eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Blacksheep Selection Ltd

• Location

  UK-London

• Remuneration

  £50-60k + Bonus + Bens

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  02 Sep 2008

• eFC Ref no

  445156

Our client is a market leading global investment bank with a particular strength in the mining and metals sector. We are looking for an Associate to assist in M&A, strategic advice, divestitures and valuations

Our client consists of a global team of professionals that provide corporate finance advisory and project finance lending financial services exclusively to the mining, metals, and minerals industries. These services include corporate finance and strategic advice and the arrangement of term loan and structured credit facilities for mining corporates and projects. The Mining & Metals Group teams are based in London, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Moscow and leverages off their other core offices in, Sao Paulo, Dubai, Hong King, Singapore and South Africa.

Key Advisory Services include:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Strategic Advice
• Divestitures
• Valuations

Key Lending Services:

• Project Lending
• Limited Recourse Project Finance
• Financing Joint Venture Structures on a Limited Recourse Basis
• Commodity Linked Financing Corporate facilities
• Debt Underwriting, Arrangement & Syndication
• Project Debt Advisory
• Metals Risk Management

Key Tasks

Day-to-Day support to the Mining & Metals team in market, company and opportunity analyses
• Preparation of company and asset valuations applying various valuation methodologies, including Discounted Cash Flow models, peer group equity market valuations, comparable transaction valuations, etc together with analyses of the financial statements, cost of capital and other relevant market data
• Industry research and preparation of company and asset profiles and financial and technical analyses for both deal origination and execution
• Assisting in transaction execution for example on divesture mandates the preparation of information memoranda, management presentations, valuation analysis and management of information, data rooms and due diligence exercises
• Assisting with due diligence as appropriate
• Preparation and execution of compliance related documentation on each client/transaction
• Attending mining company presentations and conferences as appropriate
• The role often involves working to tight deadlines and working on highly sensitive projects across various time zones and in conjunction with professionals in other offices

Key Attributes

• The role will require 2-3 years experience within a corporate finance advisory role, preferably post ACA qualification, (or equivalent experience within the mining and metals sector with exposure to financial or transaction related aspects of the sector) and should be able to demonstrate involvement in a variety of transaction execution mandates
• Experience in financial analysis and be competent in financial modeling
• Strong academic record with a demonstrably high degree of numerical, verbal and analytical competence, preferably gained in a corporate finance role
• Knowledge of and experience in the mining and metals industries is preferable S
• trong written and verbal communication skills and positive attitude
• An ability to work under pressure and meet challenging time deadlines
• A team player with strong inter-personal skills
• The ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously