Investment Banking Vice President - Business Services

Job Description

Job Description

Investment Banking Vice President- Business Services

Location: Chicago, IL

We're currently working with a leading middle-market investment bank that is looking to add a Vice President to its Business Services investment banking team in Chicago. This is an opportunity to join a highly active M&A platform advising founder-owned businesses, private equity-backed companies, and public corporations across a diverse range of sectors.

The team specializes in advising companies that provide essential outsourced and mission-critical services, including facility services, infrastructure and utility services, engineering and consulting, environmental services, and other business services verticals. The Vice President will play a leadership role across transaction execution, client management, business development initiatives, and junior banker mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution and project management of sell-side M&A, buy-side advisory, and other transactions.
• Serve as a primary point of coordination among clients, senior bankers, financial sponsors, legal counsel, and other transaction advisors.
• Develop and review financial models, valuation analyses, transaction materials, and strategic presentations.
• Manage due diligence processes and oversee the preparation and review of transaction-related documentation.
• Draft and review confidential information memoranda, management presentations, investor materials, and other client deliverables.
• Monitor industry trends, competitive landscapes, and market developments within commercial and industrial services sectors.
• Support business development initiatives through preparation of pitch materials, market analyses, and strategic frameworks.
• Participate in client meetings, management presentations, and transaction negotiations.
• Help identify risks, resolve execution challenges, and ensure efficient transaction processes.
• Build and strengthen relationships with management teams, private equity sponsors, and prospective clients.
• Mentor and develop Analysts and Associates while maintaining high standards for quality control and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Approximately 7+ years of investment banking experience, or 4+ years of post-MBA investment banking experience.
• Demonstrated track record executing and closing M&A transactions, with meaningful sell-side advisory experience preferred.
• Strong expertise in financial modeling, valuation, accounting, and transaction execution.
• Ability to manage multiple live transactions and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Previous experience mentoring junior team members and contributing to staff development.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client-management skills.
• Detail-oriented individual with strong project management and organizational capabilities.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to help grow a leading advisory platform.

Ideal Background

The firm is interested in speaking with current Investment Banking Vice Presidents, Senior Associates approaching promotion, or professionals with substantial M&A execution experience from middle-market or bulge-bracket investment banks. Candidates with experience covering Business Services, Industrial Services, Infrastructure Services, Environmental Services, Engineering & Consulting, Facilities Services, or adjacent sectors will be viewed favorably.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Highly active M&A franchise with significant deal flow.
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and client relationships.
• Opportunity to take on meaningful execution and origination responsibilities.
• Strong platform for long-term career progression.
• Exposure to one of the most active and resilient sectors within the middle-market M&A landscape.

\nCompany Description

Operating as part of Phaidon International, Selby Jennings is a multi-award winning global recruitment organization focused on servicing the financial industry.

By breaking down financial markets into individual niches and micro-specialisms, Selby Jennings powers a knowledge-led model, delivering global solutions into local markets. Every consultant is an expert in their field. Structuring our teams to mirror the demands of our clients and candidates, we identify, qualify and present the highest caliber candidates, as well as identifying the best market opportunities for leading finance professionals.

We work in partnership with clients to tailor-make a suitable search model based on the type of assignment and client service level requirements, adopting a bespoke combination of solutions to ensure optimum reach into the active and passive market places.

From our offices around the world, we recruit beyond international boundaries, pro-actively sourcing the best talent in the industry. Across contingent, retained, and project solutions, our service is unrivaled; speaking to our level of service provision, search accuracy, and flexibility.

Company Description

Operating as part of Phaidon International, Selby Jennings is a multi-award winning global recruitment organization focused on servicing the financial industry.\r\n\r\nBy breaking down financial markets into individual niches and micro-specialisms, Selby Jennings powers a knowledge-led model, delivering global solutions into local markets. Every consultant is an expert in their field. Structuring our teams to mirror the demands of our clients and candidates, we identify, qualify and present the highest caliber candidates, as well as identifying the best market opportunities for leading finance professionals.\r\n\r\nWe work in partnership with clients to tailor-make a suitable search model based on the type of assignment and client service level requirements, adopting a bespoke combination of solutions to ensure optimum reach into the active and passive market places.\r\n\r\nFrom our offices around the world, we recruit beyond international boundaries, pro-actively sourcing the best talent in the industry. Across contingent, retained, and project solutions, our service is unrivaled; speaking to our level of service provision, search accuracy, and flexibility.