About the Role
The Municipal Finance Analyst provides analytical, research, and transactional support to investment bankers in structuring and issuing municipal bonds through negotiated, competitive sale, or private placement.
Responsibilities
- Gather, organize, and analyze information to prepare proposals, client presentations, offering statements, and marketing materials.
- Prepare proposals and participate in presentations for prospective clients, detailing financing alternatives in originating, structuring, and marketing an issue and our underwriting capabilities.
- Prepare projections, bond/loan portfolio analysis, modeling, and related financial analyses for potential and actual capital markets transactions, including data conversion, synthesis, and analysis.
- Develop an understanding of economic and political forces affecting bond issuance and the bond market through internal and external resources.
- Enhance the Department’s use and knowledge of available information pertaining to the bond market by collecting, organizing, and maintaining various marketing materials and information resources.
- Coordinate activities related to pricing and settlement of public finance transactions, working closely with management and Investment Bankers to secure closings.
- Develop data and analytical processing skills, gain proficient knowledge of available computer programs, and improve data processing systems to enhance departmental efficiency.
- Proactively identify operational risks and control deficiencies in the business.
- Review and comply with Firm Policies applicable to business activities.
- Promptly escalate operational risk loss events, control deficiencies, and identified risks to the line manager and relevant risk and control functions.
- Perform other reasonably required duties, responsibilities, and authority.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Economics with a demonstrated record of high achievement.
- 1 to 3 years of related professional Municipal Finance experience.
- Proficiency with personal computers and standard productivity applications.
- Obtain and maintain Securities Industry Essentials Exam (SIE), Series 50, 52, and 63 licenses.
- Quantitative and qualitative analytical skills; strong knowledge of finance and accounting.
- Highly motivated, committed, and responsible, with a demonstrated ability to manage conflicting priorities and requests.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain relationships at all organizational levels.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to take initiative and function independently while possessing strong teaming skills.
- Maintain high standards of professional and ethical conduct.
Skills
- Adaptability
- Critical Thinking
- Customer Service
- Detail-Oriented
- Financial Engineering
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Investments Analysis
- Personal Development
- Personal Initiative
- Teamwork
Location
- TWO EMBARCADERO CENTRE, 2 EMBARCADERO CENTER:SAN FRANCISCO
- San Francisco
- United States of America
Work Type
- Full time
- Salaried
Experience Level
- 1 to 3 years of related professional Municipal Finance experience
Education Level
- BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Economics
Salary/Compensations
- $80,000 - $110,000
- Potential to earn more through RBC’s discretionary variable compensation program
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Flexible benefits
- 401(k) program with company-matching contributions
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Paid-time off
About the Company
- We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper.
- We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
- Opportunities to do challenging work.
- Opportunities to build close relationships with clients.
- RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that drives RBC’s high-performance culture, enables collective achievement of our strategic goals, and generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value.
- At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC.
- We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world.
- Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities.
- RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world.
- Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities.
- RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.
