Analyst​/Associate - Capital Solutions

Overview

Ducera Partners is a leading, independent investment banking and strategic advisory firm. We take a collaborative, partnership-based approach to deliver superior results to our clients across a variety of advisory verticals, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory, restructuring and liability management, capital solutions, and risk solutions. Founded in 2015, Ducera has advised on over $850 billion in transactions across a variety of industries and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Stamford.

• Play an integral role in the origination and execution of financing mandates, including primary capital raises, refinancings, recapitalizations, and merger and acquisition financings.
• Draft and coordinate marketing materials to drive origination and execution efforts, including client pitches, capital markets updates, confidential information memoranda, investor presentations, and other ad-hoc client-facing materials.
• Build, refine, and maintain detailed financial models and credit analyses used directly in client materials, lender diligence, and financing negotiations.
• Prepare and interpret company and transaction comparables to assess market pricing, leverage tolerance, covenant structures, and investor appetite.
• Perform fundamental credit analysis, including assessment of business risk, cash flow sustainability, leverage and coverage metrics, covenant headroom, and downside scenarios.
• Manage day-to-day transaction execution work streams, including data room setup and maintenance, diligence coordination, Q&A tracking, and interaction with lenders, investors, and other counter parties.
• Support investor outreach and capital formation efforts by maintaining investor databases, tracking feedback and indications of interest, and assisting with capital allocation analyses.
• Monitor financing market conditions, comparable transactions, and investor activity to inform financing strategies and client recommendations.
• Maintain internal transaction and pipeline tracking tools, ensuring accuracy and organization in a fast-paced, multi-mandate environment.
• Over time, take an active role in covering clients (financial sponsors, public companies, private corporates) and investors (alternative asset managers, direct lenders, credit hedge funds, etc.).
• Work closely with senior bankers and clients in a lean team setting, demonstrating ownership, judgment, and professionalism while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Strong technical and corporate finance foundation, including detailed financial statement analysis, cash flow modeling, and the development of fully integrated financial projection models to support financing transactions.
• Intermediate working knowledge of the leveraged finance ecosystem, including leveraged loans, high yield bonds, and private credit, with a solid understanding of various capital structures, financing alternatives, and interpretation of credit agreements/indentures.
• Demonstrated proficiency in preparing and analyzing company and transaction comparables across leveraged loan, high yield, and private credit markets to assess pricing, structure, and market receptivity.
• Fundamental credit underwriting capabilities, including evaluation of business and industry risk, cash flow sustainability, leverage and coverage metrics, covenant headroom, and downside sensitivities.
• Experience supporting and executing capital markets and financing transaction processes, including preparation of lender and investor marketing materials, management presentations, data room coordination, and investor Q&A workflows.
• Strong organizational and process-management skills, with the ability to utilize technology and data tools to build and maintain financing databases, investor and lender relationships, market comps, and transaction pipeline tracking.
• Highly collaborative and team-oriented professional with a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and the maturity to interface directly with clients, investors, and senior deal bankers.
• Proactive self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit that is comfortable operating within a lean organization and a desire to play an integral role in business development efforts/strategies.

To be considered, candidates must hold a bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) and extensive knowledge of and background in capital markets. Expected annualized base salary range of $125,000 – 200,000. The annual base salary range reflects the low and high targets of the