Investment Banking Associate – Consumer; Lifestyle Brands

Position: Investment Banking Associate – Consumer (Lifestyle Brands)
Known for its unique entrepreneurial culture that values teamwork and transparency, Intrepid offers highly motivated individuals the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to client engagements and take on important leadership initiatives within the firm, resulting in a high level of job satisfaction while building a solid foundation for your career. Our culture values the development and well-being of our team-members and fosters strong camaraderie throughout the firm, resulting in what we believe is some of the highest retention rates in the industry.

Intrepid is a specialty investment bank and provides M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory services to entrepreneurs, family-owned companies, private equity sponsors and major corporations, through dedicated banking teams with deep industry sector experience and over three decades of experience. The firm is based in Los Angeles, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Charlotte. Intrepid is the middle-market advisory arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (NYSE: MUFG), one of the largest financial groups in the world.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Intrepid Investment Bankers is expanding nationally and seeking to hire a talented and experienced professional at the Associate level in the Lifestyle Brands Group.

Intrepid’s Lifestyle Brands team specializes in delivering expert M&A advisory and capital-raising services tailored to the unique needs of the consumer industry including consumer lifestyle brands, omni-channel brands, digitally native brands, experiential retail formats, and consumer services. With deep sector expertise and a proven track record, we help clients across a wide range of consumer verticals navigate complex transactions and achieve their strategic goals.

Responsibilities Organizing, reviewing, and analyzing due diligence processes and materials

Developing valuation analyses and models (projections, LBO, DCF, public comparables, historical M&A transactions, etc.)Preparing comprehensive pitchbooks, information memoranda, management presentations and marketing materials

Compiling prospective acquirer & investor lists and contacting acquirers & investors

Performing key steps in the transaction execution process

Supporting senior bankers in establishing relationships and maintaining direct contact with current and prospective clients

Interacting with senior bankers to help build the firm (training, recruiting, mentoring, etc.)Qualifications Minimum of two years of sell-side M&A advisory and investment banking experience with record of completed transactions from pitch to close

Demonstrated interest in the consumer sector

Outstanding academic credentials from a top tier school

Demonstrated critical thinking, process oriented, and strong attention to details

Excellent written and oral communications skills

Highly proficient financial analysis and modeling skills

Proactive, results oriented, can-do attitude, team player

Self-starter willing to work in an entrepreneurial, demanding, and fast-paced environment

Significant level of maturity and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a small team Proficiency with S&P Capital IQ, Pitchbook, Salesforce CRM and online data room platformsSIE and Series 79 and 63 licenses are required

The typical base pay for this role is $170,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background…