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What You'll Be DoingUnder general supervision, the Debt Capital Markets Analyst is responsible for supporting deal teams on debt capital markets transaction origination and execution for financial institution clients. This role will require the analyst to focus on origination, pricing, structuring, modeling, valuation and execution of a full suite of fixed income and preferred products, including senior debt, subordinated debt, and preferred securities.
What We're Looking ForSpecific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Monitoring markets to determine indicative pricing levels for various debt and preferred products
- Analyzing trends in the credit and rates markets, including macro-environment and new issue/secondary spread levels
- Providing modeling and relative value analysis for all transactions
- Cost of capital and capital structuring analysis for various debt and preferred financing alternatives, including regulatory capital treatment
- Supporting deal teams on all parts of transaction execution
- Collaborating with Fixed Income Sales and Syndicate to gather investor feedback on live transactions
- Tracking debt maturities, call dates, and refinancing opportunities across the coverage universe
- Supporting rating agency processes, including preparation of ratings presentations and follow-up materials
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Strong quantitative / analytical skills
- Understanding of financial concepts and the fixed income and credit markets
- Solid work ethic and superior attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively manage multiple simultaneous project deadlines
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong ability to work in a team-based and entrepreneurial culture
- Familiarity with investment banking terms and processes
- Minimum Required: Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field
- Minimum Required: 0-1 years as a business analyst or related experience in brokerage industry, experience at a financial services institution preferred
- Minimum Required: None
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, is a full-service investment bank and broker dealer specializing in the financial services sector. The firm maintains industry‐leading positions in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, secondary offerings, research, as well as sales & trading in equities securities of financial services companies.
The firm’s investment banking division provides a broad range of services to depositories, insurers, broker-dealers, mortgage banks, asset managers, REITs, specialty finance firms, securities exchanges and fintech companies. KBW professionals advise clients on M&A origination and advisory transactions, debt and equity financings, balance sheet restructuring, and mutual thrift & insurance company conversions. Based on a history of exceptional transaction execution and significant senior level attention, KBW is a thought leaders in the industry, with a complete perspective of the micro and macro trends that impact decisions. Backed by more than 100 seasoned investment banking professionals around the world, KBW focuses their resources on developing long-term relationships to help clients navigate increasingly interrelated global financial markets. KBW has advised on 10 of the 15 largest bank M&A deals since 2020.
Since KBW’s founding in 1962, the lifeblood of the business has been the relationships the team of professionals develop with their clients, with investors, and with each other. At KBW, you’ll join a group of over 400 hardworking visionaries with deep domain expertise and a unique understanding of the rapidly changing financial services industry. KBW is committed to providing an entrepreneurial environment that encourages expansive, long-term thinking. We value diversity and aim to foster a results-driven culture that promotes from within and empowers people of all backgrounds to succeed.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or a related field
- 0-1 years of experience as a business analyst or in a related brokerage industry role
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Understanding of financial concepts and fixed income and credit markets
- Strong work ethic and superior attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple simultaneous project deadlines
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to work effectively in a team-based and entrepreneurial culture
- Familiarity with investment banking terms and processes
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Outlook
- Experience at a financial services institution
Stifel Financial Corp. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation is positioned as highly attractive for financial advisors, with emphasis on meaningful earning upside tied to production. Recognition for advisor satisfaction indicates that incentive mechanics can be a differentiator in producer roles.
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Flexible Benefits — The benefits program is broad and multi-option, spanning multiple health plan choices, FSAs/HSAs, and a wide set of voluntary insurance add-ons. This menu-style design supports tailoring coverage to different life stages and needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are extensive, including parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility and family-building support, and back-up childcare and elder care. These offerings signal a comparatively strong support system for caregiving and family planning.
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What We Do
Established in 1890, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is one of the nation’s premier full-service financial services firms, providing brokerage, trading, investment banking, investment advisory, and related services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities through more than 400 locations across the U.S. Stifel ranks as the 7th largest brokerage firm in the country as measured by number of financial advisors, with approximately 2,300, and features a highly regarded equity research department that has earned numerous accolades from such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Financial Times. In 2023 and 2024, Stifel was recognized as the No. 1 wealth management firm for employee advisor satisfaction, based on the J.D. Power U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study*. Stifel is the principal subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Stifel Financial Corp.'s other subsidiaries include Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC, an independent contractor broker-dealer firm; Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, the Company’s European subsidiary; Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc., our Canadian subsidiary; Stifel Bank and Trust and Stifel Bank, retail and commercial banks; and Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company Delaware, N.A, our trust companies. *Stifel received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2023-2024 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Studies, which measures employee advisors’ satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more details.
