're Looking For
- By the end of the program, participants will have a deeper understanding of the integral role that Public Finance plays in our everyday lives, and how Stifel's Public Finance business in particular serves as an industry wide leader. Selected participants will be given priority consideration for our 2026 Public Finance Summer Internship program.
- This two-day program will be hosted in our St. Louis Headquarters on March 27 & 28.
What You'll Bring
Statements of interest should be no longer than 500 words and should cover why the candidate is interested in public finance, what they hope to gain from the program, and why they believe diversity is important in both finance and public policy.
Education & Experience
Systems & Technology
About Stifel
Stifel's Public Finance professionals perform investment banking services for city, state and local government agencies, helping them raise capital to build and maintain essential infrastructure in the communities they serve. From some of the nation's largest states, cities, convention centers and economic development projects to rural school districts and small towns and nearly everything in between, our municipal banking and underwriting groups work with public and not-for-profit entities to develop and implement financing strategies that allow them to operate and optimize the important work they do.
In 2022, for the ninth consecutive year, Stifel ranked #1 serving as senior or sole manager for negotiated public municipal bond issues, annually pricing more than one in every ten issues in the nation on a Stifel desk. In 2021, Stifel became the first bank to underwrite more than 1,000 negotiated issues in a single year. Stifel Public Finance has a full scale national presence, and is comprised of about 250 professionals across 36 offices.
