2025 Research and Business Development Analyst

Company: Financial Technology Partners LP
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: October 8, 2024

Job Description:

Position: Financial Technology Partners is seeking Analysts for July 2025.
Firm Overview
Financial Technology Partners is one of the most successful boutique investment banks on Wall Street. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in NYC and London, FT Partners has advised on some of the most meaningful transactions in the high-growth Financial Technology sector in recent years. We offer a full suite of financial and strategic advisory services, including merger and acquisition advisory, private capital raising and capital markets advisory. We are a 200+ global firm that prides itself on having an extremely collegial and energetic culture. Every member of the organization is expected to meaningfully contribute to the firm's success.
Role Description
The Analyst program is designed to equip the next generation of FinTech Investment Bankers, VCs, and Private Equity Professionals with the tools and skills needed to become leaders in the space. If you are an ambitious, recent college graduate and are passionate about FinTech - we would love to meet you.
In this role, you will:

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• Perform due-diligence on high-growth FinTech companies including conducting various valuation analyses (e.g. DCFs, public comparables, precedent transactions) for companies across FinTech verticals and business models.
  
• Meet with FinTech founders, venture capitalists, private equity firms, and traditional finance executives in order to understand strategy, product roadmaps, acquisition interests, and capital raising / liquidity needs.
  
• Leverage FT Partners' proprietary database and alternative data sources to identify emerging trends in FinTech.
  
• Research significant M&A and private capital raising transactions and publish high-quality reports.
  
• Work side-by-side with deal teams in helping to assess valuation, product differentiation, and investor/buyer rationales.
  
• Develop high-impact, client-facing deliverables including sell-side pitches, views on market trends, and analyses of investment/acquisition activity across FinTech.
  
• Assist senior bankers in developing and implementing business development strategies and facilitating dialogue with CEO/CFO/Board level contacts.
  
  Qualifications
  
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  • Recent graduate or graduating by June 2025.
    
  • All degrees considered, Finance, Economics or Accounting preferred.
    
  • GPA 3.40 or greater.
    
  • Strong interest in finance, consulting, research, and FinTech.
    
  • Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills.
    
  • Strong work ethic and a drive for excellence.
    
  • Team player, self-motivated, and entrepreneurial.
    
  • Strong data management and research skills.
    
  • High attention to detail.
    
  • U.S. work authorization required. FT Partners will not sponsor applicants for work visas at application or in the future.
    
    Why FT Partners?
    
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    • Managing Partner and Managing Directors formerly of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Evercore and Barclays.
      
    • Award-winning execution; Investment Bank of the Year / Boutique of the Year Awards (among many others).
      
    • Executing both billion dollar and early stage / high-growth VC transactions.
      
    • Excellent career path, strong and competitive compensation.
      
    • Unparalleled deal flow with premier client base.
      
    • Access to world-class executives at high-growth companies.
      
    • Dominant footprint in one of the largest sectors: financial technology.
      
    • Top-notch financial sponsor relationships.
      
    • Close-knit, rapidly growing team.
      
      Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: Financial Technology Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact People Operations.
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