Senior Associate / Junior Vice President - Business Services (PMA)

Americas

Financial Advisory

Minneapolis

Lazard is one of the world’s leading financial advisory and asset management firms. Our people make the difference. With just over 3,000 employees, our tight-knit community allows for professionals eager to learn and willing to teach to connect and grow together. We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion, and allyship are not just business imperatives — they are central pillars of our employee experience. Our entrepreneurial culture and flat structure allow creative ideas and original concepts to drive our business forward — and for careers to take flight.

Through our financial advisory business, Lazard advises clients around the world on strategic and financial matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, capital structure and capital raising. Our client relationships are built on trust and discretion. As the world’s largest advisory-focused firm, we have exceptional depth of expertise across industry sectors and geographies. We value the rich diversity that comes from blending local perspective with our global network.

Lazard is seeking a Senior M&A Associate / Junior Vice President to join the Technology-Enabled Business Services team in Minneapolis. The position offers an outstanding career opportunity in investment banking with a highly successful team specializing in mergers and acquisitions for private market clients with enterprise values ranging from $100M - $2B+. The Tech-Enabled Services team is highly active and successful with more than 100 deals closed since 2011. This team works with market leading companies across a range of business-to-business (B2B) sectors, including HR & Human Capital, IT, Marketing & Media, and Facilities Services.

We’ll trust you to:

• Prepare and participate in new business presentations
• Conduct business and industry research
• Perform valuation analysis and financial modeling
• Prepare marketing materials including confidential offering memoranda and management presentations
• Utilize data to drive insights and inform key “selling themes”
• Engage in significant client interaction at multiple levels
• Develop views on potential buyers
• Interact with potential buyers
• Facilitate sales processes, including managing the due diligence process
• Participate in the development, training, and mentoring of Analysts and more junior Associates
  
  

You’ll need to have:

• High motivation with a strong desire to be the "best of the best"
• Strong interest in business-to-business services companies
• At least three years of M&A investment banking experience, including at least two years at the Associate level strongly preferred
• An MBA preferred but not required
• Strong undergraduate and graduate academic performance (3.5 GPA or better)
• Strong writing skills
• Strong foundational skills, including advanced modeling and financial / data analysis (experience with tools such as PowerBI are a plus)
• Ability to work a demanding schedule
  
  

What we offer:

We strive to enhance the total health and well-being of our employees through comprehensive, competitive benefits. Our goal is to offer a highly individualized employee experience that enables you to balance your commitments to career, family, and community. When you work for Lazard, you are working for an organization that cares about your unique talents and passions, and will continue to invest in the development of your career.

Does this sound like you?

Apply! We’ll get in touch on the next steps.

Inclusion at Lazard

Lazard is an intellectual capital business focused on delivering the best advice and solutions to clients. Achieving these objectives requires us to identify, develop and retain the best talent. A workforce comprised of people with varied backgrounds and experiences creates a rich diversity of thought that empowers us to challenge conventional wisdom, as diverse perspectives lead to better decisions.

Our appreciation of diversity’s strength is ingrained in our multi-cultural heritage. As a global firm that has grown organically from local roots in different countries, we have a deep tradition of respect for individual differences, which has been core to our success for several decades.

The ongoing cultivation of diversity and an inclusive, equitable culture are essential to our continued growth. We are committed to sustaining an environment in which all employees – regardless of socioeconomic status, race, color, nationality, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical abilities, veteran or military status – can maximize their individual potential and our collective success.