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PO Box 21305
Seattle, WA 98111
Phone (206) 343-7777
Fax    (206) 628-0839
Info@Stonemark.net
Copyright 1997-2000
Stonemark Job Description
Investment Banker / Sales
Employer: Stonemark Corporation Supervisor: President
Location: Seattle Office Term: Full time, and then some
Compensation: Substantial Commission Revised: 12/17/97
Apprenticing: Apprentice position possible for newcomers, which includes nominal draw for up to 12 months and commission.
Employer: Stonemark provides Merger & Acquisition consulting and intermediary services to medium sized and larger Northwest companies. Also invests for its own account.
Education: Bachelor's in Business or other beneficial subject.  Masters in Business preferred.
Experience: Any business experience which demonstrates knowledge of all business facets and good selling and negotiating skills.  Work is demanding.  Only those with intellect, perseverance, and persuasive personality succeed.
Knowledge: Must possess good understanding of all business facets but have especially solid grasp of accounting, finance and legal issues which affect business sales.  Must be a salesperson at heart.
Personality: Should have an extremely out-going and assertive nature, but must also have the ability to placate the emotional needs of others.  Must also be a detail person and precisely organized.   Must be constant self-starter and self-educator.
Duties: Manages all aspects of Merger & Acquisition assignments for Stonemark clients.  Includes solicitation and sales; review and facilitation of fees; assisting in the investigation, research and preparation of offering documents; study, precaution and execution of marketing programs, canvassing and communications with clients, respondents, finders, Co brokers and others; qualification and relations with respondents; arrangement of and participation in negotiations concerning purchase and sale, coordination of due-diligence and closing procedures.

If apprenticing, would work for an experienced Investment Banker and learn those skills necessary to become a full fledged Project Manager and Intermediary. Those duties and skills are as follows:

Apprenticeship: Experienced Investment Bankers can join the firm and effectively launch their own practice inside a firm with well defined resources and tools. Others, moving from other career's or just beginning their move into investment banking can consider progressing through Stonemark's established Internship and Apprentice Program. It provides training, team participation and the opportunity to earn reasonable commissions.
Skills: Must be able to coordinate the needs of various parties, reconcile differences, design creative solutions to complex conflicts, and (most importantly) take the instigator role at all times. Must be able to work fast, smart and long hours. If the intermediary does not take charge of each transaction the transaction will ultimately fail.
INTRO: Stonemark is a growing Investment Banking firm specializing in the purchase and sale of medium to larger sized, usually privately held companies.  Ours is an extremely competitive but highly lucrative industry.  The work is hard, the hours are long, the satisfaction is immense.
DETAILS: Many positions are paid a combination of salary and incentive pay.  Compensations shown are full time annual. Part time would be prorata. Project Manager positions are usually compensated on a commission basis only, but the commission is substantial.  Paid Apprentice program possible for all jobs.  Interns are paid expenses only and should be enrolled in under or upper graduate college programs. No job will be filled unless a highly capable candidate is located.  Not all jobs are available at all times.  Hiring decisions based on a wide range of factors, primary of which are intelligence, commitment and loyalty.  Equal opportunity employer. 
INTERNING & APPRENTICING: Stonemark's Internship program is for Under grad or graduate college students. It is an 8 to 13 week unpaid program that provides valuable hands on experience and credentials. Successful attendees may have the option of moving into Stonemark's paid Apprentice program that lasts another 26 to 52 weeks. Click here for more details.
APPLICATION: Please fax or mail (1) Resume, (2) Cover letter explaining your interest (3) Hours available - full time or number of hours (4) Minimum compensation you require (increases come quick with competence) to STONEMARK INC, PO Box 21305 Seattle, WA 98111-3305 USA Phone: (206) 343-7777 Fax: (206) 628-8989.  Or email to Wm.May@Stonemark.net.
Copyright 1999 Stonemark Inc.
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