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2027 Investment Banking Summer Associate Program - Houston, Energy Group

Opportunity ID 1907

Region Americas

Location Houston

Business unit(s) Investment Banking

Program type Summer Associate

Graduation Requirement December 2027 - June 2028

Degree Type MBA

Job description

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.

What you can expect

Jefferies' lean deal team structure affords Summer Associates the opportunity to work closely with senior bankers on pitches and live deals while overseeing Summer Analysts' work product. Tasks go well beyond performing fundamental analysis and research into companies and markets. A Summer Associate is expected to understand market implications, identify key industry and product trends and provide input on pitch and deal material to enhance client deliverables. Summer Associates add value to the team from day one. They are expected to think creatively and pursue their projects with excellence, a collaborative spirit, and with the highest levels of integrity.

Following an enriching orientation and training program, Summer Associates will begin working on their day-to-day responsibilities, with support from colleagues serving as both instructors and mentors throughout the 10-week engagement. Jefferies' collegial program also offers a series of social and educational events to further enhance your professional development and grow your network. These events help Associates develop lasting personal and professional relationships with peers and senior bankers that will serve as the foundation for a successful career. As a way to help maximize your experience with us, Summer Associates receive formal performance reviews.

Summer Associate responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Performing and reviewing financial valuation, discounted cash flow and comparable companies multiples-based analyses
• Building and using financial models
• Preparing pitch books and live deal materials, such as offering memorandums and prospectuses
• Conducting industry and product research
• Analyzing detailed corporate and financial information
• Participating in the execution of financings, M&A and restructuring and recapitalization transactions

What we look for in a candidate

We look for candidates who are eager to make an impact by doing real, hands-on work and participate on active deal teams. Successful Jefferies' Summer Associates will be able to multitask and manage a variety of projects simultaneously. Candidates must demonstrate professionalism and client management skills together with strong technical, written, and verbal communication skills. The work is fast paced, intense and intellectually stimulating. The ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines, be adaptable and work both independently and as part of a team are essential traits of a successful candidate. You should have a strong academic background and in the process of completing the first year of a two-year MBA degree or equivalent. Although a background in accounting or finance is helpful, we hire Summer Associates who have studied a variety of disciplines.

Eligible candidates must be graduating with an MBA between December 2027 and June 2028.

Houston, TX: Jefferies Energy Group

The Jefferies Energy team, based in Houston, represents one of the largest dedicated Energy sector investment banking teams in the world. Our unique structure combines corporate finance and advisory capabilities with a large technical team of geologists and engineers collectively delivering superior financial solutions through industry and banking expertise.

With over 80 professionals worldwide, the team completed 190 book run financings and advisory transactions since the beginning of 2012 with valuation of approximately $215 billion, and well over $300 billion of energy M&A since 2007. The group has been ranked #1 in number and value of U.S. shale sell-side M&A over last 5 years and executed eight of the top 15 U.S. onshore E&P transactions ($134 billion of total deal value) and five of the top ten U.S. midstream transactions ($111 billion of deal value) since 2007. We have advised on over $150 billion in midstream transactions since 2012, including two of the three largest midstream M&A transactions in the last 12 months and five of the eight largest midstream M&A transactions in the last three years. We are a leader in innovative oil and gas financings having raised over $30 billion in private capital since 2012 utilizing a wide range of structures and assets.

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