Locust Walk
Job Description: Summer Analyst (2024)

Office: Boston, MA [must have U.S. Citizenship or Green Card- U.S. only]
Locust Walk is seeking students graduating in 2025 to join our team in Summer 2024!

Overview
Locust Walk is an investment bank that integrates the best of strategy consulting with strategic transactions and capital raising for innovative life science companies. We support management and board members through all aspects of the full deal cycle from outreach to term sheet structuring to negotiating to close. Our suite of capabilities and data-driven approach provides you with greater confidence in decision making, faster time from decision to execution, and less friction working with a single team throughout the process. We have offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, and London working with clients throughout the world.

Responsibilities:
The Summer Analyst supports the Deal Team on active transactions and will work on projects which provide exposure to the biopharma and financing business development landscape. 
Play a key role in executing the firm’s engagements including but not limited to:

• Business development and strategic transactions, including buy-side and sell-side partnership agreements in M&A
• Capital markets and financings, including venture-backed private rounds and IPO advisory
• Corporate development and strategic analysis, including commercial assessments and portfolio prioritization
Key activities for transaction work include:
• Financial analysis and valuation modeling in support of deal negotiations
• Revenue and P&L modeling
• Leading analysis of secondary sources
• Due diligence
• Discussions with key opinion leaders
• Precedent transaction analysis
• Production of marketing materials (e.g., product teasers, presentations)
• Development of commercial presentation
• Identification of target partners
• Maintaining contact logs and board update materials
Contributing to practice development activities including but not limited to:
• Maintaining and updating an active database of target assets and partner interests
• Maintaining and updating an active database of transaction work
• Participation in Locust Walk networking events with life science executives

Qualifications:
Professional and Academic Prowess. All our team members have different strengths that contribute to the success of our firm. The background for a Summer Analyst position would ideally illustrate the following attributes:
• Passion for life science transactions: some relevant industry experience is preferred
• Successful track record working on transactions in the life science space: working directly or in a supportive role to close strategic transactions, M&A, and/or financings is helpful
• First-rate education: strong academic track record; working toward a degree in life sciences
Skills:
• Basic understanding of financial modeling, including P&L, BS, cash flow statements, and DCF models
• Strong communication skills and comfort presenting in front of company management, Board, and speaking directly with physicians and other key opinion leaders
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills
• Either a proven track record of working with and managing teams or relevant leadership skills that demonstrate an ability to do so successfully

Personal Attributes:
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic who is willing to do what it takes to get the job done
• Poised professional who effectively collaborates and communicates with other team members, clients, and prospective partners
• High-integrity individual who puts clients’ interests first and is transparent in his/her communications
• Comfortable working in a small entrepreneurial environment
• Cheerful, lively and highly detail organized 

Compensation and Future Opportunities:
The Summer Analyst will receive a competitive base salary for the summer and first in line consideration for a full-time position with the firm upon graduation. Thereafter, full time Analysts have the opportunity to move quickly through their path to promotion based on meeting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) clearly established by Locust Walk. This internship is a 10-week program running from June to August.
What is our culture?
We look for entrepreneurial, growth-oriented individuals who are committed to the success of others. We have a high-performance culture that rewards creative solutions to daily challenges, as well as a strong work ethic while enjoying the ride. Locust Walk offers a mindful work-life balance within the context of a transaction-focused professional services firm. While we have always connected in our physical locations, ate lunch together, and enjoyed other team activities, we have now created a hybrid environment of in-office and work-from-home flexibility. We are open and honest with each other and transparent in our dealings, including information about the health of the business. 

A match with our values and culture is our highest priority
This person needs to live the Locust Walk values. Culture is very important to us. We're looking for people who make a good fit. Listed below is an overview of our core values. Please consider whether these are a match with yours:
Commitment to the Success of Others
• Global team-based culture with individual accountability 
• No team member is left behind: we are committed to succeeding together for the benefit of both our clients and the company 
Open and Courageous Communication
• In the spirit of caring for each other's success, we commit to being truthful and transparent in our communication and feedback, both to clients and inside the company and we do so with empathy and success
• We commit to thoughtful and rigorous debate and feedback at all levels of the company
• The Locust Walk Leadership Team always strives to be as transparent as possible with the company
Growth Mindset
• We thrive on challenge and are life-long learners. We are not afraid of failure, yet see it as a springboard
• Honest bi-directional feedback is important for building trusted, productive relationships
• Feedback should be given as soon as possible after an event or situation occurs rather than waiting for the moment to pass
Entrepreneurial Spirit 
• We are self-motivated to succeed and will do whatever it takes for our clients to succeed in an ethical manner
• We will always have a small firm ethos with an entrepreneurial mindset and minimized bureaucracy
Enjoy the Ride
• We care about and for our clients and each other
• We work hard and integrate fun into the core of what we do. We all have unique interests and find common ways of sharing that with each other
• Wins should be celebrated
• It is about the journey, not the destination

For More Information:
Visit our website at www.locustwalk.com