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Moelis is a top investment bank that offers strategic advice to clients across the world. Founded and still led by superstar banker Ken Moelis, the firm is committed to creating an inclusive culture and a workforce that’s representative of its diverse range of clients. The firm has networking groups for Asian, Black, Latino and Hispanic, women, LGBTQ+, and veteran employees. It also has a growing CSR program that supports more than 40 nonprofits.
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Moelis is ideally looking for well-rounded, hardworking, intellectually curious candidates with leadership capabilities, financial knowledge, and strong communication skills. For students, the firm runs an excellent internship program, providing interns with significant senior banker interaction, a lot of responsibility on live deals, a mentorship program, and networking opportunities. For full-time junior bankers, Moelis also provides significant early responsibility on live deals, exposure to senior bankers, and access to a leadership development program in partnership with Wharton. Additionally, Moelis Academy, offers continuous learning online and in person and ongoing speaker series’ featuring internal and external leaders, and more.
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About the Company
Moelis & Company provides strategic advice and solutions to a diverse global client base, including corporations, institutions, governments, and financial sponsors. Headquartered in New York, the firm operates across 23 locations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. The firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.
The firm went public in April 2014 and currently employs approximately 1300 people globally. Since its founding, Moelis has advised on more than $4 trillion of transactions. The firm is led by founder and namesake Ken Moelis, an industry veteran with over 45 years of deal-making experience. Ken rose to fame in the early 1980s, first working at Drexel Burnam Lambert before mov...
Employee Reviews
- “The best aspect of our quality of life is that we frequently have internal events to connect our team members outside of work, catering once a week to take the pressure off providing food for oneself every day, and a wellness week where we bring in various services to help everyone relax, recharge, and reinvigorate. Additionally, we have tremendous respect for time off and vacation; we are encouraged to fully take work off when we take time out of the office. This is encouraged so that we come back to work feeling ready to get back into it and tackle the coming challenges head on.”
- “Moelis is very supportive of work/life balance. They are more accommodating to the needs of the employees than any investment bank I know. Senior Leadership is very focused on promoting an inclusive, supportive and productive culture.”
- “Senior leaders are respectful of your time and want people to rest and recharge. The investment banking deal timelines make that difficult, but it is nice to see that people genuinely care and do what they can to help people balance their work and life priorities.”
- “Moelis truly values a work/life balance. The firm offers a competitive vacation allotment in addition to public holidays. Having protected time off shows that the firm understands that folks need to take time to enjoy their personal life outside of the work environment and really decompress. Teams are good about covering for one another to ensure people can take the time they need.”
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About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative, unconflicted strategic advice to a diverse client base. We assist our clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive, globally integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors. Our dynamic advisory practice supports clients through all phases of the business cycle through expert capabilities in M&A, Recapitalization & Restructuring, Capital Markets and Financial Institution Advisory.
Getting Hired Here
- “The callback process is really great. You receive a call from the banker you interviewed with initially if you’re getting an offer. And if you aren’t getting an offer, you don't receive a call. The ideal candidate for Moelis is someone with a gung-ho attitude, can carry themselves professionally and articulate well, but most importantly will really expend effort to connect with their fellow bankers and develop a strong working relationship with those around them.”
- “We have a very fair and competitive interview process. We have clearly defined job descriptions and a rigorous resume review process to ensure we’re bringing in top talent to our firm. We keep interviews streamlined and timely to ensure accuracy and equality. There are often several rounds of interviews to ensure we have different perspectives and that we are collectively coming to the right hiring decision. There is also a robust reference check process so we have further insight into the candidate’s prior experiences.”
- “We hold formal interview processes for candidates, including first-round interviews and Super Days. The ideal candidate has strong financial knowledge and is a well-balanced candidate who works well with others, displays leadership capabilities, and communicates well with others.”
- “Moelis is looking for hardworking, creative, curious people who are interested in working together to tackle the most pressing matters our clients face. The people who succeed here are ones who, generally speaking, are the most organized, proactive, and relentless.”
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