Position Overview
The team is seeking a Vice President in New York to support senior bankers in client coverage, strategic dialogue, and live transaction execution. The VP will play a central role across M&A advisory, capital markets transactions, and sector?specific analyses while helping expand Jefferies’ platform in this rapidly growing vertical.
Primary Responsibilities
Deal Execution & Client Advisory
Lead day?to?day execution of M&A, leveraged finance, and equity transactions across digital infrastructure and communication services.
Develop, oversee, and review complex financial models, including:
Data center valuation frameworks
Fiber and broadband operating models
Tower and wireless asset?based analyses
DCF, precedent transactions, public comps, LBOs, and sponsor return models
Manage full workstreams across due diligence, process management, document drafting, and deal negotiations.
Prepare strategic materials for clients, including pitchbooks, valuation analyses, industry insights, and process recommendations.
Participate in and help lead client meetings, contributing to relationship development with corporate executives and financial sponsors.
Content Creation & Materials Development
Draft and refine marketing documents such as CIMs, management presentations, board materials, and offering memoranda.
Support the team in developing sector thought leadership, market updates, and proprietary insights.
Leadership & Team Development
Manage, mentor, and train analysts and associates within the group.
Drive internal coordination across product partners (ECM, Leveraged Finance, Financial Sponsors, Infrastructure Finance).
Support recruiting, onboarding, and professional development initiatives within the group.
Required Background
Either:
MBA + relevant investment banking experience, or
Undergraduate degree with 6 + years of investment banking experience
Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical skills
Experience managing full transaction processes from pitch through close
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce client?ready deliverables
Demonstrated leadership ability and experience managing junior team members
Ability to manage multiple live deals and deadlines concurrently
Must live in NYC or be willing to relocate
New York, New York
Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a financial services company, engages in investment banking and capital markets, asset management, and direct investing businesses in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. the company also offers equities research, sales, and trading services; equity finance services comprising financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; and wealth management services to high net worth individuals, their families and businesses, private equity and venture funds, and small institutions.
In addition, it provides fixed income sales and trading services for investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, leveraged loans, consumer loans, securities, markets debt, interest rate, and credit derivative products, as well as foreign exchange trade execution and securitization capabilities, as well as manages, invests in, and provides services to a group of alternative asset management platforms in investment strategies and asset classes.
The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York.