Vice President, Investment Banking // Restructuring
United States
Investment Banking /
Investment Banking /
Hybrid
Portage Point Partners (Portage Point) is a business advisory, interim management and investment banking firm intensely focused on the middle market. Our blue chip team leverages bulge bracket experience in consulting, operations, finance, accounting, investment banking and investing to provide unmatched transactional, operational, financial and strategic perspectives to middle market stakeholders. The Portage Point cross-functional platform is uniquely architected to offer fully integrated capabilities and solutions that identify value capture, mitigate risk and positively impact outcomes at every stage of the ever-changing middle market business lifecycle. From ideation to monetization, Portage Point delivers excellence across transaction advisory services (TAS), transaction execution services (TES), office of the CFO (OCFO), performance improvement (PI), interim management (IM), investment banking (IB) and turnaround and financial restructuring (TRS).
Recognized for accelerated growth, Portage Point is backed by New Mountain Capital and consistently featured in rankings from Inc. 5000, The Financial Times and Consulting Magazine. This recognition is a testament to the focus on excellence, intensity and pace and ability to attract blue chip talent committed to delivering impactful solutions.
The IB team advises owners, entrepreneurs and investors on M&A, debt and equity capital transactions, recapitalizations, restructurings, §363 sales, acquisition and Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) financings and liability management. Intensely focused on the middle market, our team delivers bespoke solutions and unique perspectives to every client. Our talent structure ensures clients receive top-level support throughout the entirety of the transaction and affords junior talent the opportunity to work directly alongside firm stakeholders.
The Vice President, IB // Restructuring role at Portage Point Partners offers an ideal opportunity for candidates to leverage the firm’s rapidly expanding platform to deliver restructuring investment banking services to middle market companies experiencing transformation, transition, stress and / or distress, including liability management, financing, M&A and / or restructuring solutions, whether implemented out-of-court or through bankruptcy. The role represents a unique opportunity for a highly capable professional to make substantial contributions to overall firm growth in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Portage Point team (Associates to Managing Directors) to execute all deliverables necessary to consummate transactions for our middle-market clients undergoing transformation, transition, stress and/or distress
- Preparing, reviewing and analyzing valuation analysis, debt capacity analysis, financial modeling, credit document analysis, restructuring analysis and modeling
- Running both sales and financing processes, both in-court or out-of-court, and overseeing associated diligence
- Create and present internal and external client deliverables
- Negotiating, documenting and assisting in transaction execution
- Provide professional development coaching to junior team members
- Share and manage best practices as well as lead internal trainings where required
- Support business development efforts while maintaining strong relationships with existing clients
- Support talent acquisition and firm development efforts
- Contribute to creating a high-performing and inclusive culture
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate program
- Located or willing to relocate to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York or Philadelphia
- Invested in a team-based culture that involves in office four days per week and willing to work at client sites as needed
- Seven plus years of professional experience, including four plus years of investment banking transaction experience, in restructuring or restructuring-related practice lines
- Knowledge of bankruptcy law, valuation and credit agreements
- Series 79 and 63 FINRA licensing preferred or the ability to obtain within 120 days of employment
- Ability to successfully work in a small, collaborative team environment
- High degree of maturity with a proven ability to interact with senior executives, private equity firms, lenders, lawyers, middle managers and line workers
- Ability to deliver and craft articulate, persuasive presentations, with elevated attention to messaging, structuring, formatting and quality control
$400,000 - $600,000 a year
The City of New York and the State of California require Portage Point to provide compensation information for this role. This range represents the anticipated minimum and maximum base + bonus for this position based upon a good faith and reasonable estimate. The final compensation for this position will be set based on the applicant’s qualifications (education, training and/or experience related to this role), and therefore, may fall outside the range shown, depending on the circumstances.
