Investment Banking Associate

Guy Carpenter (GC) is the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and strategic advisor to leading insurance and reinsurance organizations, delivering integrated solutions through its industry-leading analytics and advisory services, highly specialized product knowledge and trading relationships with reinsurance markets around the world. Headquartered in New York City, Guy Carpenter has more than 2,300 employees in more than 50 locations worldwide.

Our GC Securities group provides strategic solutions beyond reinsurance. Our GC Securities group provides clients access to insurance-linked securities, alternative capital solutions, traditional corporate finance advisory and both identification and execution capabilities for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. GC Securities complements our reinsurance brokerage colleagues to extend the range of risk-transfer solutions and advisory services for clients. The group is a leader in experience relating to insurance-linked securities and (re)insurance industry M&A, serving as a single access point to all capital markets and providers worldwide.

As an Investment Banking Associate on our GC Securities team, you will assist current and prospective clients develop and execute strategic transactions. You will work with members of GC Securities and the broader Guy Carpenter organization to identify alternatives for Guy Carpenter’s clients and prospects to grow and increase profitability. You will contribute to the strategic objectives of the group, which are: enhancing the Guy Carpenter value proposition, strengthening strategic relationships with key clients, assisting in developing new relationships and generating new revenue streams.

The Junior Investment Banking professional will play a critical role on the GC Securities Advisory team. The Banker’s responsibilities include:

Gathering and synthesizing financial and operating information about companies and industries
Analyzing detailed corporate and financial information
Developing and maintaining complex financial models
Performing various financial analyses, including valuations and merger consequences
Developing marketing materials and delivering sections of client presentations.
Preparing presentations and other materials for both internal and external clients
Participating in the due diligence process and execution of financings and M&A transactions.
Managing several projects at once and working effectively as an individual and as part of a team.
Providing oversight and guidance to analysts’ work.

Qualifications

3 to 8 years of investment banking, corporate development of execution capabilities or related experience (i.e., ability to execute M&A and capital raising processes)
Bachelor’s degree required
Basic understanding of (re)insurance business and competitive landscape is preferred
Demonstrate financial modeling skills, strong quantitative / analytical skills
Ability to manage and prioritize competing requests from different areas of the business
Strategic and creative thinking with excellent written and oral communication skills
Assertiveness and willingness to take initiative
Excellent attention to detail and quality orientation
Ability to work on cross-functional (and cross-company) partnerships
Proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel

Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a leading global risk and reinsurance specialist, has over a 90-year history of providing integrated solutions to the (re)insurance industry. With over 2,300 professionals in more than 50 offices around the world, Guy Carpenter delivers a powerful combination of broking expertise, strategic advisory services and industry-leading analytics to help our clients achieve profitable growth. As our clients’ most trusted and valuable reinsurance broker and strategic advisor, we leverage our intellectual capital to anticipate and solve for a range of emerging strategic business challenges and opportunities. We embrace a culture that celebrates and promotes the many backgrounds, heritages and perspectives of our colleagues and clients. Visit www.guycarpenter.com for more information and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @GuyCarpenter

Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC and its separately incorporated operating entities around the world are part of Marsh & McLennan Companies, a publicly held company (ticker symbol: MMC).

Marsh & McLennan Companies offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including: health and welfare, tuition assistance, 401K, employee assistance program, domestic partnership benefits, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and other programs. For more information about our company, please visit us at: http://www.mmc.com/. We embrace a culture that celebrates and promotes the many backgrounds, heritages and perspectives of our colleagues and clients. For more information, please visit us at: www.mmc.com/diversity .

Marsh & McLennan Companies and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.