FinTech / Blockchain /Crypto Business Development Specialist
FT Partners is an investment banking firm focused exclusively on financial technology. It provides strategic and financial advisory services, including M&A, capital raising, IPO advisory, valuations, and restructuring, to FinTech companies, founders, CEOs, boards, investors, and financial institutions.
About FT Partners
Financial Technology Partners, also known as FT Partners, is a global investment banking firm focused exclusively on the FinTech sector. The firm provides strategic advisory services such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, fairness opinions, and anti-raid advisory, as well as financial advisory services including private capital raising, private equity, restructuring and LBOs, IPO advisory, and valuations. FT Partners also operates a FinTech equity research and strategic insights platform, publishing market reports, transaction analysis, and research for institutional investors and industry executives. Its clients include early-stage startups, high-growth private companies, public companies, financial institutions, investors, CEOs, and boards of directors across the financial technology ecosystem.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
As a Strategic Insights Business Development Associate, you will support the firm's business development efforts by identifying strategic opportunities. You will track industry trends, company performance, investment activity, and emerging technologies, and leverage in-depth research and analysis of FinTech, blockchain and crypto sectors to drive deal sourcing. You will lead analysts in developing client targeting strategies and advancing the pipeline, work directly with leadership of leading FinTech companies on diligence and assessment, collaborate with senior bankers to develop presentations and materials to win new business, and manage internal databases for market intelligence, transaction activity, and target clients.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in investment banking, consulting, venture capital, corporate strategy, or a related field
- Strong knowledge and experience in blockchain and cryptocurrency is required
- Deep understanding of fintech market dynamics and emerging trends
- Superior research, writing, and presentation skills
- Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier institution; advanced degree or MBA is a plus
Responsibilities
- Track industry trends, company performance, investment activity, and emerging technologies
- Leverage in-depth research and analysis of FinTech, blockchain and crypto sectors to drive deal sourcing and procurement
- Lead analysts in developing client targeting strategies, analyzing prospective companies and advancing the pipeline
- Work directly with leadership of leading FinTech companies to enhance the firm's diligence and assessment of each opportunity
- Collaborate with senior bankers across the firm to develop presentations and other materials to win new business
- Manage the maintenance and enhancement of internal databases for market intelligence, transaction activity, and target clients
Benefits
- Bonus potential
- Comprehensive benefits package
