Investment Banking Associate

Armory Group, LLC is a national financial services firm, offering a full spectrum of advisory and professional services, including investment banking, strategic advisory, consulting, and asset management services, all focused on middle market companies. Through its investment banking affiliate, Armory Securities, LLC, Armory provides clients with a wide range of financial advisory services from mergers and acquisitions, debt or equity financing, special situations and restructuring services. Through its consulting and advisory affiliate, Armory Strategic, LLC, Armory provides clients with a wide variety of financial and operational services, including general strategic advisory, interim management, performance improvement, cost reduction, and transaction support.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

Armory is seeking a results-oriented professional, who can analyze company financial information, develop financial models and lead workstreams. This role requires a strong work ethic, financial modeling background, and passion for excellence and delivering high-quality outcomes. We look for candidates who have a proactive approach to identifying and seizing opportunities, in addition to attention to detail, adaptability, and a commitment to understand and meet our clients’ needs.

Armory offers a dynamic and collaborative work environment for Associates to work as generalists on projects that provide exposure to various financial advisory and investment banking products and industries. Associates can expect to be involved in a variety of transactions, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalization and restructuring assignments. We are committed to the development of our people by offering mentorship, training programs, and a wealth of opportunities to expand their skills and accelerate their careers.

In this role specifically, you will support 1-2 primary Managing Directors, who have a background in gaming and restructuring. Note these transaction experiences are preferred, not required. This will be a fully remote position, though at Armory, we pride ourselves on being extremely collaborative, even virtually, to assist in deliverables and training for our bankers. This role provides a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced, execution-focused environment, promoting a culture of mutual support and collective advancement.

Requirements:

• 2-3 years of previous experience in an investment banking front office role
• Bachelor’s degree or MBA with a well-rounded academic background from a top tier educational institution
• Understands transaction cycle and the steps in the process, and is execution oriented
• Strong qualitative and analytical skills including financial modeling, financial statement analysis, and valuation work
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with senior professionals, clients and key stakeholders in other line of business
• Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines, and have the aptitude to synthesize large amounts of information and to develop innovative solutions
• Strong decision-making capabilities and the ability to identify problems and drive to resolution
• Ability and drive to take full ownership of processes
• Demonstrated team player and leader with a strong motivation to contribute to a positive team culture and experience in training junior bankers
• Experience in special situations investment banking, restructuring credit, or leveraged finance preferred
• Interest in gaming, real estate, and leisure investment banking preferred

This is a full-time remote position, though you will be expected to work alongside senior bankers that primarily sit in Dallas, TX and Los Angeles, CA. The targeted start date is immediate. Compensation includes base salary, discretionary bonus commensurate with the industry, and full benefits (including health, dental, vision, flexible spending account, and 401k).