2025 Sponsor Coverage Summer Analyst
Location: San Francisco
Firm Overview
Financial Technology Partners is one of the most successful boutique investment banks on Wall Street. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in NYC and London, FT Partners has advised on some of the most meaningful transactions in the high-growth Financial Technology sector in recent years. We offer a full suite of financial and strategic advisory services, including merger and acquisition advisory, private capital raising and capital markets advisory. The Financial Technology sector is a dynamic industry that encompasses the convergence of financial services and technology. We are a global, 250+ employee firm that prides itself on having an extremely collegial and energetic culture. Every member of the organization is expected to meaningfully contribute to the Firm’s success. Senior bankers at the Firm are formerly of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Evercore and other well-known banks.
Role Description
The Sponsor Coverage Summer Analyst internship is an 8-week program that begins in June 2025. Analysts will have an opportunity to participate in live investment banking transactions, review and discuss private equity strategies, implement business development initiatives, and publish research content on the FinTech markets. As a member of a small, highly skilled team, you will play an integral role in managing the team’s daily activities, including investor targeting, portfolio analysis, LBO modeling, market research, and other team-specific projects in a fast-paced environment. This position presents an exceptional opportunity for Summer Analysts to hone critical financial modeling, data analytics, business development, and interpersonal skills, while also interfacing with the most prominent private equity professionals in FinTech. By design, this role equips interns with the essential tools and expertise to return full-time and emerge as future leaders in the space. If you are determined, ambitious, and passionate about FinTech – we would love to meet you!
What are the unique opportunities of this role?
This is an unparalleled opportunity to work at an elite investment bank – and the only one exclusively dedicated to FinTech. From day one you will be on the front lines meeting with senior private equity professionals from the top Financial Services and Technology investors globally, all while learning the ins and outs of a career in Sponsor Coverage.
In this role, you will:
- Manage investor targeting and outreach strategy across FT Partners active and prospective clients
- Leverage data and market intelligence to target and prioritize key business development opportunities for the firm
- Monitor and publish insights on key private equity investment themes, valuation trends, notable FinTech M&A transactions, and industry news
- Help execute buy side advisory analyses, including building lists of potential M&A ideas for Sponsor-backed companies
- Participate in high-profile conversations with senior FinTech investors and portfolio company CEOs
- Develop project management skills by building core infrastructure and reporting outputs alongside in-house engineering professionals
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate or Master students with a graduation date of December 2025 - June 2026
- All degrees considered; Finance, Economics or Accounting preferred
- Minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA
- Strong interest in financial analysis, research, and FinTech
- Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills
- Strong work ethic and a drive for excellence
- Team player, self-motivated, and entrepreneurial
- Strong data management and research skills
- Interest in private equity and LBO modeling
- Maturity and poise to work directly with C-Suite level professionals
- High attention to detail
- Permanent U.S. work authorization required. FT Partners will not sponsor applicants for work visas at application or in the future.
Why FT Partners?
- Managing Partner and Managing Directors formerly of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, etc.
- Award-winning execution; Investment Bank of the Year / Boutique of the Year Awards (among many others)
- Executing both billion-dollar M&A and early stage / high-growth VC transactions
- Excellent career path, strong and competitive compensation
- Unparalleled deal flow with premier client base
- Access to world-class executives at high-growth companies
- Dominant footprint in the one of largest and fastest growing sectors: financial technology
- Top-notch financial sponsor relationships
- Close-knit, rapidly growing team
Selected transactions include advising:
- Divvy's $2.5 billion Sale to Bill.com
- GreenSky’s $2.2 billion Sale to Goldman Sachs
- Forge’s $2 billion Merger with Motive Capital Corp.
- Truebill’s $1.3 billion Sale to Rocket Companies
- Revolut's $1.3 billion Financing at a $33 billion Valuation
- Finicity’s $1 billion Sale to Mastercard
- Velocity Global’s $400 million Series B Financing
- SpotOn’s $300 million Series F Financing at a $3.6 billion Valuation
- Bilt’s $200 million Financing at a $3.1 billion Valuation
- Newfront’s $200 million Financing at a $2.2 billion Valuation
- Lumin Digital’s $160 million Growth Financing
- CloudWalk’s $150 million Financing at a ~$2.2 billion Valuation
The annual salary for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be $85,000/year. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: Financial Technology Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors.
What We Do
Financial Technology Partners ("FT Partners") is the only investment banking firm focused exclusively on the financial technology ("FinTech") sector. We broadly define the sector as the dynamic convergence of technology-based solutions and financial services. FT Partners was recently recognized as "Dealmaker of the Year" and "Investment Banking Firm of the Year" by The M&A Advisor.