About the role

  • Investment Banking Associate at a rapidly expanding boutique investment bank in Los Angeles. Focused on lower middle market sell-side M&A and supporting a high-performing deal team.

Responsibilities

  • Review analyst output and help uphold a consistently high standard of accuracy, professionalism, and presentation quality
  • Draft and refine client materials such as pitch books, teasers, CIMs, management presentations, buyer lists, and process communications
  • Support origination activities through pitch development, market mapping, target identification, and outreach efforts
  • Support execution across M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory assignments from initial pitch through closing
  • Manage diligence processes, virtual data rooms, diligence trackers, and coordination across clients, counterparties, legal advisors, and other stakeholders
  • Contribute to broader firm-building initiatives, including recruiting, training, and process improvement efforts
  • Conduct company, industry, buyer, and investor research to help inform transaction positioning and business development
  • Build, maintain, and audit detailed financial models, including operating models, valuation work, LBOs, public comps, accretion/dilution analyses, and precedent transaction analyses

Requirements

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create polished, client-ready materials
  • 2–6 years of investment banking experience with meaningful exposure to sell-side M&A, capital raising, or strategic advisory work
  • Undergraduate degree with a strong academic record
  • Ability to work with urgency, manage multiple workstreams, and remain composed in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent financial modeling and valuation capabilities
  • Demonstrated experience supporting transactions from pitch phase through closing
  • Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, PitchBook, and other standard investment banking tools
  • Series 79 and 63 licenses
  • Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and effective process management skills

Benefits

  • Base Salary: Up to $150,000 (commensurate with experience)
  • Performance Bonus (tied to deal activity and firm performance)
  • Leave: Unlimited PTO
  • Additional: Wellness stipends, paid parental leave, and other benefits

Job title

Investment Banker

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$150,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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