Consultative Offerings - Investment Banking Summer Associate - Corporate Finance

Are you ready to go beyond your potential and reach something greater? At Deloitte, we believe in more than just growth—we believe in exponential possibilities. Here, your unique talents and ambitions are amplified by the power of our collaborative teams, innovative thinking, and mentorship. When you join Deloitte, you don’t just build a career—you unlock unlimited opportunities, shaping your future and the world around you. Take the power of you and put it to the power of Deloitte. Reach your exponential!

Our middle-market investment banking practice seeks ambitious, creative, and experienced leaders who enjoy an entrepreneurial work environment and look to accelerate their professional development. Summer Associates at Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC (“DCF”) will have the opportunity to gain transaction experience through work on multiple live transactions and pitch assignments across multiple industries. Our team structure enables Summer Associates to integrate fully into deal teams and provide real analytical input into the process while working directly with client executives. High-performing Summer Associates may be eligible to receive offers to return full time after graduation.

Recruiting for this role ends on 12/1/2026.

Work You’ll Do

Summer Associates will work on teams to advise our clients on strategic processes to execute mergers and acquisitions and raise capital. You will work with experienced bankers to develop process tactics, frame perspectives on buyers and investors for our clients, build financial models, and craft presentation materials. Through close work with DCF’s industry experts and your own industry research, you will actively contribute to the strategic positioning of our clients to the market and, in the process, lead and oversee junior bankers’ modeling and analytical work. Constructing financial models to help clients assess growth strategies, capital structure decisions, and transaction alternatives will help you develop a comprehensive technical skill set. Summer Associates will have the opportunity to lead discussions with clients and interact with private equity and strategic buyers. The program is designed to exercise your leadership skills and further develop your process management and technical capabilities. 

Regardless of project type, your work will require: 

• Strong leadership and management skills

• Superior organizational and project management skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong understanding of financial statements 

• Ability to design and provide research-based financial recommendations as well as develop actionable solutions 

• Experience working both independently and collaboratively with a team on multiple tasks and assignments

The Team 
Our Deloitte team plays a major role in directly embedding technology insights into our clients’ organizational goals. At Deloitte, our consultants create sharply-focused solutions within an organization’s operating model, accounting for its people, intellectual capital, technology, and processes. Engagement teams at Deloitte drive value for our clients but also understand the importance of developing resources and contributing to the communities in which we work. We make it our business to take issue to impact, both within and beyond a client setting. 

Required Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university and expected to graduate by Spring/Summer 2028 pursuing an MBA degree or higher in one of the following majors or a related/equivalent program

• Finance, Accounting, Economics

• You must reside within a commutable distance of your assigned office with the ability to commute daily, if required. You can expect to co-locate on average 80% - 100% of the week with variations based on types of work/projects and client locations

• Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

• Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at time of employment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant work experience or work experience in a professional environment (e.g. internships, summer positions, school jobs) 

• Demonstrated recent leadership, such as in a campus club, society, sports teams or other activity

• Demonstrated recent social impact or volunteer activity

• Previous investment banking or M&A execution experience

• Experience performing financial modeling and analysis

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.  The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.  At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.  A reasonable estimate is $2,885 per week.