Bank of America
Associate, Investment Banking, Natural Resources
Make financial lives better for our clients and our communities through the power of every connection
Strategy and analysis
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.
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Why Bank of America
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
About the role
Job Description: At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Our Business Global Investment Banking focuses on building long-term relationships with large corporations, financial institutions and financial sponsors. We have cultivated a ‘best in class’ reputation by providing strong advisory expertise and capitalizing on powerful M&A, debt and equity product expertise to deliver integrated financial solutions.
The Natural Resources & Energy Transition (‘NET’) team provides strategic and event driven advisory and capital raising services to public and private companies, investors, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds across mining, upstream oil & gas, downstream energy, commodity linked infrastructure and mining services sectors.
The Australian NET team has been at the forefront of activity in the sector, advising on the largest M&A, ECM ad DCM transactions in 2023/24, with marque deals including Newmont’s acquisition of Newcrest, South32’s divestment of its Illawarra Metallurgical Coal business, Alumina on its takeover by Alcoa, and Whitehaven on its acquisition of Blackwater & Daunia from the BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance.
We require an Associate to join our market leading NET team in Australia as it continues to grow. Job Description
- Ability to operate as project / deal team lead, driving the work product and transaction processes
- Participate in the execution of equity and debt financing and M&A transactions
- Perform in-depth financial, valuation, product and industry analysis, and due diligence
- Prepare pitch books, client presentations and live deal materials
- Build financial models
- Attend client meetings
- Help to generate ideas and opportunities for new and existing clients
- Train and mentor junior bankers (Analysts) as they develop core investment banking skill sets
- Learn from, and work with, teams consisting of professionals drawn from across the business, including senior bankers within your group, experts in other areas of the firm and colleagues from around the globe
Requirements
- Investment Banking experience ideally within Natural Resources, Energy, Infrastructure or Industrials
- Outstanding academic achievement
- Strong financial analysis / financial modeling skills
- Detailed oriented with strong quantitative and analytical skills
- A bachelor's degree plus 3+ years of investment banking, corporate finance, M&A, modelling/valuation or consulting experience
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
What you'll be responsible for
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Problem Identification
Identify the problems and needs of key stakeholders to guide data analysis
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Execution and Project Management
Plan and deliver project plans by managing people, resources, budget, and timelines, to support the organization’s goals
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Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Prioritization
Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actions
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Problem solving
Identifies problems and develops logical solutions that address the problems
Meet the team
