Corporate Finance Associate

Location: New York

Job Title Corporate Finance Associate

Job Description Financial Associates work on M&A deal origination and execution for Rabobank’s client base in the food and agriculture industries globally, with a focus on the Americas and cross-border transactions. You will work with expert professionals and gain significant exposure to the major areas of investment banking. Joining Rabobank, you will be an integral part of our inclusive teams and contribute to the bank’s core mission.

Our Shared Future:"Working in Rabobank's Corporate Finance team is an exciting opportunity to gain knowledge and build experience in M&A advisory and origination.”-Corporate Finance Team, Rabobank North America You and Your Job As a Corporate Finance Associate, you will be successful if you bring value to the senior bankers on execution and origination of M&A transactions.

The Corporate Finance Associate will be expected to provide a broad range of analytical, transaction and marketing support functions to the professionals in the Corporate Finance group and client project teams. The focus of the role will be on assisting Analysts, Vice Presidents, Managing Directors and other senior bankers on tasks performed during the execution of transactions (primarily M&A) and development of new business prospects, including preparing industry analysis, company profiles, information memorandums and presentations.

Corporate Finance Associates are responsible for financial modeling, valuation analysis, mergers and acquisitions modeling, and leveraged buyout modeling.

Job Responsibilities Participate in the origination and execution of Corporate Finance transactions including idea generation

Build financial models and perform valuation analyses using various methodologies including discounted cash flow, leveraged buyout, merger models, trading comparables and transaction comparables

Prepare deal marketing and deal execution presentation materials for use in client meetings, both marketing and deal execution related including acquisition strategies and ideas and sell side alternatives

Participate in all stages of transaction executions, from deal sourcing to deal closing

Takes lead in preparation of pitching materials , financial analyses, modelling and valuation work Supports senior bankers in the creation of new strategic and corporate finance ideas leading to pitches

Managing the day-to-day information flow with clients and third-parties in a transaction execution setting or origination pitch

Other financial analysis including the financial information about industry participants and financial capacity of potential acquirers or competitors for a business and preparing and analyzing transaction and trading comparables of companies in similar sectors and current market valuation trends

Organizing and analyzing due diligence information and preparing information that is used by potential acquirers in their review of potential transactions

Supervise/train analysts on tasks and skills described above and take full responsibility for work performed;
The Associate is responsible for directing the work of the analysts and for teaching and coaching the junior members of the team Active role in the execution of M&A mandates. This includes but is not limited to maintaining quality control) of all relevant tasks required by the project and all client deliverables on a timely basis. Primarily responsible for analytical/technical aspects of project execution.

Responsible for coordinating project/direct information flow with client

Your Promise to Us:

To be considered for the Corporate Finance Associate role, you must have:3 years Investment Banking experience as an Analyst Strong technical proficiency in financial modeling, valuation and deal…