DIRECTOR, INVESTMENT BANKING

Partner Track - Bengaluru - Full-time

THE PROPOSITION:

You have spent your career creating value inside other institutions.

What if the next chapter were about creating the institution itself?

A senior banker's opportunity to help build an institution, not simply join one.

A specialist investment banking franchise at the intersection of deep-tech, sustainability and the energy transition.

01 - THE OPPORTUNITY:

A career opportunity with a different shape.

Most Director roles come with a book of business to maintain, a team to manage and a title to grow into. This one comes with a blank page.

Advisors is building a specialist investment banking franchise at the intersection of deep-tech, sustainability and the energy transition: sectors that are reshaping how capital gets deployed, businesses get built and the future evolves.

We are looking for a senior investment banker who doesn't simply want to execute someone else's franchise, but wants to help build one.

Someone who can spot an interesting founder before everyone else does. Turn a relationship into a mandate. Turn a mandate into a transaction. And, over time, turn sector expertise into a business.

02 - THE PLATFORM:

You won't be starting from zero.

MARKET POSITION:

India's first investment bank specialising in growth-stage deal-making in Climate-tech.

TRACK RECORD:

$150M+ of climate capital facilitated across pioneering transactions.

INVESTOR NETWORK:

600+ investor relationships across India, Singapore, the US, and EMEA.

EXECUTION ENGINE:

Well-oiled machinery supporting models, valuation, diligence and investor outreach.

RESEARCH:

Access to Tracxn, Venture Intelligence and research and AI-enabled workflows.

FOUNDER ACCESS:

Platform built around pioneering companies, referrals and long-standing sector relationships.

The firm works primarily on $10-40 Mn transactions, typically across Series A, Series B and later stages.

Less as a senior employee. More as a future franchise builder.

03 - THE MANDATE:

Build a franchise, not just a pipeline.

You will work closely with the Founder and the team, with significant autonomy to build a sector-led origination and execution franchise.

FIND THE OPPORTUNITIES:

Develop a point of view on sectors and companies before they become obvious. Build founder relationships. Develop institutional investor relationships. Be out in the market, not waiting for it to come to you.

WIN THE MANDATES:

Convert relationships and insights into compelling advisory propositions. Understand what the client actually needs, shape the mandate and earn the right to represent them.

CLOSE THE TRANSACTIONS:

Lead the process from mandate through structuring, valuation, investor positioning, negotiations and closing, supported by company's execution team.

BUILD A REPUTATION:

Become the person founders, investors and strategic players call when something important is happening in your chosen sector.

BUILD THE INSTITUTION:

Help build processes, intellectual capital, client relationships and talent. Mentor the next generation and help shape new sectors, products and geographies.

THE SENIOR BANKER JOB VS THE FRANCHISE-BUILDER JOB:

- Execute mandates

- Manage relationships

- Deliver transactions

- Run a team

- Grow your book

- Earn compensation

- Create mandates

- Own relationships

- Build repeatable deal flow

- Build a team

- Build a franchise

- Participate in value creation

The ambition is not simply for you to become a successful Director at company, but to become one of the people who builds company.

04 - THE PARTNER PATH:

A path measured in value created.

1. BUILD (0 - 18 months):

Originate, execute and close. Demonstrate independent deal flow, client relationship depth, execution quality and revenue contribution.

2. EXPAND (18 - 36 months):

Move from individual rainmaker to franchise builder. Co-own client relationships, develop a sector reputation, mentor talent and build repeatable origination.

3. OWN (36+ months):

Meaningful economic participation, involvement in strategic decisions and the opportunity to help define sectors, products and geographies.

05 - THE ECONOMICS:

Ownership should show up in the economics.

This is a partner-track role. The philosophy is simple: if you create meaningful economic value for the firm, you should participate meaningfully in the value you create.

Competitive fixed pay and performance bonus, discussed based on experience. Revenue share on deal fees originated from new-to-firm client relationships. The economics improve with each additional deal closed.

THE PRINCIPLE:

The upside is linked to what you create. Not how long you have occupied the chair.

Trust. Relationships. Revenue. Judgement. Transactions.

For a Director who demonstrates consistent origination and deal-closing capability, the path to partnership economics can be significantly accelerated.

06 - THE PERSON:

We are looking for the rare combination.

TRANSACTION CREDIBILITY:

6 - 8+ years of meaningful equity fundraising, M&A or related corporate-finance experience, ideally with hands-on responsibility for $25 - 100 Mn transactions.

ORIGINATION INSTINCT:

Evidence that you can source opportunities, build founder and investor relationships and convert conversations into mandates.

FINANCIAL & ANALYTICAL DEPTH:

Strong command of modelling, valuation, structuring and transaction mechanics, able to defend a valuation and structure a transaction without hand-holding.

COMMUNICATION:

Able to hold a room with founders and investors, craft persuasive deal narratives and write concise, professional materials.

ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET:

Prefers ownership over comfort, energised by ambiguity and motivated by building rather than maintaining.

CURIOSITY:

Genuine interest in climate deep-tech, sustainability and energy transition sectors, and the businesses being built around them.

The pedigree matters less than the evidence.

DON'T SEND US A FIVE-PAGE PROFILE.

Tell us what you see that we might not.

Read our work. Understand our sectors. Then tell us what you would build here.

07 - THE CONVERSATION:

If you want to build something that outlasts the job title.

This is not a role for someone looking primarily for a large hierarchy, a narrowly defined execution seat or a predictable promotion timetable.

It is for someone who gets mildly restless when someone says, "That's how we've always done it."

Someone who enjoys understanding a market deeply enough to have a view before consensus forms. Someone who likes founders, including the slightly chaotic ones. Someone comfortable with a blank sheet of paper.

BEFORE YOU APPLY:

- We are unapologetically geeky about EVs, deep-tech, decarbonization and the businesses that will define the next decade.

- It is a small, high-performance team. Initiative and accountability matter.

- We value curiosity, creative problem-solving and people who take the lead.

- Relevant experience can come from IB, PE, VC, corporate finance or an entrepreneurial background.

- Relevant qualifications such as CA, CFA and/or a Masters or PG degree in Management/Finance are preferred, but attitude and track record matter more than pedigree.

- Existing relationships with VCs, PE funds or climate-tech investors, sector familiarity, AI-enabled research/modeling and comfort representing the firm publicly are valued.

Partner Track - Bengaluru - Full-time

Sometimes the most interesting career move isn't joining a successful institution.

It is helping create one.