Analyst, Finance & Banking, Corporate Finance

Location & Eligibility

Office:
Boston, MA; must have U.S. Citizenship or Green Card

Locust Walk is a global investment bank that integrates corporate development strategy and execution with capital raising for innovative life science companies of all stages. We partner with founders, executives, and board members through all aspects of corporate development across company, asset, and deal life cycles. Through our extensive market intelligence interfacing with investors, large pharma, biotechs, and academic leaders, we have a deep understanding of how science and data translates into actionable transactions and business strategy.

If you are looking to build your career with a fast-growing investment bank with significant upside potential in position, responsibility, and compensation, we’re looking for you. Analysts have a strong passion for life sciences. You will have the opportunity to work with multiple clients simultaneously on both the strategy and execution of transaction assignments diversifying your experience and providing a dynamic environment.

The focus for the Analyst is to play a key role in executing the Firm’s engagements. Our engagements range from executing strategic partnership deals, M&A transactions, capital raises and strategic consulting engagements. Our Analysts assist in identifying target partners, maintaining contact logs, weekly client updates, and board update materials, producing deal marketing materials, financial valuation and comparable transactions analysis, and deal modeling in support of negotiations.

Analysts will receive significant responsibility and ownership over their work including multiple opportunities to present to both the firm and clients. Strategic consulting in support of deals might include discussions with key opinion leaders, leading analysis of secondary sources, full P&L models, and production of full commercial decks. Business development activities are essential to furthering our growth. An Analyst will oversee the maintenance and updating of our proprietary databases used for our quarterly market conditions as well as preparing thought leadership and analytics.

Our senior deal team is dedicated to the professional growth of our Analysts. Each engagement provides a new learning opportunity, and we aim to vary the team members assigned to new clients so that everyone has the chance to work with different colleagues while still gaining exposure to different transactions.

• Business / Corporate Development at a biotech or pharmaceutical company
• Strategic Consulting
• R&D
• Finance
• Biology and/or STEM research

Professional and Academic Prowess. All our team members have different strengths that contribute to the success of our firm. The background for an Analyst position would ideally illustrate the following attributes:

• Passion for life science transactions: some relevant industry experience is preferred
• Successful track record working on transactions in the life science space: working directly or in a supportive role on strategic transactions, M&A, and/or financings is helpful
• Strong academic track record; must have a science degree
• Interest in entrepreneurship and working with early-stage companies
• 18 to 36 months experience in a life science consulting firm or similar capacity

• Basic understanding of financial modeling
• Strong communication skills and comfort presenting in front of company management, Board, and speaking directly with physicians and other key opinion leaders
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills
• Either a proven track record of working with and managing teams or relevant leadership skills that demonstrate an ability to do so successfully

We look for entrepreneurial, growth-oriented individuals who are committed to the success of others. We have a high-performance culture that rewards creative solutions to daily challenges, as well as a strong work ethic while enjoying the ride. Locust Walk offers a mindful work-life balance within the context of a…