Associate, Banking

Deliver high quality financial advice to clients, working closely with professionals throughout the Firm. Work within the Media & Communications Investment Banking Group on complex strategic advisory, buyside or sellside M&A, public and private equity, hybrid security & debt capital raising transactions across various industry sub-sectors. Assist in the execution of investment banking transactions including collaboration with third party lawyers, accountants, consultants and counter-party financial advisors. Perform complex financial analysis, strategic business analysis, and detailed industry research. Participate in and contribute to team discussions and client meetings. Prepare and deliver client presentations in a clear and compelling manner. Requires a Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field of study and two (2) years of experience in the position offered or two (2) years as an Investment Banking Associate, Research Analyst, or a closely related occupation. Requires two (2) years of experience with: Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint; Factset and Eikon; Financial Modeling including building financial projections, DCF, post-merger models, capitalization table analysis, merger consequences analysis, LBO, Sum of the Parts (SOTP), WACC, tax asset optimization, trading comparable and precedent transaction analysis, and credit and rating agency analysis; building bottoms up operating models with operating drivers across all financial statements; presenting strategic and financial analysis to client senior executives; analyzing and reconciling IFRS and GAAP financial statements; using broker consensus estimates and public information sources including Capital IQ, Bloomberg, and LSEG Refinitiv; conducting client on-boarding and Know Your Client (KYC) processes; Risk Management analysis; conducting business, financial, and legal due diligence in collaboration with third party lawyers, accountants, auditors, consultants, and financial advisors; creating Confidential Information Memos (CIM), marketing materials, client presentations, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), Indemnifications and Engagement Letters, and Purchase, Sale and Merger Agreements in collaboration with lawyers. Qualified Applicants: To apply, visit us at https://morganstanley.eightfold.ai/careers?source=mscom and enter JR000553 in the search field. No calls please. EOE Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.