Senior Director, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance- Investment Banking

Mashreq Bank; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 440,000 - 735,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional investment bank in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an experienced professional to lead a team engaged in structuring and execution of multi-bank financing deals. The ideal candidate will manage key stakeholder expectations and ensure compliance with underwriting standards in the syndicated loan markets. With a significant focus on raising capital in debt markets, the candidate should have over 14 years of experience in investment banking, alongside strong quantitative and presentation skills, and a solid understanding of legal documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 14 years of experience in investment banking or related fields.
• Ability to multitask across various roles in origination, structuring, and execution.
• Strong quantitative skills with an emphasis on financial modeling or valuation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team structuring and executing financing multi-bank deals.
• Manage expectations of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to underwriting standards in syndicated loan markets.

Skills

Investment Banking

Financial modeling

Quantitative analysis

Presentation skills

Legal documentation knowledge

Job description

Job Purpose

• To lead a team of senior transactors involved in structuring and execution of financing multi-bank deals across Mashreq’s multiple core markets.
• The holder of the job is responsible for maintaining Mashreq’s underwriting standards in the syndicated loan markets and oversee a successful conclusion of Mashreq lead transactions.
• Manage and deliver on internal (approving authorities) and external stakeholder’s expectations on highly complex transactions especially in the leveraged finance space.
• Continuously enhance knowledge base and seek to establish new capabilities and suggest alternative funding structures to stay ahead of competition.

Key Result Areas

Structuring

• Closely working with internal (origination team and relationship & risk management) and external (bank customers/counter-party banks & legal counsels) to structure deals meeting the requirement of all the parties.
• Responsible for extensive financial, operational, and legal due diligence relying on both internal & external resources.
• Managing the team responsible for the preparation of detailed financial models/business plan(s).
• Putting together structures (viz term sheets) that make a transaction bankable, which are executable within the reasonable timelines as well as meet client requirements.

Execution

• Closely working with external (client, participating banks & external legal counsels) and internal (documentation, legal, relationship & risk teams) for successful execution of facility agreement within the overall parameters & timelines

Other Areas

• Co-origination efforts for select highly structured complex deals.
• Supporting the origination team on deal origination efforts.
• Oversee the team handling & managing post-closing matters, on a need basis, such as covenant compliance, condition subsequent, special client requirements or one-off amendment processes

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A robust multi product Investment Banking skill set that covers the entire capital structure with a predominant focus on raising capital in the debt market.
• Strong quantitative skills with in-depth knowledge of financial modeling/valuation methodologies.
• Highly developed presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of essential legal matters in documentation.
• A proactive and energetic personality with the ability and desire to multitask across origination, structuring, development and execution areas.
• The candidate will have a minimum of 14 years’ of experience spent with one or better known regional or global institution involved in similar nature of business.