Vice President - Investment Banking - Emerging Growth and Regional Coverage

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Business Overview

The Emerging Growth & Regional Coverage business focuses on establishing strategic dialogue and building long-term relationships with U.S. mid-cap companies and sponsors, venture capital and emerging growth companies through localized and dedicated coverage.  We provide strong advisory expertise, capitalizing on powerful mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity product expertise to deliver integrated financial solutions.

Job Description

Build strategic partnerships with CEOs, CFOs, board members and other key decision-makers within targeted client group. Provide creative, value-added ideas and solutions based on client needs. Individuals at this level possess a broad range of product skill, enabling them to fluently represent and coordinate the delivery of the full range of Investment Banking capabilities to the client.

Ideal candidate will play a key role originating, evaluating opportunities and deal execution, working on a broad scope of assignments across all industries and products aligned with one of the 6 geographic regions:  Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest. They will work closely with the GCB RMs and Wealth Management advisors in region as well as Industry & Product partners and are expected to make an immediate contribution. Key tasks and responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Serve as a key resource working closely with GCB and Wealth Management RMs, industry and product partners to proactively generate ideas and solutions to meet client needs
• Act as strategic advisor to clients enabling them to achieve their long-term goals
• Function as the key point of contact for the group, responsible for coordinating information flow and execution of work product with product groups, internal and external legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory parties
• Be a team player and culture carrier

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Investment Banking with experience in financial services
• MBA degree with outstanding academic qualifications or relevant experience preferred
• In depth experience of delivering investment banking products and advisory services to clients
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Strong client relationships, marketing, presentation and sales skills are essential
• Assertiveness, initiative, leadership, strong work ethic, team focus
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrable ability to understand financing needs and matching client needs with the most appropriate product / service
• Self-motivated, tenacious and able to work with high degree of independence
• Ability to effectively interact with and the ability to work and communicate effectively with the immediate team, product partners and ultimately bank clients
• Creativity, problem solving skills, flexibility in approach and the ability to work with members of multiple product groups at the same time
• Ability to analyze complex client financial objectives, accounting or tax issues and alternative solutions or approaches
• Strong team player, willing to learn and assume responsibility and be enthusiastic about becoming a member of a successful and growing team
• The ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously & working effectively as an individual & as part of a team
• Business Results: Client relationships, Analytical ability, Execution
• Passion in striving for business excellence
• Team-working, leadership and problem-solving skills, plus creativity are key qualities, as is the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-task and interact with a variety of