Investment Banking – ECM UK – Junior Analyst – London

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated to work in a dynamic team and to contribute to our Investment Banking business.

Contribute to our Investment Banking business as a Junior Analyst, working alongside top-tier professionals in a fast-moving environment. You'll gain a robust career foundation in financial services through hands-on learning, mentorship, and numerous development opportunities.

Our Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team is responsible for the oversight of origination and execution of a variety of transaction types (including IPOs, rights issues, ABBs/blocks, equity-linked instruments and equity private placements).

As an Investment Banking Junior Analyst within the UK & Ireland ECM team, you will assist in preparing origination / marketing materials to pitch new ideas and execute transactions for clients. You will be involved in the ECM coverage effort for a variety of corporate clients across industries. You will work closely together with other corporate finance / capital markets teams within the bank (investment banking coverage (including broking coverage) & industry teams, mergers and acquisitions, debt capital markets, acquisition & leveraged finance and equity derivatives).

Joining here means you’ll become part of our inclusive teams and culture, unified by the firm’s mission and commitment to success.

Job responsibilities

As part of the team, you’ll be required to:

• Take part in origination and execution of ECM transactions led by J.P. Morgan
• Draft equity market updates to corporate clients on a regular basis leveraging internal and external databases (Bloomberg, Dealogic)
• Liaise with equity syndicate / research / sales / trading teams in order to gather market intelligence on an ad hoc basis
• Conduct investor targeting exercises and collect investor feedback using a variety of sources and internal teams (sales / syndicate / research / corporate access)
• Work together with corporate clients and transaction lawyers

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Excellent academic credentials
• Ability to multi-task, organized, rigorous
• Interest in capital markets and corporate finance
• Ability to work within a team, in a fast-moving, results-driven environment
• Ability to effectively interact with sales people and research analysts, as well as corporate clients and other banks as part of working groups on projects
• Ability to work independently and to take initiative
• Proficient quantitative and analytical skills, including PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

This role encompasses the performance of regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the relevant regulatory authorities to carry out such activities.