Group Description: Evercore ISI offers a high-quality, collegial and collaborative environment and a rapidly expanding research platform where exceptional contributors can look forward to longer-term career opportunities.
What is the position? Evercore ISI seeks to hire a Junior Associate to support its Convertible Securities team located in Chicago.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Serve as primary touch point to Evercore platform for institutional investors (hedge funds, mutual funds, pension plans, etc.) focused on convertible bonds
- Deliver Evercore research platform to help inform client investment decisions and add value to their investment process
- Build close and trustful relationships with investors in order to garner client trading volumes and execute agency orders
- Work closely with capital markets to execute primary capital raise transactions for the firm’s corporate clients
- Author investment ideas and research summaries for our client base designed to aid in idea generation
- Uncover and onboard new institutional accounts who would find convertible bonds complimentary to their mandate
Specific Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 0 - 2 years of experience in sales / client relationship development
- Demonstrated interest in capital markets and investing
- Excellent communication/interpersonal skills; i.e the ability to build trusted relationships quickly
- Easily coachable with a desire to learn financial products and investment strategies
- Acute attention to detail and highly organized individual
- Ability to perform well under significant time pressures
- Ability to manage one’s time and thoughtfully prioritize client and firm needs
- Strong quantitative abilities
About Evercore: Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic significance to boards of directors, management teams, and shareholders - including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder advisory, restructurings, and capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public, private capital, delivers equity research, equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1995, the Firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial centers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.evercore.com.
Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: Evercore is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against individuals because of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin or ancestry, mental or physical disability, age, veteran status, military status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or immigration or citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law (referred to as “protected status”), in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
Expected Base Salary Range:$100,000-$130,000
In addition to a competitive base salary, employees may be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus delivered in the form of cash and/or deferred equity. Evercore also offers a variety of benefits and programs, subject to eligibility. These include, but are not limited to:
- Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance, including healthcare savings and reimbursements accounts
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Life and disability insurance, including additional voluntary financial protection insurance
- Well-being resources and programs, including mental health and mindfulness programs, digital wellness platforms, well-being events, and targeted on-site health services
- Family-building and family-support benefits
- Paid parental, caregiver, marriage and bereavement leave
- Commuter benefits, health club membership discounts, and other corporate discounts
- Paid holidays, vacation days, personal days, sick days, and volunteer opportunities