Investment Banker - Industrials

Join us as an Investment Banker at Barclays where you’ll play a crucial part in providing comprehensive investment banking solutions (M&A, ECM, Leveraged Finance etc.) to corporates, governments, and financial investors.

This is a unique opportunity to join the Frankfurt presence of our EMEA Industrials team. Our Industrials team has a wide remit, and this represents an opportunity to hone your technical and interpersonal skills along with an opportunity to work on international projects across the EMEA region and beyond. The Industrials team based in Frankfurt has a strong established track record having closed multiple transactions this year alone and is seeking an individual to support executing its continued strong pipeline of mandates.

Step into the role of an Investment Banker, where you’ll have:

• A strong understanding of professional ethics and regulatory environment.
• Demonstrate best in class professional integrity.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, accounting, valuation and modelling skills.

Additional skills/qualifications include:

• You should have a strong academic background (a minimum of bachelor’s degree).
• Strong relevant Investment Banking (Corporate Finance/M&A) experience or equivalent required.
• Languages; ability to communicate effectively in multiple languages is helpful.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. Additional relevant skills in identifying ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda and taking ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.

This role is based in Frankfurt.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are always working on the correct visa. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Purpose of the role

To build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies.

Accountabilities

• Development and maintenance of strong relationships with corporate clients by understanding their business, financial goals, and industry trends.
• Generation of ideas and identification of opportunities that expand the bank’s client base and generate new business opportunities.
• In-depth financial analysis and due diligence on client companies to assess their financial health and valuation.
• Collaboration with legal and compliance teams to review, draft, and maintain legal documentation required for transactions, including contracts and agreements.
• Collaboration with other teams, such as Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, Research, and Risk Management, to provide comprehensive solutions to clients.
• Champion Energy Transition and Sustainability by engaging with clients on their climate, transition strategies and sustainable finance opportunities where applicable.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. ‚Complex‘ information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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