Keller Executive Search International

Investment Banker

Keller Executive Search International

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Los Angeles • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 per year

About the role

  • Review analyst output and help uphold a consistently high standard of accuracy, professionalism, and presentation quality
  • Draft and refine client materials such as pitch books, teasers, CIMs, management presentations, buyer lists, and process communications
  • Support origination activities through pitch development, market mapping, target identification, and outreach efforts
  • Support execution across M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory assignments from initial pitch through closing
  • Manage diligence processes, virtual data rooms, diligence trackers, and coordination across clients, counterparties, legal advisors, and other stakeholders
  • Contribute to broader firm-building initiatives, including recruiting, training, and process improvement efforts
  • Conduct company, industry, buyer, and investor research to help inform transaction positioning and business development
  • Build, maintain, and audit detailed financial models, including operating models, valuation work, LBOs, public comps, accretion/dilution analyses, and precedent transaction analyses

Requirements

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create polished, client-ready materials
  • 2–6 years of investment banking experience with meaningful exposure to sell-side M&A, capital raising, or strategic advisory work
  • Undergraduate degree with a strong academic record
  • Ability to work with urgency, manage multiple workstreams, and remain composed in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent financial modeling and valuation capabilities
  • Demonstrated experience supporting transactions from pitch phase through closing
  • Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, PitchBook, and other standard investment banking tools
  • Series 79 and 63 licenses
  • Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and effective process management skills
Benefits
  • Base Salary: Up to $150,000 (commensurate with experience)
  • Performance Bonus (tied to deal activity and firm performance)
  • Leave: Unlimited PTO
  • Additional: Wellness stipends, paid parental leave, and other benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingvaluationM&Acapital raisingstrategic advisorydiligence processesoperating modelsLBOspublic compsaccretion/dilution analyses
Soft Skills
written communicationverbal communicationattention to detailjudgmentprocess managementurgencymulti-taskingcomposure
Certifications
Series 79Series 63