Analyst, US Municipal Finance, Higher Education

What is the Opportunity?

The Higher Education Analyst provides analytical, research, and transactional support to investment bankers for tax-exempt and taxable debt capital markets activities, as well as work in mergers and acquisitions, asset and infrastructure monetization, and public-private partnerships.

Analysts are involved in every aspect of the business and play critical roles on banking teams serving a client base of some of the country’s largest public and private academic institutions.

What Will You Do?

• Perform research, analytics, and financial modeling required to complete a transaction.
• Produce extensive financial analyses to structure both straightforward and complex bond offerings.
• Prepare projections, bond/loan portfolio analysis, and modeling and related financial analyses for potential and actual capital markets transactions, including data conversion, synthesis, and analysis.
• Gather, organize, and analyze information necessary to prepare proposals, client presentations, offering statements, and marketing materials.
• Prepare proposals and participate in presentations for prospective clients by describing financing alternatives in originating, structuring, and marketing a bond issue, and the ability to perform underwriting functions in a capable manner.
• Develop an understanding of economic and political forces affecting the higher education and bond markets through internal and external resources.
• Enhance the department’s use and knowledge of available information pertaining to the bond market by collecting, organizing, and maintaining marketing materials and information resources.
• Coordinate internal and external activities relating to pricing and settlement of bond financings, and work closely with management and investment bankers to secure closings.
• Develop data and analytical processing skills, including proficient knowledge of available modeling software.
• Proactively identify operational risks and control deficiencies in the business.
• Review and comply with Firm Policies applicable to your business activities.
• Escalate operational risk/loss events, control deficiencies, and risks identified to your manager and the relevant risk and control functions promptly.
• Perform other duties, responsibilities, and authority as may be reasonably required, consistent with the purposes for which you are being hired and your background, experience, and prior business activity.

What Do You Need to Succeed?

• Located in New York City, NY; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; or San Francisco, CA, with flexibility for other locations if appropriate.
• BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Economics, with a demonstrated record of high achievement.
• Related professional financial services experience.
• Obtain Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) and Series 52, 63, and 79 licensing (not all licenses are required for application, but 52, 63, and 79 will be required shortly after hiring).

Preferred Qualifications

• Quantitative and qualitative analytical skills; strong knowledge of finance and accounting, with the ability to analyze numbers proficiently.
• Prior experience with public-private partnerships, asset and infrastructure monetization, and mergers and acquisitions is preferred.
• Highly motivated, committed, and responsible, with a demonstrated ability to manage conflicting priorities and requests.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain relationships at all organizational levels.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to take initiative and function independently, balanced with strong team skills.

Maintain high standards of professional and ethical conduct.

What’s in It for You?

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation and flexible benefits, such as a 401(k) program with company-matching contributions, health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and paid time off.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.
• Opportunities to build close relationships with clients.

The expected salary range for this particular position is $80,000 - $110,000, depending on your experience, skills, and registration status, market conditions, and business needs.

You have the potential to earn more through RBC’s discretionary variable compensation program, which provides an opportunity to increase your total compensation, provided the business meets its performance targets and you meet your individual goals.

RBC Compensation Philosophy

RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and play a critical role in attracting, engaging, and retaining talent that:

• Drives RBC’s high-performance culture
• Enables collective achievement of the organization’s strategic goals
• Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above-market shareholder value

Job Skills

• Adaptability
• Critical Thinking
• Customer Service
• Detail-Oriented
• Financial Engineering
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Investments Analysis
• Personal Development
• Personal Initiative
• Teamwork

Additional Job Details

• Address: Brookfield Place (FKA 3 World Financial Center), 200 VESey Street, New York
• City: New York
• Country: United States of America
• Work hours/week: 40
• Employment Type: Full time
• Platform: CAPITAL MARKETS
• Job Type: Regular
• Pay Type: Salaried
• Posted Date: 2026-09-14

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.