Vice President - Healthcare Coverage
Responsibilities
SG’s Healthcare Coverage team is seeking a dynamic individual for a Vice President position in our New York office, whose primary focus will be to help our Senior Bankers’ marketing efforts for both existing and prospective clients, managing client relationships, and generating new business to execute the group mandate to bank the most important US companies across the sector. As the individual’s career develops, the individual will gradually assume more primary coverage roles with clients and prospects.
The individual will be expected to perform at the highest level of excellence in a demanding environment and would be required to work with product partners drawing from the full spectrum of the firm's global resources to develop customized financial solutions to meet the needs of our clients and prospects.
The main responsibility as a Client Relationship Manager -- Coverage Banker is the initiation, development, and continued cultivation of client relationships with a group of companies as the primary or secondary relationship manager. In this capacity, the individual is responsible for delivering the full breadth of products and services to clients and prospects globally. Societe Generale’s coverage banking teams are organized by industry sector with this role to be within the Healthcare coverage banking team. The candidate is expected to assume an important role within a multifunctional team that is responsible for a wide variety of projects, some of which include:
- Support Senior Bankers’ marketing efforts for both existing and prospective clients, managing client relationships, and generating new business to execute the group mandate
- Manage and develop junior resources in their work on various financial analyses and modeling, including, capital structure analyses, company/industry research and peer benchmarking, corporate finance-related analysis, among other exercises
- Help to prospect within designated sub-verticals in the healthcare sector resulting in onboarding of new clients that fit our growth mandate and SG’s global platform
- Be responsible for business origination, including collaboration with senior members of the team and product partners to generate ideas and source transactions to augment existing client relationships, establish new client relationships and recommend solutions across the range of investment and corporate products
- Coordinate and build relationships with internal client teams and business partners as well as relevant client personnel across the enterprise; build relationships with product colleagues across the globe
- Present ideas and proposals to internal and external clients and lead execution of transactions to facilitate deals from start to end including client sourcing, due diligence, negotiation, structuring, and transaction closing
- Facilitate and coordinate product group idea generation and solutions development across a broad platform of global capabilities
- Manage multi-product origination efforts across the range of investment and corporate banking solutions and across the many geographies in which the bank operates
- Coordinate the development of client presentations, including pitch books, lender/investor presentations, internal committee presentations, approval memos, etc.; supervise the preparation and final work product
- Manage several projects at once and work effectively as a supervisor, as an individual and as a key member of a team
- Be ready and willing to be helpful and support all business activities and objectives with a one-team mindset
Profile required
- Minimum 6 years of experience in investment banking, corporate finance and/or capital markets within the healthcare sector
- Previous experience as a coverage banker or relationship manager with prospecting experience would be an advantage
- In depth understanding of the healthcare industry & trends is preferred. The healthcare sector includes companies that are active in pharma, biotech, med-tech, diagnostics and tools, consumer healthcare, managed care, pharmacy benefits, distribution, and provider services businesses.
- Experience with large corporate clients, investment banking products including M&A and equity capital markets, debt capital markets, derivatives, credit, cash management, and trade finance products
- Ability to manage and influence stakeholder relationships at all levels of the organization, with particular focus at the senior management level
- Aptitude to synthesize large amounts of information and develop innovative ideas and/or product solutions
- Enthusiasm to take on new and challenging tasks in a dynamic environment has a high level of motivation, dependability, intelligence, and ethics
- Superior presentation skills to represent the business across internal and external platforms
- Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to convey ideas
- Strong quantitative/analytical skills, attention to detail and client focus
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Series 79 & 63 is preferred but not required. Expectation to complete series exams within three months of joining
Business insight
OUR CULTURE:
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.
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D&I:
Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.
Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:
• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients
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HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Societe Generale offers a hybrid work arrangement that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely, as well as on-site, in order to promote interaction and collaboration with colleagues while adhering to all SG standard protocols. Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. The applicable Business lines will determine and communicate the work arrangements that best meet their business needs.
COMPENSATION & SALARY RANGE:
Base salary range does not include overtime pay, bonus and/or other benefits, where applicable. Actual base salary offer will vary based on skills and experience.
Societe Generale is an equal opportunity employer, and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. We are committed to recognizing and promoting the talents and achievements of our employees and staff, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or status protected under applicable law.