PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank. Our team of senior professionals delivers a wide array of strategic advisory, shareholder advisory, restructuring and special situations and private fund advisory and placement services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors and governments around the world. We offer a unique portfolio of advisory services designed to help our clients achieve their strategic objectives. We also provide, through PJT Park Hill, private fund advisory and fundraising services for alternative investment managers, including private equity funds, real estate funds and hedge funds.
From the beginning, PJT Partners has firmly believed that having the best people is key to building an enduring franchise. Our perspective was, and remains, that a great team brings in both top tier clients and appeals to a wide-range of diverse, talented colleagues. Fostering an inclusive culture, which welcomes differing perspectives and beliefs, enables us to provide the best advice and insights to our clients.
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Responsibilities
PJT Camberview, PJT Partners’ industry leading shareholder advisory business, provides investor-led advice to public company boards and management teams around the globe on shareholder engagement, strategic investor relations, activism and contested situations, ESG and sustainability and other complex corporate governance matters.
PJT Camberview seeks an experienced and highly motivated Associate to join our advisory team. The Associate should have experience in buy-side or sell-side equity research and/or an advisory role providing strategic advice to public companies. This role is not sector-specific, and candidates will be expected to operate within a generalist model. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to develop and translate a deep understanding of current issues related to active investment management, and activism into actionable advice for clients.
Responsibilities of the Associate include, but are not limited to, the following:
Execution of Client Engagements
- Conduct analyses of fundamentals, investor challenges and investor messaging opportunities and develop creative solutions for clients that address misperceptions and other issues that may adversely impact valuation
- Assist in drafting a compelling investment thesis and supporting narrative to help clients retain current shareholders and appeal to prospective shareholders
- Build financial models and conduct detailed financial and valuation analyses
- Perform deep dives and benchmarking on companies and industries
- Support all aspects of day-to-day client engagements
- Prepare sophisticated and effective management/investor presentations, press releases, scripts and other deliverables relating to a range of fundamental and governance issues
- Demonstrate the capacity to work directly with clients and prospective clients, successfully contributing to both relationships
Support Senior Leaders in Business Development
- Assist in identifying and pursuing new business opportunities
- Prepare senior leaders for pitch meetings with potential clients
- Assist in creation of company-specific pitch materials highlighting the most relevant services for that particular prospect
- Support the ongoing development of marketing materials
Firm Leadership
- Serve as a leader and mentor to Analysts, helping to develop the next generation of Associates
- Assist in identifying and recruiting new team members
Qualifications
We seek to hire individuals who are highly motivated and intelligent. Successful candidates will possess the following:
- 4+ years of work experience in a buy-side or sell-side equity research role and/or an advisory role providing strategic advice to public companies
- Bachelor's Degree, with a strong academic record
- Experience performing in-depth fundamental research
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to communicate effectively in presentations and express complex strategies in an organized and articulate manner
- Ability to comfortably interact with senior-level executives and clients
- Effective time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
- Collaborative and team-oriented with sound judgment and strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Highly organized, detail-oriented and proactive
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
Expected annualized base salary of $200,000 to $250,000.
This range represents the low and high ends of the expected annualized base salary for this position. The specific base salary received by any employee will be informed by a number of factors, including but not limited to, role level and scope, location, candidate’s relevant qualifications, skills and experience.
Base salary is one component of PJT Partners’ compensation structure. In addition to base salary, PJT Partners’ compensation structure may include additional rewards, incentives and benefits, including but not limited to, a discretionary bonus component.
PJT is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of, and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, martial or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, medical condition, genetic information or predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other category protected by law. PJT Partners also complies with all applicable laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation of disabilities to applicants. For more information or to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources.
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