Analyst-Leveraged Acquisition Finance

September 29, 2026

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Job Description:

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Job Description:

Analyst role for the Leveraged Acquisition Finance team, which advises, underwrites, and executes both broadly syndicated event-driven leveraged finance transactions and investments for Bank of America’s $25 billion private credit investment strategy.

The Leveraged Acquisition Finance team is an integral part of the firm’s leveraged finance practice, partnering with leveraged finance origination and syndicate desks to structure and decision financings for corporate M&A and LBOs.

Key responsibilities include financial modeling, fundamental credit analysis, deep due diligence, writing investment committee approval memos, and collaborating with key internal stakeholders such as risk, ratings, investment banking, and capital markets teams to successfully execute live deals.

Responsibilities:

Responsibility for the underwriting, risk / reward analysis, negotiation, approval and closing of new transactions, while adhering to all relevant policies and procedures
Analyzes client's financial performance by comparing it to past performance, projections, and industry standards
Evaluates transaction and relationship risk-adjusted profitability to facilitate the allocation of capital
Builds granular multi-scenario LBO and DCF projection models based on historical performance, industry forecasts, and other due diligence findings
Conducts due diligence with Sponsor and Corporate clients
Creation of ad-hoc PowerPoint-based analyses in support of live deals and investments

Required Qualifications:

Experience in financial analysis and financial modeling within leveraged finance, capital markets, investment banking, private credit, private equity, or similar analytical environments
Hands-on experience building financial models, with the ability to explain key assumptions, outputs, and downside considerations to executive level leadership
Experience quantifying downside risk on a pro forma basis using financial statements, consulting reports, client projections, and transaction-level due diligence
Exposure to leveraged finance and private credit investing concepts, including cash flow analysis, leverage, and varied debt structures
Working knowledge of LBO modeling, including ability to do a bottoms-up build of a model, familiarity with structure, key drivers, and sensitivities
Able to efficiently work on multiple live deals simultaneously with minimal oversight

Desired Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field
Prior experience with leveraged loan, acquisition financing, or private credit transactions
Experience working on live deals in investment banking, private credit, or capital markets
Experience conducting complex investment return analyses
Ability to independently navigate credit agreements and other relevant debt documents
Proficiency in explaining complex deal and debt‑related concepts clearly and concisely to stakeholders, and clients as necessary

Skills:

Analytical Thinking
Financial Analysis
Financial Forecasting and Modeling
Profitability Analysis
Research Analysis
Attention to Detail
Business Acumen
Credit and Risk Assessment
Underwriting
Written Communications
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Prioritization

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

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