Investment Banking Associate - Consumer and Retail

Who We Are:

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (“Oppenheimer”) is a leading middle-market investment bank and full service broker-dealer. With roots tracing back to 1881, the Company is engaged in a broad range of activities in the financial services industry, including retail securities brokerage, institutional sales and trading, investment banking (both corporate and public finance), equity & fixed income research, market making, trust services and investment advisory and asset management services.

Our Investment Banking Team is committed to providing in-depth industry knowledge and delivering creative, market-based strategies to clients in all major industries, with a specific focus on Consumer and Retail, Energy, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Industrial Growth and Services, Industrials, as well as Technology, Media and Communications. Our range of services includes Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Debt Advisory & Restructuring, Debt Private Placements and Fund Placement & Advisory. This combination of industry and product groups enables the firm to deliver advice, strategies and capital with a universal banking approach to our target clients – high growth, entrepreneurial, middle market companies.

Job Description

Our Investment Banking department is actively looking for an Associate to join the Consumer & Retail Group in our New York office. Associates serve as critical members of the team, working directly with both Senior and Junior Bankers of all levels on pitches and engagements. The Associate will be given significant responsibility in transaction execution.

Responsibilities:

• Researching industry sector
• Assessing comparable companies, precedent transactions and potential investors/buyers
• Preparing and reviewing complex financial analyses and models
• Crafting detailed memos, presentations and pitches
• Conducting due diligence
• Coordinating group efforts for pitch and transaction related activity
• Presenting materials internally to senior bankers and externally to clients of the firm
• Training and mentoring Analysts within the team

Qualifications:

• Experience in investment banking and M&A processes more specifically
• Experience with Consumer & Retail sector strongly preferred
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills essential
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Elevated attention to detail and consistency in work product
• Strong work ethic and team player
• Organized and proactive
• CapIQ, Factset, Bloomberg and MS Office suite knowledge strongly preferred
• FINRA Registrations: Series 63, 79 licenses and Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam required at time of hiring or shortly thereafter

Compensation:

For job postings in New York City, Oppenheimer is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role. This salary range is specific to New York and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making salary decisions including but not limited to your skills, qualifications, experience, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range is $170,000.00 - $190,000.00 at the time of this posting. Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation such as discretionary bonus.