Investment Banking Associate – EMEA Global Industrial Group

Company: UBS
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Location: London
Job Description:

Job Title

Associate Director

Location

London

Job Type

Full Time

Job Reference

337446BR

Your role

  • Independent thinker, who will find creative and correct solutions to senior clients and alike
  • Strong analytical skillset, able to define, guide and review detailed valuation (LBO, DCF, comparables, transactions etc.) and other financial analyses in the context of M&A transactions
  • Proactive and driven, capable of actively participating in identifying new opportunities and new clients, as well as supporting in coverage of existing clients with new ideas
  • Collaborative, and able to work flexibly and adapt to different working styles within the GIG team and across product and country partner teams
  • Client focused, and will build and support existing relationships across our sponsor and corporate coverage universe
  • Team focused, and will help to build team culture and develop skills of junior bankers
  • Dynamic, with an appetite to work across verticals, including industrial technologies, business services, aerospace & defence, automotive, transportation & logistics, paper & packaging and building materials
  • Capable of supporting in the execution of transactions across products (M&A, equity capital markets, leveraged finance etc.)

Sectors Covered

  • Industrial Technologies: Coverage of corporate and private equity owned assets across areas including automation, green tech, water & flow control, building technologies, power generation & the energy transition, traditional capital goods and many more
  • Business Services: Encompasses servicing business models, with particular focuses on equipment rental, facility management, security services, testing & inspection, distribution, staffing, education and BPO
  • Aerospace & Defence: Includes coverage of OEMs and component providers across the aerospace & defence value chain
  • Automotive: Spans automotive component suppliers through to manufacturers & assemblers of commercial and off-highway vehicles
  • Transportation & Logistics: Includes everything that moves or delivers objects and people, from airlines and public transportation to freight forwarding and post & parcel operators
  • Packaging: Coverage across all material types and substrates, with a focus on relationships with key global corporates and sizable sponsor assets
  • Building Materials: Across heavyside (e.g. cement), lightside (e.g. doors) and distribution of building materials

Your expertise

  • A university degree in finance, economics, business administration, mathematics, or related technical field
  • Relevant experience in investment banking including both idea generation and transaction execution (with focus on M&A)
  • Excellent financial modelling experience (operating models / DCFs, merger models, LBOs)
  • Robust understanding of asset and corporate valuation and ability to lead preparation / review of excel models
  • Strong skills in developing client presentations across pitching and execution documents, with the ability to proactively drive creative and original content
  • High level of attention to detail, proactivity and time management across all endeavours
  • Passionate and motivated to develop your career and relationships both within UBS and with your clients
  • Experience training / managing junior team members to achieve the best outcome for all team members and clients
  • Strong communication skills and ability to present internally and to clients
  • Previous experience in investment banking role in an/multiple industrial vertical(s) is preferred but not necessary
  • Proficient in spoken and written English is essential; additional languages are a plus but not required

Disclaimer / Policy statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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Posted: June 1st, 2026