Graduate Intern, Asset-backed Finance

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Lincoln International seeks a twelve-month Graduate Intern for its Valuations & Opinions Group in London, offering an immersive, entrepreneurial environment where you will build expertise in asset backed securities. You’ll prepare and refine financial models, write valuation reports and client deliverables, analyze mortgage whole loans, student loans, and instruments such as CMBS and CLOs, and coordinate projects across geographies while supporting senior team members and maintaining valuation databases. To succeed, demonstrate a top tier finance or economics degree, strong Excel modeling, solid grasp of DCF, LBO and comps, and superb writing and presentation skills. Highlight collaboration, integrity, and a track record of self-motivation; tailor your application to showcase structured finance exposure and client facing experience.

We are trusted investment banking advisors to business owners and senior executives of leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies and to public and privately held companies around the world. Our services include mergers and acquisitions advisory, private funds and capital markets advisory and valuations and fairness opinions. As one tightly integrated team of more than 1,400 professionals in 25+ offices in 16 countries, we offer an unobstructed perspective on the global private capital markets, backed by superb execution and a deep commitment to client success. With extensive industry knowledge and relationships, timely market intelligence and strategic insights, we forge deep, productive client relationships that endure for decades. Connect with us to learn more at www.lincolninternational.com.

At Lincoln International, we know that the success of our global organization is a direct outcome of the strength of our people. We encourage diversity of thought and create talent density by attracting, retaining and engaging high performers from all demographics, backgrounds and perspectives. We value diversity, equity and inclusion as a catalyst to foster innovation and creative problem solving, access the best candidates and adapt to a highly dynamic, competitive environment. We know that employing a diverse team and valuing the unique perspectives of our people allows us to better understand and serve the needs of our clients.

Lincoln International is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We encourage you to read more about our commitment to diversity and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) efforts.

Please note that this is a twelve-month graduate internship, NOT a summer internship.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Lincoln International is seeking a Graduate Intern for a period of twelve months to join our rapidly growing Valuations & Opinions Group (VOG). Successful candidates have strong cognitive and interpersonal abilities, want to develop their professional and personal skills, are excited to gain exposure to a broad range of asset classes and industries, and are motivated by the prospect of building a leading valuations practice. 

The Intern position within the Valuations & Opinions Group provides an excellent opportunity to become an expert in portfolio valuations, though Interns may occasionally be required or volunteer to work on valuation engagements for other valuation services. The Intern serves as the analytical and organizational anchor for the Valuations & Opinions Group and would have the opportunity to work with clients including many of the most sophisticated, blue chip institutional investment firms in the industry. Responsibilities at Lincoln International are often more entrepreneurial than at other firms, providing self-motivated individuals with many opportunities to contribute to a dynamic and growing platform. Successful Interns are assertive, motivated self-starters with the desire and potential to succeed in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

We envision the Valuations and Opinions Intern will be initially tasked with the following in support of our Asset-backed Finance Team:

• Preparing, completing, and ensuring the accuracy of financial models and sophisticated valuation analyses
• Writing valuation reports and presentations
• Valuation and analysis of amongst other things, mortgage whole loans, student loans, consumer loans as well as Rated Feeder, SRT, CFO, RMBS, CMBS, CLO, ABS, and other structured finance securities
• Development and maintenance of valuation models for complex financial instruments including private structured finance securities
• Coordinating recurring valuation projects with team members across multiple geographies
• Interacting with clients and preparing deliverables
• Maintaining proprietary valuation databases
• Tracking the capital markets and analyzing any changes within the markets
• Preparing marketing materials for meetings with potential clients
• Supporting the senior members of the Valuations & Opinions Group

Qualifications:

The Intern position at Lincoln International is extremely challenging, offers an excellent learning experience and provides a solid foundation upon which an individual can build a future business career. Interested candidates should meet the following requirements:

Professional and Cultural Characteristics:

• Authentic individual with high integrity, whose personal and professional values are consistent with Lincoln’s Culture Statement (Excellence, Entrepreneurship, Integration, Collaboration, Integrity)
• Assertive, articulate, and self-motivated, can manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong collaborator who enjoys working in an entrepreneurial environment
• Driven and ambitious professional who gains satisfaction from achieving personal and team goals
• Ability to demonstrate good judgment and handle highly confidential information in a professional manner

Additional Qualifications:

• Excellent analytic foundation with advanced understanding of financial statements and various valuation methodologies (DCF, LBO, comparable company analysis, etc.)
• Excellent understanding of financial statements analysis with the ability to work through key assumptions, implicit caveats, and limitations
• Recently graduated with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics from a top tier institution
• Strong academic record, both undergraduate and graduate, of at least 2:1 (UK), 3.5 GPA (US), 1.5 GPA (Germany) or local equivalent 
• Proficiency at financial modeling with advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Understanding of integrated cash flow modeling is preferred
• Experience or interest in Structured Products
• Strong writing skills and experience with PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
• Effective organizational skills and the aptitude to manage people and work products
• Strong communication skills and experience interacting with teammates and clients

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