Investment Banking & Capital Markets – Strategic Equity Transactions Group (SETG) Associate

Job Description:

Job Title:  Investment Banking & Capital Markets – Strategic Equity Transactions Group (SETG) Originator

Corporate Title: Associate

Location: New York, NY

Overview

Our Investment Banking & Capital Markets business provides the full range of investment banking products and services for large-cap and mid-cap corporates and financial sponsors.  Our product offering to our clients consists of comprehensive financial advisory and capital raising services, including mergers & acquisitions (M&A), underpinned by one of the world's largest and most successful global debt and equity capital markets platforms. Our range of services and strong global presence enables us to complete large, multi-dimensional cross-border, and regional transactions.

Deutsche Bank is currently in an exciting phase of its growth journey having just released its new corporate strategy in November 2025 focused on continued growth and investment in its Investment Banking & Capital Markets division.  Under this strategy and 2028 plan, the Industrials team is a core sector focus for investment.

DB’s Strategic Equity Transactions Group structures, markets and executes bespoke equity transactions for corporations, financial institutions (including private equity firms) and high net worth individuals. The team operates on the private side, working alongside client coverage teams in

Investment Banking, and product teams such as Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance. Example products / transactions executed by SETG include convertible bond issuance and other equity-linked financings including margin lending, and hedging, monetization or stake accumulation strategies via corporate equity derivatives

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain relationships with clients focused on the delivery of advice on equity capital markets issuances and opportunities
• Create and deliver high-value added financial analysis to targeted universe of clients and prospects
• Collaborate with other internal teams to cross-sell other products offered by the bank

Skills You’ll Need

• Significant network and experience within the arena with extensive, product and market knowledge
• Proven track record of independently and proactively servicing multiple clients and effectively managing multiple priorities, while generating significant revenue
• Previous Equities experience
• Strong commercial acumen: understanding client/market problems, proactively tackling challenges and seizing opportunities as they arise
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• A strategic thinker with the ability to understand broad business issues, their potential implications and to make sound business recommendations
• Dynamic, agile, highly motivated. Able to navigate, adapt and thrive in a constantly changing/evolving global bank

Expectations

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role work in person in the New York, NY office. 

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $175,000-225,000. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications.  Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of renumeration.

Deutsche Bank Values & Diversity

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