Avendus - Associate - Equity Capital Markets

About the Company:

Avendus Capital is India's leading entrepreneur-focused financial services firm. Avendus offers a wide gamut of differentiated solutions across Investment Banking, Institutional Equities, Wealth Management, Asset Management, and Credit Solutions for the country's thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. The firm is a trusted partner to India's market leaders, digital unicorns and wealth creators. With a team of 130+ investment bankers, Avendus is the largest and the most prolific Investment Bank in India. Avendus is majority-owned by KKR.

Role & Responsibilities :

- Prepare pitch books, industry reports, company-focused discussion documents for capital markets deals

- Perform due diligence, research, analysis and documentation of live transactions

- Manage delivery & execution of projects on ECM side, including capital market updates, newsletters, shareholder / ownership analysis, IPO analysis, new issuance analysis, company profiles, research on companies etc.

- Work on multiple ongoing mandates from pitching, Pre-deal Investor Education (PDIE), investor target analysis, roadshow coordination, shadow book building to pricing discussions and driving investor momentum

- Analyse various sectors from the perspective of shareholding momentum, peer group analysis, elevator pitching and positioning the deal with a differentiating factor for a successful selling story

- Prepare and manage the confidentiality agreements and gather and analyse preliminary data such as audited account, shareholding and leadership details

- Sync internal stakeholders - The internal regulatory team, sector coverage team, private equity coverage team, institutional sales, trading as well as investors, clients and other BRLMs for coherent and seamless deal execution

- Manage client relationships along with the manager

- Assist in identification of business opportunities

- Maintain real-time market knowledge that drive equity markets

Required Background:

- Post-Graduation in Finance or equivalent qualification

- Ability to understand the client's business and economics

- Strong statistical and analytical skills to assess the economic performance/perform analysis of companies and industries

- Ability to work independently and possess the management/ leadership skills to run the research on a day-to-day basis

- Excellent written and spoken communication skills

- Strong business acumen

- A multi-taker with an eye for details