Job Description & Program Overview
Public Finance Investment Banking group is headquartered in New York with multiple regional offices. The firm has been ranked #1 in the municipal market for more than a decade. Public Finance provides financing solutions to state and local governmental and not-for-profit clients through the issuance of municipal bonds. Typically issued as tax-exempt debt, clients include states, counties, cities, school districts, higher education institutions, public utilities, public transportation agencies, not-for-profit health care systems and hospitals, state affiliated and not-for-profit student loan and housing agencies, cultural organizations, and developers.
As an active team member in Public Finance, summer analysts assist bankers in capital raising, debt portfolio and credit analyses, strategic advisory services, and market assessments for governmental, not-for-profit and/or developer clients.
As a summer analyst, your responsibilities may include:
- Developing and maintaining financial cash flow models, using industry standard software
- Supporting various financial analyses, including bond structuring
- Performing comprehensive and in-depth client, credit, and pricing research
- Preparing presentation and other materials for client meetings
- Communicating and interacting with team members, including underwriting, sales & trading teams, to execute transactions specifically in relation to structuring and marketing.
Qualifications
- Students must be pursuing a Bachelors degree or a Bachelors direct to Masters degree from an accredited college or university with a graduation timeframe between December 2025 and June 2026
- 3.2 minimum GPA preferred
- A strong interest in finance and the public sector
- Candidates must demonstrate a combination of academic aptitude, quantitative and organizational skills, strategic and creative thinking, and strong written and oral communications skills
- Ability to manage several projects at once and work both independently and in a team
- Other desired characteristics include integrity, attention to detail, assertiveness, initiative, leadership, strong work ethic and team focus
Bank of America does not complete third party forms from colleges, universities, or other parties.
Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.
