Investment Banking Analyst

Position Overview

Harris Williams seeks to hire an Investment Banking Analyst to join the Cleveland, Ohio office. Harris Williams will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

We are a global investment bank specializing in M&A and private capital advisory services. Clients worldwide rely on us to help unlock value in their business and turn ambitious goals into reality. We approach every engagement with boundless collaboration, pooling expertise and relationships across industries, service offerings, and geographies. For over 35 years, our clients have trusted us to think strategically, execute precisely, and deliver premium outcomes to help them grow.

We are ambitious in our goals and steadfast in the belief that clients deserve our very best. To achieve our highest aspiration, we invest in world-class, team-oriented individuals who are smart, driven, and principled – those who are eager to be part of something bigger than themselves. When you join Harris Williams, you are welcomed into a collegial environment where every individual can make an impact in a powerful and significant way.

We invite you to learn more about careers at Harris Williams.

Harris Williams is looking to hire an Analyst to support the firm’s capital markets initiatives in the Cleveland, Ohio office. The Analyst will work closely with a Managing Director and Vice President, along with other industry and product groups across the firm, to support the execution of M&A and capital raise engagements and deepen the firm’s relationships within the debt capital markets community.

The Analyst will have the following responsibilities:

• Work with senior bankers across Harris Williams on capital markets transactions, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancings, and add-on M&A financings.
• Manage multiple projects and transactions simultaneously in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with significant exposure to senior bankers and clients.
• Coordinate with industry teams to provide leverage guidance and debt market insights for sell-side and buy-side M&A opportunities.
• Curate transaction marketing materials and financial models for potential and existing clients.
• Build lender lists for new opportunities utilizing comparable transaction data, market insights, and current sentiment.
• Manage deal process timelines, outreach tracking, and diligence request lists for live engagements.
• Communicate with deal team members and clients, including corporate executives, private equity investors, bank and private credit partners.
• Monitor leveraged finance market trends and build compelling materials that summarize them.
• Support relationship management with the most active lenders across the market and Harris Williams’ transactions.
• Actively participate in client and lender calls, meetings, and events.

Qualified candidates will possess:

• Preference for existing experience within leveraged finance, investment banking, private credit, debt advisory, or capital markets.
• An eagerness to learn about a broad array of transaction types, industries, and financing structures.
• Strong organization skills, managing multiple deadlines and priorities with a high degree of ownership and attention to detail.
• The ability to work closely with a small team of internal senior professionals and develop relationships with peers.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

Our most successful analysts…

Approach all tasks with humility, collegiality and enthusiasm together with teammates

View challenging tasks as opportunities for growth

Share ideas and credit among peers and teammates

Learn from mentors

Are curious self-starters

Exhaust available resources before asking senior deal team members for guidance

Ask questions and offer creative suggestions as you grow into the role

Are responsive

This is an “on-call”, in-office role

Answer emails and calls quickly

Clarify deadlines as needed

Find moments of levity even when working long hours

Stay aligned with your team on active work streams and upcoming tasks

Take pride in your work product

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