2026 KBCM Investment Banking Summer Analyst - Chicago, IL

Location:

227 West Monroe Street - Chicago, Illinois 60606

Application Deadline: February 14, 2025

Candidates are asked to apply to any location(s) they are interested in to be eligible for the different industry and product groups available at the specific location. A survey will be sent to all qualified candidates after the application deadline to specify your industry and product group preference. 

 

KeyBanc Capital Markets 

KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) is a leading corporate and investment bank providing capital markets and advisory solutions to dynamic companies capitalizing on opportunities in changing industries. Our deep industry expertise, broad capabilities and unique ideas are seamlessly delivered to companies across the Consumer & Retail, Diversified Industries, Healthcare, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Utilities, Power & Renewables, and Technology verticals. With over 800 professionals across a national platform, KeyBanc Capital Markets has more than $30 billion of capital committed to clients and an award-winning Equity Research team that provides coverage on over 700 publicly traded companies. 

 

The summer analyst program provides an excellent opportunity for senior-level banker and client exposure and higher, immediate “hands-on” experience. 

 

About the Summer Analyst Program 

KBCM provides its Summer Analysts unprecedented professional development opportunities through a mix of on-the-job training and structured, hands-on experience. The program is designed to provide broad experience across all stages of transaction executions, from pitch phase through closing. Because our Summer Analyst Program is a direct pipeline for our full-time Analyst positions, it offers exceptional potential for you to return to KBCM upon graduation to start your capital markets career. 

 

Job duties may include: 

• Perform financial modeling and valuation analysis on public and private companies: comparable company analysis, precedent transaction analysis, leveraged and discounted cash flow analysis. 

• Assist in drafting offering memoranda, preparing internal committee memoranda, and creating client “pitch books”, management and board presentations. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Rising juniors enrolled in a four-year, undergraduate degree program with coursework in finance, economics or accounting graduating by May of 2027 

• Minimum 3.5 GPA 

• Strong quantitative and critical thinking abilities 

• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork from past work experience and/or extracurricular activities 

• Highly motivated with a strong work ethic 

• Outstanding interpersonal, communication and presentation skills 

 

Groups where interns may be placed include: Financial Sponsors 

 

Financial Sponsors 

Our professionals are able to bring financial sponsors to appropriate companies seeking investment, and to access a deep pool of equity investors interested in middle market companies. Once all parties are at the table, we move into execution. We leverage the resources of KeyBanc Capital Markets® to deliver M&A advisory services, debt and equity capital markets and leveraged finance solutions. Working with many financial sponsors time and time again, we bring our trusted partners opportunities on a regular basis, with the understanding that when we commit, we get the deal done. KBCM’s highly specialized teams are able to deliver financial sp