2025 Full-Time Investment Banking Analyst - San Francisco
Needham Overview:
Needham & Company, LLC is a nationally recognized investment banking and asset management firm focused solely on growth companies and their investors. Founded in 1985 by George Needham, David Townes and Raymond Godfrey, Jr., the firm is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Miami.
Needham’s principal activities involve assisting our clients through a variety of advisory and transaction-related services, with a specific focus on:
- Public and private financings;
- Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures;
- Equity research;
- Institutional sales and trading; and
- Asset management through public and private funds.
Needham’s investment banking group is committed to companies with market capitalizations of less than $5 billion. Our core knowledge and deep domain expertise is concentrated in the following industry verticals:
- Semiconductors and semiconductor capital equipment;
- Internet and digital media;
- Software and services;
- Enterprise infrastructure;
- Clean technology;
- Communications;
- Financial services;
- Healthcare; and
- Industrial & diversified growth.
Since the firm’s inception, Needham & Company, LLC's Investment Banking group has completed:
- More than 1000 public offerings;
- More than 100 private placements; and
- More than 500 M&A advisory assignments.
Needham's commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship extends well beyond the borders of the United States. We have participated in the emergence of technological innovation in Europe, Israel and multiple countries in Asia. We have executed transactions in all the geographies and serve our global clients with the same industry knowledge and financial market expertise that has led to our leadership position with U.S. companies.
At Needham, extensive experience in our markets, combined with the teamwork inherent in our independent partnership structure, enables us to provide clients with the long-term advice they need to achieve their business goals. The Firm's commitment to exceptional service is unique in today’s business climate, and is born of a tradition which stresses integrity above all else.
Investment Banking Analyst Position Description:
We are looking to hire a full-time first-year Investment Banking Analyst for the San Francisco office. Under the direction of Senior Bankers, the analyst will work on multiple projects and transactions at any given time, with primary responsibilities surrounding the production of analytical work for clients and the support of transaction execution from origination to closing. The job involves, among other tasks, the following:
- Preparation of presentations to clients;
- Financial analysis, including valuation analysis;
- Capital markets and technology analysis;
- Participation in the drafting of SEC documents;
- Execution of IPOs, follow-on equity offerings, and mergers and acquisition projects; and
- Conducting due diligence for Needham & Company sponsored transactions.
Prerequisites include:
- Excellent analytic and writing skills and a particular attention to detail;
- Strong work ethic;
- Keen understanding of financial statement analysis and company valuation techniques;
- Strong computer skills (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, FactSet, Bloomberg etc.);
- Teamwork, interpersonal, and leadership skills;
- Driven, results oriented personality; and
- An excellent academic record.