Summer Analyst / Associate, Corporate & Business Advisory
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Founded in 1984, The Coury Firm is a privately held multi-family office, asset manager, and strategic business advisory platform. The Firm represents a community of prominent and influential leaders that includes a global network of exclusive families, entrepreneurs, companies, and institutions.
REPORTS TO
The Summer Analyst or Summer Associate, Corporate & Business Advisory will report directly to the Vice President of Corporate & Business Advisory or their designee.
LOCATION
260 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15222
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
The position of Summer Analyst/Associate for the Corporate & Business Advisory division will be focused on providing financial analysis to support the Firm’s clientele. This individual will play an integral role on our team, providing quantitative and analytical support for all sell-side and buy-side acquisition assignments, refinancing, recapitalization and restructuring assignments and be responsible for interacting and collaborating with the client and their respective advisors in the process.
This role will be assigned to a variety of projects and given a broad range of responsibilities such as developing and managing comprehensive financial models and analysis, creating client presentations, preparing for/attending client meetings, and performing in-depth company and industry research.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The key responsibilities and description of duties described below are not intended to be all inclusive:
- Assist in developing and maintaining financial models and projections. Such analysis may include but is not limited to: Comparable Company Analysis (Public Comps), Precedent Transaction Analysis (M&A Comps), Discounted Cash Flow Analysis (DCF), Merger & Acquisition Models, and different strategic alternatives and capital structure options;
- Communicate financial information and strategic issues in a clear, concise and relevant manner to assist and guide executives and business owners in a variety of corporate finance transactions;
- Perform due-diligence on behalf of a client for any transaction or assignment involved in a client engagement. Support the efforts in reviewing or putting together a comprehensive data room and presentation materials.
- Conduct comprehensive and in-depth company and industry research;
- Demonstrate extraordinary attention to detail on client deliverables;
- Develop and deliver customized presentations/plans to help client accomplish their goals;
- Manage different types of projects at once and work effectively and efficiently as an individual and part of a team;
QUALIFICATIONS
The Summer Analyst/Associate, Corporate & Business Advisory should possess the following qualifications:
- 3rd year undergraduate candidate in a finance or business track program or current graduate student pursuing an MBA
- Interested in investment banking, private equity, or consulting roles post-graduation
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based environment with minimal supervision
- Strong communication and networking skills
- Impeccable research, quantitative and analytical skills, especially in explaining market / company events
- Ability to adapt quickly to a variety of industries and businesses
- Ability to challenge financial and strategic assumptions of business line executives, finance personnel and other diligence team members
- Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office products, especially Microsoft Excel
- Ability to organize and track overlapping tasks and assignments, with frequent priority changes
- Strong financial modeling and forecasting skills
- Excellent work ethic, desire for continual improvement, and strong intellectual curiosity