FinTech Strategy and Business Development First Year Analyst
FT Partners is an investment banking firm focused exclusively on financial technology.
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
You will support priority investment-banking initiatives and produce tailored FinTech industry research. You will conduct financial and qualitative due diligence, assess product-market fit, perform valuation analyses, research transactions and market trends, prepare market-facing materials, and support senior bankers in business-development discussions.
Requirements
- Be a 2026 undergraduate.
- Have a GPA of 3.30 or higher or UK equivalent.
- Demonstrate strong interest in finance, consulting, research, and FinTech.
- Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrate data management and research capabilities.
- Currently reside in New York or be prepared to relocate at your own expense.
- Hold UK work authorization; work-visa sponsorship is not available at application or in the future.
Responsibilities
- Conduct due diligence on high-growth FinTech companies, including valuation analyses such as DCFs, public comparables, and precedent transactions.
- Engage with FinTech founders, venture capitalists, private equity firms, and finance executives to understand strategies, product roadmaps, acquisition interests, and capital needs.
- Use proprietary databases and alternative data sources to identify emerging FinTech trends.
- Research M&A and private capital-raising transactions and produce reports.
- Develop sell-side pitches and analyses of FinTech investment and acquisition activity.
- Support senior bankers in developing and executing business-development strategies and facilitate discussions with senior executives and board-level contacts.
