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# Analyst - Investment Banking - Los Angeles at Ducera Partners - Experienced Hires

- **Company:** Ducera Partners - Experienced Hires
- **Location:** Los Angeles California, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-01-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ducerapartners/jobs/7603125003

## Job description

Firm Profile

Ducera Partners is a leading, independent investment banking and strategic advisory firm. We take a collaborative, partnership-based approach to deliver superior results to our clients across a variety of advisory verticals, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory, restructuring and liability management, capital solutions, and risk solutions. Ducera leverages its extensive experience with an execution-focused approach to advise clients through pivotal moments where judgment, creativity, and precision are critical. Founded in 2015, Ducera has advised on over $925 billion in transactions across a variety of industries and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Stamford.

## Role Overview

Ducera Partners is seeking to expand its team in its Los Angeles office with investment banking team members to assist in deal execution and commercial activities across the broad range of products Ducera offers.  Assignments may include mergers & acquisitions, strategic advisory, restructuring, liability management, capital markets, and growth capital, and frequently involve exposure to new issue advisory services (including ABS related issuances), strategic advisory assignments associated with contingent financial risk and natural disaster, government and public-sector clients.

Team members can expect exposure to assignments focused on the western market, integration on assignments with teams in Los Angeles (primary), San Francisco and New York, and activity driven exposure to advisory opportunities in topical industries and products. Recent power, utility, government and public policy assignments have included advising elected officials and regulators on wildfires/natural disasters, liability frameworks and capital markets implications, and new issuance advisory assignments including achieving the lowest cost on new security issuances.  This role provides experienced investment banking professionals the opportunity to operate at the intersection of corporate finance, strategic advisory, public policy, and capital markets, applying rigorous financial analysis and transaction execution skills to assignments.

## Responsibilities

Team members are expected to work on a wide range of assignments across active products and industries (including those identified above). Work will include, but is not limited to:

- Working closely with senior bankers and clients in a lean team setting, demonstrating initiative, ownership, judgment, and professionalism while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Coordinating complex, time-sensitive workstreams across internal teams and external parties, including clients, legal advisors, and other transaction participants.
- Actively participating in transaction execution, developing and reviewing financial analyses and models, developing and reviewing transaction structures, financing alternatives, implementation paths, and scenario analyses as well as supporting senior bankers in client-facing interactions, commercial activities and deal execution.
- Preparing, reviewing, and presenting client materials, including pitch books, strategic advisory presentations, transaction presentations, recommendations, and review of capital markets, ratings and credit perspectives to support discussions with clients and other stakeholders. Work involves developing and presenting perspectives, informed by reviewing substantial amounts of content, third party perspectives and recommendations, legislative and regulatory documents, credit and equity research, market reference points and internal experience.
- Monitoring, tracking, interpreting and informing team on market activity and industry activity, including tracking and maintaining database of comparable transactions, fundamental credit and cost of capital implications, alternative approaches to execution, investor lists, and developments which will inform strategies, future activity, and client recommendations.
- Maintain internal transaction and pipeline tracking tools, ensuring accuracy and organization in a fast-paced, multi-mandate environment, tracking news, legislative and regulatory activity and monitoring for potential opportunities. Over time, take an active role in covering clients and developing business development efforts.
- Manage day-to-day transaction execution workstreams, including senior banker and clients requests and analysis on time with strong attention to detail.

## Qualifications

- Ducera Partners seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, self-starting, team-oriented, intelligent and have excellent academic, leadership and extracurricular records. Successful candidates will demonstrate a strong background in finance, accounting, economics as well as possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, outstanding project management skills, and exceptional attention to detail. Additional qualifications include but are not limited to:

- Experience in investment banking with strong technical and corporate finance foundation.
- Strong organizational and process-management skills, with the ability to utilize technology and data tools to build and maintain databases, investor and lender relationships, market comps, and transaction pipeline tracking.
- Demonstrated proficiency in preparing client presentations and analyzing company and transaction comparables.
- Highly collaborative and team-oriented professional with a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and the maturity to interface directly with clients, investors, and senior deal bankers.
- Proactive self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit that is comfortable operating within a lean organization and a desire to play an integral role in business development efforts / strategies across topical industries and products.
- Completion of a profile on Suited to further assist in an evaluation of your candidacy: [Creating a Suited Profile](https://app.wellsuited.com/join/mn4yuRoZYM8cjF5BAJkz)

Expected annual base salary range: $110,000 - $140,000

The annual base salary range reflects the low and high targets of the estimated base salary range for this position. The actual base salary an employee in this role receives may vary depending on a variety of factors, including but not limited to: work location, job-related knowledge, and prior experience. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components. Ducera Partners is an equal opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of, and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, martial or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, medical condition, genetic information or predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other category protected by law. Ducera Partners also complies with all applicable laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation of disabilities to applicants.

Investment Banking Candidates: Ducera Partners uses the Suited Assessment as part of our candidate evaluation and recruitment process to expand our consideration of candidates beyond traditional hiring metrics. Information on what is measured by the assessment, Suited’s data retention policies, and how to request a reasonable accommodation may be found here: [Resource Guide for Investment Banking Candidates](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__t.sidekickopen27.com_Ctc_I4-2B23284_cxlk104_JlY2-2D6q7W95jsWP6lZ3kWW60rjqc7ps9gPW44b-5FYX1y-2D6s3W3Rrzyj3ZxsqmW2tyFhR2ShG02W9k2K5n6Y4YZqW5n6s6h6nnPJJW6fKSCn4krsjJW4DdDJn1h36kWW3KrHkT2s5p9mW6VwnK8508f6xW7gX7jp1ZtlRzW8pLdG767HcgWW5-5Fdrp561j6QBN7jfHrtnzYSJW79Pg-2D75kxr2LV16r9-2D6n0588W9dtN9486sJ3xW7ZBrn-2D3MpD6VW3nsFZd5KXdcTW36MjmV7mfNyxW59lQ7M3sqrjMW8gKQvq2KL7M0W4hrd0C5XZr-5FGW8KZpx31GFBsTW5kdbgW6xcbCbN7CGhFDrGDnjVv9-2DZ-2D664RsvW83KkQF4LQXnJW4jvkLR457jYpW7G1Nmb2CDVGwf1bmZbW04&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=c8TGoOQEJnxlD2X5OaXJQ3fHJIg39xX7vdMI6DaQllQ&m=_PiwT7JEWR_BS2FPaz1YEugFnviClE8XKck3FF_9khU&s=U0FnScLrnEOubnJn_Oa6BQnzLcZVnTHG1uhtItGBCO0&e=). Completing the Suited assessment is a mandatory part of our recruiting process; however, should you believe that even with appropriate reasonable accommodations enabled you require an alternative selection procedure, please email us at recruiting@ducerapartners.com. To see the results of our AEDT bias audit required under New York City Local Law 144, please click here:[IB Assessment - Predictor 13A](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__t.sidekickopen27.com_Ctc_I4-2B23284_cxlk104_Jll2-2D6q7W7Y8-2DPT6lZ3nsW54pm3m6DTCbHW61pqdd1kSLznW7c3h-2DT7nXKQDW6Zk-2D281mr173W57kzPp6p1PdcW2Ss-5FNc2dnGbLW1TbN3Y3B-5FwvfW2Y-2DVYZ3q0tLnW7FF-2Dlp5wvvvkDfX2y5tRBrW842xRn96smqGW1rpPg17PsyVCW5-5Fjjt6384RQLW91KFJ85VQc7cW8kH0f376JXfFN3g90XcgtVlJW6nW5GX468FDlW1ZSqky6JYHZ4W7wdmrQ65YqVvW7R6zV02N7fmcMZk93ZqF6kTW95bqRg8XHP76W2RVRWt4cSyMMW8lsRFv1sxC9qW4jz-5FpC7XPBqqW6PHszN5K354Gf7CFFlx04&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=c8TGoOQEJnxlD2X5OaXJQ3fHJIg39xX7vdMI6DaQllQ&m=_PiwT7JEWR_BS2FPaz1YEugFnviClE8XKck3FF_9khU&s=nQ1tbeEzdU42kPQNmk9dl_SU5IbhNDfWSCHq_i9fKYw&e=).

## About Ducera Partners - Experienced Hires

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ducera Partners is an independent investment bank providing trusted, independent advice on complex M&A, restructuring, and capital solutions transactions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Partnership)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (11 Times Square, Floor 36)
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (senior team includes Partners such as Jay K. Sinha, Mark Davis, Agnes Tang, etc.)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Investment Banking (Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring, Capital Solutions, Growth Equity)
- **Target customers**: Corporate decision makers, boards, and stakeholders seeking advisory on complex and transformative transactions; B2B, enterprise
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To provide trusted, independent advice and innovative solutions to decision makers in complex and transformative corporate finance transactions.” (paraphrased from website)

## Products & Services
- **Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)**: Strategic buy-side and sell-side advisory, including cross-border and special situations.
- **Restructuring**: In-court and out-of-court debt restructuring, liability management, and Chapter 11 advisory.
- **Capital Solutions**: Private capital raising, equity and debt financing, and liability management transactions.
- **Growth Equity Investing / M&A (via Ducera Growth Ventures)**: Partnership with Growth Science Ventures to invest in and advise high-growth companies. [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com) (source in LinkedIn news section)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private partnership)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$46M (latest estimate); total advisory transactions since founding exceed **$850 billion** across various industries. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ducera-partners-llc)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partnership structure; recent high-profile hires include John Vaske (Vice Chairman, M&A), Christopher Grubb (U.S. Head of M&A), Mike Genereux (Restructuring Partner), and Andrew Vogt (Managing Director). [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com)
- **Growth Signals**: 34.1% headcount growth YoY (94 employees); LinkedIn followers up 38.5% yearly; active job postings up 300% YoY (8 open roles). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ducera-partners-llc)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Senior-led, team-driven model**: The firm emphasizes that its senior team has worked together for their entire careers, fostering deep trust and seamless collaboration.
- **Boutique focus with elite reach**: Independent advisory without conflicts of interest (no lending or trading desks), allowing focus on client outcomes.
- **Track record**: Over $850 billion in advised transactions since 2015, spanning complex restructurings and high-profile M&A.
- **Culture of long-term careers**: Philosophy of building a cohesive bench of professionals committed to a long-term career in investment banking, not just a stepping stone.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand M&A practice**: Recent hires of senior bankers (Vaske, Grubb) signal aggressive growth in M&A advisory.
- **Strengthen restructuring group**: Addition of restructuring partners (Genereux) to capture increasing demand in distressed situations.
- **Launch Growth Ventures**: Partnership with Growth Science Ventures to create Ducera Growth Ventures, targeting growth equity and M&A for emerging companies.
- **Hire experienced professionals at all levels**: Active recruitment for Analysts, Associates, and Directors across New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Stamford. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ducerapartners)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 4.5/5 on employer review sites, with perfect 5.0 scores for work-life balance, compensation, culture, and career growth (based on 4 reviews). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ducera-partners-llc)
- **Work Environment**: In-office? The firm has 8 U.S. offices (NYC, LA, SF, Stamford). Roles are likely office-based with high deal exposure.
- **Career Development**: “Exposure to high‑profile deals and mentorship by industry veterans – there is no limit to your potential.” [ducerapartners.com](https://ducerapartners.com/careers/)
- **Compensation**: Reported salary ranges (from LinkedIn): Investment Banking Analyst ~$144,856/yr; Analyst ~$83,050/yr; Analyst 2 ~$76,452/yr. Competitive with elite boutiques.
- **Team**: Small, highly collaborative environment (~94 people) where you work directly with partners and managing directors.

## Sources
1. [ducerapartners.com](https://ducerapartners.com/) – Company overview, values, services
2. [ducerapartners.com/careers/](https://ducerapartners.com/careers/) – Career page, culture messaging
3. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ducerapartners) – Active job listings for experienced hires
4. [linkedin.com/company/ducera-partners-llc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ducera-partners-llc) – Company details, financials, headcount, reviews, recent news

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