Investment Banking Associate - Energy

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.

Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel, Associates are primarily responsible for acting as the keystone of all project teams, serving as a project manager taking guidance from senior bankers and managing and mentoring Analysts. Associates work on small, client-focused teams within the Corporate Finance and M&A disciplines. We offer a unique environment which combines a highly entrepreneurial platform focused on emerging growth companies with significant analytical rigor.

• Play a critical role as the project manager on teams to manage the deal process from origination to close
• Develop integrated financial models and related valuation analyses
• Participate in M&A, corporate finance (debt, public, and private equity) and restructuring assignments
• Prepare valuations, write memorandums for M&A and private placement processes, conduct M&A analyses, and participate in due diligence and drafting sessions for public and private offerings
• Mentor junior staff and target areas for their development
• Work on multiple projects and transactions at any given time

• Strong ability to work in an entrepreneurial culture
• Ability to manage, from start to finish, financing and M&A transactions
• Excellent analytical, modeling, and client management skills
• Exercises good judgment in assessing risks and rewards of new business opportunities

• Minimum Required: Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field
• Minimum Required: 3-5 years post-undergraduate work experience in investment banking or a related field

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up.  We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas.  Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations.  Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more.  Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.