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Careers
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Vaquero is always searching for great investment banking talent.
Vaquero’s office is a highly professional and confidential environment, which places customer service as a top priority. All positions at Vaquero Capital are focused on building and maintaining positive relationships with clients, prospects, referral sources, and co-workers. If you’re interested in starting a conversation about joining our growing team, contact us at careers@vaquerocap.com.
Current Openings
Investment Banking Vice President
Investment Banking Senior Analyst
Business Development Associate
Post-MBA Investment Banking Associate
Investment Banking Vice President
Vaquero Capital, a leading technology investment bank in San Francisco, is looking for a high performing Vice President. The position involves working on a variety of transactions for leading technology companies, including mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions. The VP will be immediately assigned to a variety of projects and given as much responsibility as their experience and capabilities permit. They will work directly with senior bankers and clients on all aspects of deal execution and new business support, and will have an important role in developing and strengthening our client relationships and structuring and executing a full range of transactions.
Responsibilities
- Work on a wide range of transactions including private financings and M&A transactions
- Responsible for market and industry research, creating presentation materials, developing client presentations, and drafting memoranda and offering documents for internal and external use
- Supervise, mentor, and develop analyst and associate level bankers
- Interface with maintain relationships with clients and senior bankers in transaction management
- Develop relationships with prospects, buyers, and other industry participants
- Build industry expertise
Qualifications
We are focused on hiring people with the potential to be successful and advance at Vaquero. A successful candidate will possess the following characteristics:
- Bachelor’s degree with excellent academic performance at a first tier academic institution
- MBA or JD preferred
- Five to seven years of post-undergraduate work experience
- Previous experience in a financial analysis or investment banking role
- Significant deal experience in mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions
- Experience and proficiency in financial modeling, analytical and quantitative skills
- High attention to detail, organization, leadership, commitment, initiative, and creativity
- Desire to be involved in a fast-paced, high performance work environment
- Ability to play key leadership role in the transaction execution process
- High levels of ethics, integrity, and judgment
- Proficiency with industry standard technology (Pitchbook, DealCloud, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
Location: San Francisco, California
Investment Banking Senior Analyst
Vaquero Capital, a leading technology investment bank in San Francisco, is looking for a high performing Vice President. The position involves working on a variety of transactions for leading technology companies, including mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions. The VP will be immediately assigned to a variety of projects and given as much responsibility as their experience and capabilities permit. They will work directly with senior bankers and clients on all aspects of deal execution and new business support, and will have an important role in developing and strengthening our client relationships and structuring and executing a full range of transactions.
Responsibilities
- Work on a wide range of transactions including private financings and M&A transactions
- Work closely with Analysts, Associates, and senior bankers on all facets of deal execution and closing processes
- Manage deal execution and closing processes, working closely with Analysts and senior bankers
- Prepare financial and business analyses including (but not limited to) financial models, industry research, management presentations, confidential information memorandums, and software company KPIs
- Prepare materials for and participate in new business development
- Maintain relationships with clients and senior bankers
Qualifications
We are focused on hiring people with the potential to be successful and advance at Vaquero. A successful candidate will possess the following characteristics:
- High attention to detail, organization, leadership, commitment, initiative, and creativity
- Desire to be involved in a fast-paced, high performance work environment
- Independent thinker, comfortable taking initiative as well as excellent writing abilities.
- Experience and proficiency in financial modeling, market and industry research, creating presentation materials, drafting of memoranda and offering documents for internal and external use
- High levels of ethics, integrity, and judgment
- Proficiency with industry standard technology (Pitchbook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
- 2-4 years of post-undergraduate work experience, preferably in a financial analysis or investment banking role
- Bachelor’s degree with excellent academic performance at a first tier academic institution
Location: San Francisco, California
Business Development Associate
Vaquero Capital, a leading technology investment bank based in San Francisco, is looking for an investment banking business development associate.
The business development associate will work on sourcing efforts across the firm, with a particular focus on direct company outreach. This individual will be responsible for finding new client opportunities by working with Head of Business Development and teaming with the broader Vaquero team. A significant portion of our active deal pipeline is proprietary – this individual will be responsible for sustaining this by championing our direct outbound efforts and continued long-term relationship building with target companies.
Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrated experience and abilities.
Responsibilities
- Drive new client generation for a boutique technology investment bank, with a focus on direct company outreach
- Source, develop, and maintain relationships with technology business owners and executives at target companies
- Build and execute outreach lists
- Support team by building pitch book presentations
- Work closely with Vice President, Managing Directors and other members of the team to grow and nurture relationships with target companies and private equity sponsors
Qualifications
We are focused on hiring people with the potential to be successful and advance at Vaquero. A successful candidate will possess the following characteristics:
- Three years’ experience in investment banking, private equity, or a sourcing related role in finance
- Demonstrated ability to cold call, build relationships, and sell in high volume and in more custom, high touch situations
- Demonstrated proficiency in CRM and Microsoft Office suite
- Understanding of our key verticals of SaaS, Internet, mobile, and data
- High levels of accountability, ownership, initiative, ethics, integrity, and judgment
- Proficiency with software and other tools to support sourcing efforts
- Bachelor’s degree with excellent academic performance at a first tier academic institution
Location: San Francisco, California
Apply: careers@vaquerocap.com
Post-MBA Investment Banking Associate
Vaquero, a leading technology investment bank in San Francisco, is looking for a high performing post-MBA Associate. The position involves working on a variety of transactions for leading technology companies, including mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions. The Associate will be immediately assigned to a variety of projects and given as much responsibility as their experience and capabilities permit. They will work directly with senior bankers and clients on all aspects of deal execution and new business support, and will have an important role in developing and strengthening our client relationships and structuring and executing a full range of transactions.
Responsibilities
- Work on a wide range of transactions including private financings and M&A transactions
- Manage deal execution and closing processes, working closely with Analysts and senior bankers
- Supervise, mentor, and develop analyst level bankers
- Prepare materials for and participate in new business development
- Interface with and maintain relationships with clients and senior bankers in transaction management
- Build industry expertise
Qualifications
We are focused on hiring people with the potential to be successful and advance at Vaquero. A successful candidate will possess the following characteristics:
- High attention to detail, organization, leadership, commitment, initiative, and creativity
- Desire to be involved in a fast-paced, high performance work environment
- Ability to play key leadership role in the transaction execution process
- Experience and proficiency in financial modeling, market and industry research, creating presentation materials, drafting of memoranda and offering documents for internal and external use
- High levels of ethics, integrity, and judgment
- Proficiency with industry standard technology (Pitchbook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
- Bachelor’s degree with excellent academic performance at a first tier academic institution
- MBA, finance major preferred
Location: San Francisco, California
Apply: careers@vaquerocap.com