ACA Qualified Analyst – Leveraged Finance Private Equity, Private Credit, Capital Markets & Structured Capital Advisory

About Us

Rothschild & Co is a leading global financial services group with seven generations of family control and a history of over 200 years at the centre of the worlds financial markets.

Our expertise intellectual capital and global network enable us to provide a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients communities and planet.

We have 4600 talented specialists on the ground in over 40 countries around the world enabling us to deliver a unique global perspective across four market-leading business divisions Global Advisory Wealth Management Asset Management and Five Arrows.

As a family-controlled business built on relationships we place a huge emphasis on our people and finding the right colleagues to take our business forward.

Rothschild & Co is committed to an inclusive and supportive environment where different perspectives are valued. We are focused on the attraction and recruitment development and retention and progression of high calibre talent to ensure we and our clients benefit from the value of difference.

Overview of the business

Rothschild & Cos Debt Advisory and Restructuring (DA&R) business is made up of over 200 bankers across 14 countries advising on more than 300 billion of capital raises and restructurings each year.

Closing >300 transactions annually the business benefits from exceptional deal flow and exposure to most high-profile and complex deals across all sectors.

We are primarily an origination business consistently attracting new clients to the firm. However we also operate as a fully-integrated part of R&Cos Global Advisory practice collaborating closely with the M&A sector and Global Markets Solutions teams to deliver seamless execution on deals across the capital tremendous deal flow is driven by our long-standing market-leading position at the centre of the global financing and capital markets and expertise through dedicated specialist teams (Leveraged Finance Investment Grade and Restructuring). Demonstrating our market dominance we are:

• Europes largest placer of private credit (senior through junior and structured instruments)
• The only advisor with TLB and high-yield bond deal flow equivalent to the top-tier bookrunner banks
• Retained advisor to many of Europes largest and most influential corporates

The DA&R business serves a diverse client base across industry sectors including some of the worlds most well-recognised businesses and financial sponsors for example:

• Private Equity sponsors: Ares Apollo Blackstone Bridgepoint Carlyle CVC EQT Exponent GSAM Inflexion KKR Montagu Providence Searchlight SVP Waterland etc.
• Corporates: Wimbledon Thames Water Porsche Burberry Iceland Flutter Colosseum Dental Dishoom MasMovil Orange Marshall Experian John Lewis etc.

The Leveraged Finance (Private Equity Private Credit Capital Markets & Structured Capital Advisory) team provides impartial expert advice to our core client base of large and mid-cap private equity investors non-investment grade corporates families and entrepreneurs across Europe.

We design and execute strategic financing solutions to help our clients reach their goals acting as a trusted partner taking a long-term and independent view of the challenges they face.

Role responsibilities

• Client Interaction
  • Support senior team members in relationship management with direct exposure to C-Suite at corporates and senior Private Equity professionals while taking ownership of direct juniorlevel client interactions
  • Work directly with a broad client base including private equity sponsors non-investment grade corporates family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs.
• Deal Execution
  • Play an active role in deal teams by coordinating communication with internal stakeholders (bankers across levels M&A and equity advisory) and external parties (clients lenders lawyers advisors) and by contributing perspectives to client advice analysis and transaction workstreams.
  • Lead and contribute to the preparation of lender credit materials including financial models lender presentations process-management documents and related process coordination.
  • Oversee several workstreams simultaneously ensuring timely and highquality outputs.
• New Business Origination
  • Conduct targeted research to support marketing initiatives and live deal execution
  • Leverage a wide range of information sources to generate insights on relevant sectors and market trends and support the preparation of pitch materials

Education and Qualifications

• A level or equivalent: ABB or above
• Degree or equivalent: 2:1 or above

Experience Skills and Competencies Required

• Proven academic excellence
• ACA qualified with first-time passes.
• Transaction Services / Deal Advisory / Corporate Finance experience preferred but not essential; candidates from Audit backgrounds are strongly encouraged to prepare with pre-reading to better understand transaction process and corporate finance principals (valuation techniques debt capacity financing markets)
• Ability to communicate clearly as well as persuade and influence others
• Genuine interest in credit investment banking and the broader economy
• Motivated and driven to work in a fast-paced environment and as part of a high-performing team
• Effective relationship building skills with multiple stakeholders internally and externally
• Aptitude for ongoing personal and professional development

Our goal is to have a balanced inclusive and flexible environment which enables all colleagues to achieve their personal and professional aspirations and to ensure that Rothschild & Co provides longer term opportunities for talent.

This is a certified role.