Investment Banking Associate - Media & Entertainment

Investment Banking Associate

Intrepid Investment Bankers is expanding nationally and seeking to hire a talented and experienced professional at the associate level in the media and entertainment group.

We are looking to add a high-performing investment banking associate to join our media and entertainment practice, which delivers expert M&A advisory and capital raising services tailored to the unique needs of businesses across the media and entertainment industry. This associate will support deal origination and execution across our targeted sub-verticals, including digital video/OTT, digital audio/music, sports and sports tech, video games, marketing and agency services, OOH entertainment, creator economy, B2B media tech, and digital publishing. We are focused on candidates available to join our offices in New York or Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

• Organizing, reviewing, and analyzing due diligence processes and materials
• Developing valuation analyses and models (projections, LBO, DCF, public comparables, historical M&A transactions, etc.)
• Preparing comprehensive pitchbooks, information memoranda, management presentations and marketing materials
• Compiling prospective acquirer & investor lists and contacting acquirers & investors
• Performing key steps in the transaction execution process
• Supporting senior bankers in establishing relationships and maintaining direct contact with current and prospective clients
• Interacting with senior bankers to help build the firm (training, recruiting, mentoring, etc.)

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of sellside M&A advisory and investment banking experience with record of completed transactions from pitch to close, preferably including experience in the media and entertainment sector
• Outstanding academic credentials from a top tier school
• Demonstrated critical thinking, process oriented, and strong attention to details
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Highly proficient financial analysis and modeling skills
• Proactive, results oriented, can-do attitude, team player
• Self-starter willing to work in an entrepreneurial, demanding, and fast-paced environment
• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a small team
• Proficiency with S&P Capital IQ, Pitchbook, Salesforce CRM and online data room platforms
• SIE and Series 79 and 63 licenses are required

The typical base pay for this role is $170,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our total rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.