Company Overview:

Hiring for a boutique financial advisory and investment banking firm focused on delivering high-touch execution, deep sector understanding, and relationship-led client coverage across structured debt, growth capital, strategic financing, and transaction support. The firm works closely with founders, promoters, investors, lenders, and management teams on complex financing and strategic situations.

Role Summary:

The firm is seeking a mid-management investment banking professional at the Senior Manager/Associate Director level with strong capability in structured debt and capital advisory. This role is best suited to a candidate who can independently manage live financing mandates, support origination, deepen lender and investor relationships, and progressively assume revenue responsibility, with primary emphasis on structured debt transactions and selective exposure to growth and late-stage equity mandates.

Salary: Fixed 25-27lacs per annum. Bonus 50%+ based on performance

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead day-to-day execution of structured debt mandates, including acquisition finance, promoter funding, growth debt, working capital solutions, mezzanine or quasi-equity structures and bespoke capital solutions.

- Support selective equity capital raising assignments with a focus on growth-stage and late-stage private capital mandates, including preparation for institutional investor dialogue and transaction execution.

- Prepare and review client-ready materials such as pitch books, teaser notes, information memoranda, lender or investor presentations, financial models, debt sizing analyses, cash flow assessments, valuation work, and internal deal notes.

- Work directly with senior leadership on mandate strategy, capital structure assessment, lender and investor outreach, negotiation support, term sheet discussions, diligence coordination, and end-to-end process management.

- Build and maintain relationships with promoters, CFOs, NBFCs, banks, private credit funds, AIFs, family offices, venture debt providers, and growth-stage equity investors relevant to the firm's mandate base.

- Contribute to business development by identifying financing opportunities, developing ideas around structured capital solutions, and helping convert prospective engagements into mandates.

- Manage junior team members and analysts on execution quality, timelines, work allocation, and professional development.

- Track market developments in private credit, structured finance, growth capital, lender appetite, pricing trends, covenant structures, and transaction benchmarks to improve client advice and origination quality.

Revenue Responsibility:

This role carries meaningful but developing commercial ownership. The selected candidate will be expected to:

- Contribute to origination and conversion of structured debt and capital advisory mandates through existing relationships and self-generated opportunities.

- Build and maintain an active pipeline across borrowers, promoters, lenders, private credit investors, and relevant intermediaries.

- Support annual fee generation goals through both execution-led client retention and new mandate conversion.

- Drive individual revenue contribution over time.

Candidate Profile:

The ideal candidate should bring a blend of financing expertise, client maturity, and entrepreneurial drive.

- 5-7 years of relevant experience in structured debt advisory, debt capital advisory, private credit, project finance, leveraged or acquisition finance, corporate finance advisory, or related investment banking roles.

- Strong understanding of capital structures, credit analysis, cash flow underwriting, debt structuring, lender engagement, financial statement analysis, and transaction documentation.

- Demonstrated experience in independently managing transactions and interacting directly with clients, lenders, investors, and counterparties.

- Prior exposure to business development, client coverage, or revenue responsibility is strongly preferred.

- Ability to operate effectively in a boutique environment where ownership, adaptability, and responsiveness are critical.

- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.

- High attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to combine execution discipline with commercial orientation.

- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and financial modeling.

Preferred Background:

- Experience advising mid-market companies, founder-led businesses, or growth-stage enterprises on structured financing or capital raising.

- Sector familiarity in industries where structured financing or growth capital demand is active.

- MBA, CA, CFA, or equivalent financial qualification is desirable but not mandatory.

Why This Role Matters:

This position is designed for a professional who is ready to move beyond pure execution into a broader leadership track that combines delivery, client ownership, and commercial accountability. It offers the opportunity to build a meaningful franchise in structured debt and capital advisory while also supporting selected growth and late-stage equity transactions within a growing boutique platform.

Compensation Structure:

Compensation may be structured as a combination of fixed salary and a performance bonus subject to experience and role fit. For the right candidate, the structure can be designed to reward both execution excellence and business origination.

Application Note:

The role is best suited to professionals who are comfortable in a high-accountability, entrepreneurial setup and are motivated by both transaction execution and the opportunity to build revenue responsibility over time, with primary focus on structured debt mandates and selective growth-capital execution.