Fic Associate

**FIC Associate**

This position will be based in Zurich

**FIC Switzerland**

Financial Institutions Coverage (FIC) is a global coverage group specializing in the Financial Institutions sector

FIC aims to build long-term relationships with key clients and gain insight into client strategy and targets to provide original and integrated ideas and solutions

The team provides sector coverage to the major Swiss banks, insurance companies and asset managers, especially cross-divisional strategic solutions like Global Bank, Global Markets, Securities Services, and others

**YOUR WORK DAY**

The Associate assists and supports FIC Bankers in their efforts to promote all of the Bank's product lines, both domestically and globally, a full range of investment banking services, complex bespoke solutions, specialist strategic advice and a comprehensive range of standard commercial bank products

Working with FIC Bankers, you are responsible for all aspects of supporting and coordinating the transactions lifecycle, including:
**Marketing and presentations**

Responsible for preparing presentations under the supervision of the senior bankers

Deliver specific sections during the presentation to the client

Stay involved / informed after the pitch

Ensure high quality standards and reliability of all marketing materials

**Execution**

Interact directly with clients and with other advisors (lawyers, co advisors, ) at an appropriate level in close cooperation with the banker

Ensure high quality standards and reliability of all materials

Ensure timely and accurate follow ups from client interactions

**Team support**

Circulate information to the team

Keep one-pager briefing documents up-to-date for strategic clients

Organise work process with team and manage workload

**Client relationship responsibility**

Develop the required skills to establish and maintain where already established, a confident, profitable and reciprocal relationship with chosen client set at all relevant management levels

The clients to be covered under supervision will be selected by the manager

Assist in the development of relationships and origination of mandates

Keeping the bankers appraised of the status of relevant projects

**Working with the bankers and product lines**

Working closely with internal Product lines and support desks in order to maintain a reciprocal flow of information and ideas as well as establishing opportunity for continuous swift execution

**Responsible for monitoring industry developments that might result in a change of client dynamics**

To build detailed understanding of Investment Banking products relevant to Financial Institutions

Identify issues and opportunities that clients may face from implementation of regulatory and other changes and directives.

**Assisting with on boarding / setting up clients**

Interaction and support on relevant “know your client”, due diligence and other compliance requirements co-ordinating with legal and client to negotiate agreements (ISDA/CSA etc.)

Coordinating with credit and negotiate trading lines

Following up until completion

**YOUR PROFILE**

3 year experience in the financial industry

Good working knowledge of the banking environment

Good product knowledge offered by an investment bank

Good numerical and analytical skills

Knowledge of banking and insurance regulation would be a plus

**YOUR SKILLS**

**Behaviour Skills**:
**Communication skills**
- Effective communicator who can align people to the broader vision for the business whether they are directly managed or simply influenced by the individual in question
- Communicates pro-actively with management, escalating issues as necessary
- Communicates and builds strong relationships pro-actively with sales, internally with all functions and with management.

**Ability to deliver / results driven**
- Delivers tasks fully completed on time, based on objectives fixed
- Where relevant, works without supervision and asks for help and feedback when necessary

**Ability to collaborate / team work**
- Team player & cross cultural awareness - Works effectively in a team. Collaborates and shares information and solutions with colleagues, with other teams and stakeholders
- Supports team members when required and contributes to a positive work environment. Acts with team’s interests in mind
- Shares information with people they work with (including manager and team members) about work completed, next steps and areas of concern
- Adopts an attentive and compassionate attitude in order to understand different cultures and respects diverse opinions and mind-sets

**Client focused**
- Client focus - Sees stakeholders as well as external clients as “customers”
- Values positive and negative feedback from both internal and external clients. Takes necessary actions to either improve their client support/response or escalate to the appropriate person/service
- Is available and pleasant; understands clients’ needs and provides ans