Investment Banking Associate, Healthcare
Dartmouth Partners
New York, NY0–2 yrs6h agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
- Opportunity to advise healthcare companies on M&A transactions, capital raises, and other strategic initiatives.
- Join a highly active team and take on meaningful responsibility across transaction execution, financial analysis, client materials, and junior team management.
- The team is open to candidates with direct investment banking experience, as well as professionals from adjacent transaction-oriented backgrounds who possess strong technical skills, a working knowledge of the M&A process, and relevant healthcare industry exposure.
What You Can Expect
- Exposure to M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory transactions within healthcare.
- Meaningful interaction with clients, management teams, and other transaction stakeholders.
- Significant responsibility within lean deal teams.
- Direct mentorship from senior bankers.
- The opportunity to supervise and develop junior team members.
- A clear path toward increased execution, client management, and leadership responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day execution of M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory assignments.
- Develop, review, and maintain detailed financial models, valuation analyses, and transaction materials.
- Prepare client presentations, confidential information memoranda, management presentations, board materials, and other marketing documents.
- Coordinate due diligence processes and manage communications among clients, investors, legal counsel, accountants, and other advisors.
- Conduct industry, company, and market research to support transaction execution and business development initiatives.
- Manage multiple workstreams and maintain a high standard of accuracy across concurrent engagements.
- Supervise, mentor, and review the work of Analysts.
- Contribute effectively from an early stage while developing familiarity with the team’s internal processes and standards.
Candidate Profile
- Strongest candidates will combine healthcare industry experience, strong technical capabilities, and familiarity with the M&A process.
- The team is particularly interested in candidates who can transition into the role quickly and contribute to live transaction execution with limited foundational training.
Relevant backgrounds may include
- Investment banking experience involving healthcare M&A or broader healthcare advisory.
- M&A investment banking experience in another industry, combined with prior healthcare exposure.
- Transaction advisory or financial due diligence experience, particularly within a Big Four or similarly recognized professional services firm.
- Valuation experience involving healthcare companies, transactions, or assets.
- Corporate development or strategic finance experience within a healthcare company.
- Other transaction-oriented experience that provides a strong foundation in financial analysis, valuation, due diligence, and M&A execution.
Qualifications
- Prior experience at the Analyst or Associate level within investment banking, transaction advisory, financial due diligence, valuations, corporate development, or another relevant transaction-focused environment.
- Demonstrable healthcare industry experience, which may come from investment banking, advisory, consulting, corporate development, or an operating company.
- Strong financial modeling, accounting, and valuation capabilities.
- Familiarity with the M&A process and the ability to understand how a transaction progresses from initial preparation through due diligence and closing.
- Experience supporting or managing due diligence and transaction execution workstreams.
- Ability to step into an execution-oriented role and contribute with limited technical or foundational training.
- Excellent analytical, written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and a consistent commitment to high-quality work.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic track record.
Healthcare Experience May Come From Any Vertical, Including
- Healthcare Services
- Healthcare IT
- Life Sciences
- Medical Technology and Medical Devices
- Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
- Provider Services
- Payers and Managed Care
- Diagnostics and Research Tools
- Other healthcare-related sectors