IQSM | Group Leader - Investment Banking

GROUP LEADER - INVESTMENT BANKING - EMEA

Group Leader - Investment Banking and M&A - EMEA

Preferred Location: London, Paris, Zurich, Frankfurt or Dubai - Hybrid

Role Listing Date - 20 January 2025

EOI Close Date - 14 February 2025

Planned Commence Date on or about 10 March 2025

Open Position Reference Code: 55R-2025-IB-RL-EM

Hybrid workplace locations for Regional Leader Investment Banking roles

can be negotiated on a local region-wide basis for exceptional candidates

The Role:

Managing Director Level

Group Leader - Investment Banking and M&A - EMEA

Reporting directly, to the Group CFO - Global Operations - the successful candidate will be responsible for all regional, Investment Banking operations and M&A transactions - with 5+ years of senior experience required - in local banking markets in Europe & the Middle East.

We are seeking a young, highly ambitious, and extremely confident - get-the-job-done type of team leader, with first-class presentation skills - who has the the opportunity to build and develop a brand new IB team from the ground up, by leveraging unrivalled new investment banking and M&A capabilities without competition, on an unprecedented local and regional scale.

They will be rewarded with an unrivalled - industry - remuneration package, directly related to their personal deal-making skills, team development, and regional revenue performance.

We Offer:

A competitive salary package with performance-based incentives.
Opportunities for professional growth and advancement within a rapidly growing group.
A dynamic and supportive work environment with unrivalled world leading platform based products and services and sustainable long-term competitive advantage.
Unrivalled benefits package and work culture with regular social engagements.

Job Type:

Full-time, Permanent

Base Pay:

£495,000 per annum

With role listed UK, EU, Switzerland or UAE Home Base region benefits - plus

Management team performance bonuses, a five year pre-paid home loan, and a two year convertible stock option plan, fixed at a five times base salary multiple pa over a 2 yr term.

The base salary and bonus package is designed to return minimum regional performance remuneration of £8.10.5 Mn in year one and increasing with group growth - without cap for the successful candidate thereafter - plus generous stock options, with secondary market trading and drawing line rights available post conversion.

It will be necessary to accept and to complete an initial non-disclosure agreement - prior to detailed initial discussions, and a pre-employment review in depth. In additional - a binding 2 year non-compete agreement will need to be completed by the successful candidate that is effective immediately for a 2 year term, on completion or cessation of group employment.

Benefits:

Stock options
Company events
Gym membership
Company health plan
Company pension contributions
Workplace relocation support costs
5 year pre-paid mortgage aligned to base pay

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

Bonus scheme – Personal performance based bonus system
Stock options – Five times base salary, convertible at 2 years

Application question(s):

You MUST live in or be willing to relocate to the UK, EU, Switzerland or the UAE to apply

Work authorisation:

in the UK, EU, Switzerland or the UAE will be required and supported by the company

Work Location:

In person in the UK, EU, Switzerland or the UAE with frequent industry travel, partner forum and conference attendance as and when required

FULL ROLE SPECIFICATIONS ARE C-in-C and will be AVAILABLE TO APPROVED EOIs only - Subject to Candidate NDA Completion

Please address EOI's and/or CV's - in the first instance, to hr.careers@iqsm.com with the relevant reference code in the email header line - Reference Code: 55R-2025-IB-RL-EM

IQSM | Group Leader - Investment Banking - EMEA |