LEVERAGED FINANCE VICE PRESIDENT / SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

About the job:

As a Vice President, your main roles and responsibilities are, among others, the following ones:

Develop in depth relationships with the portfolio of clients, providing the best advice on accessing capital markets winning origination mandates.
Maintain and enhance market intelligence working with external counterparties and Syndicate Sales teams to gather investor appetite.
Work on underwriting and distribution strategies including management of different stakeholders in coverage, syndicate, sales and risk to obtain the relevant approvals.
Lead the origination activities for HY Bonds, Term Loan Bs and other syndicated bank facilities (among others, TLAs, RCFs, Guarantee Lines,...). This includes running financial models, completing financial and credit analysis, review and structure documentation and drive materials not only for internal approval committees but also for syndication purposes and marketing effort.
Manage the day-to-day execution of live deals (across both High Yield Bond and Loan markets).
Provide support, guidance and learning opportunities to more junior team members.

Tasks

Closely monitor Leveraged Loans HYB market trends and identify new business opportunities.
Coordinate development of internal market trackers (comps, covenant grids) and processing of market research (business / sector etc.).
Lead pitch processes, interacting with external clients (including debt issuers and private equity clients) and internal stakeholders.
Lead the origination activities, working very closed with all the stakeholders across the value chain (Coverage, Advisory, Syndicate Sales).
Assist in client coverage with participating / leading client dialogue including preparation of client materials including, among others, advanced financial statement analysis and thoughtful cash flow projection models, pitches, term sheets, covenant analysis and market updates.
Advise companies on financing in the context of acquisitions, capital return, and/or ongoing working capital and refinancing needs.
Review and analyze new business opportunities with relevant stakeholders.
Take the lead on preparing internal memos for credit and syndicate committees.
Responsible on the leveraged finance documentation, covenants, commitment papers, IMs, precedents and sponsor grids, interacting directly with clients and advisors (lawyers, co-advisors, etc.).
Responsible in assisting marketing materials and other external deal processes related to deal executionincluding but not limited to Loan syndication materials (IM, RAP, LP etc.), OM, roadshow presentations, DD
questionnaires.
Provide support, guidance and learning opportunities to more junior team members.
Responsible to have a deep understanding of the internal mechanisms and culture, as well as adherence to the corporate policies and internal and external compliance regulations. Read more