Vice President - Investment Banking - Consumer & Retail Group

Overview

Join us at Barclays as an Investment Banking Vice President in Consumer Retail Group Coverage. In this role you'll take a lead role in working with team members on research and analysis of Consumer Retail Group sector/companies, company valuations, finance modelling, marketing materials and transaction documentation. Mergers and Acquisitions will be a central focus for this team, you'll play a key part in both origination and execution of these transactions.

• Strong M&A and financing skills
• First class experience required of complex financial modelling, valuation techniques, presentation preparation, due diligence and financial analysis
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes
• Experience in deal origination: helping generate ideas, writing presentations and handling client follow up
• Proven presentation skills - evidence of leading client presentations
• A solid track record of executing transactions in Consumer Retail Group
• Experience of working in Investment Banking Consumer Retail Group Coverage at VP level
• Strong understanding of professional ethics and regulatory environment
• You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills