Leveraged Finance Portfolio Associate

MUFG Americas; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 65.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading global financial institution in Frankfurt is seeking a Leveraged Finance Portfolio Associate to manage non-investment grade financial sponsor-backed financings. The ideal candidate will have banking or advisory experience, a strong understanding of LBO structures, and fluency in English and German. The role offers competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.

Leistungen

Gross salary based on experience

Employer contribution to pension programme

Lunch allowance

Further training programs

Qualifikationen

• Experience working in a banking or advisory environment.
• Good understanding of leveraged buyout transactions.
• Proficient in financial modeling and Excel.

Aufgaben

• Monitor and manage a portfolio of leveraged loans.
• Conduct credit analysis and assess portfolio risk.
• Support deal execution and client relationship management.

Kenntnisse

Experience in banking/advisory

Understanding of LBO structures

Proficiency in Excel

Credit analysis

Fluent in English and German

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Jobbeschreibung

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

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Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment?

We are currently recruiting for a Leveraged Finance Portfolio Associate for our Global Corporate Banking Division in Frankfurt .

MUFG Bank Europe N.V. (MBE) is a f ully-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest ranked Financial Groups in the world in terms of assets. A world-class set of businesses and more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide.

For more than 50 years MBE offers corporate and investment banking services to both Japanese and non-Japanese corporate customers in The Netherlands and, through its branches. The goal is to be among the top performing foreign-owned banks o perating in The Netherlands, providing value-added banking services and excellent operations, fulfilling both Japanese and Global Multinational Corporate customers' needs.

At MBE we are committed to contributing to a more sustainable future. Thus, we will encourage you to embed environmental, social & governance (ESG) factors in your everyday work and in our culture .

The MBE subsidiary based in The Netherlands is a network of branches (Germany Branch (Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich), Spain Branch (Madrid, Barcelona), Belgium Branch (Brussels), Austria Branch (Vienna)), managed from Amsterdam.

Function Positioning

MUFG's Leveraged Finance (“LF”) group provides product expertise in the origination, structuring and execution of LBOs for private equity sponsors .

The Leveraged Finance group also works with relevant coverage and product functions within the bank to assist in executing our broader Financial Institutions strategy to maximise cross-sell amongst private equity sponsor clients and their portfolio companies.

Leveraged Finance works collaboratively with MUFG’s Global Sponsor Coverage teams, Mid Market Direct Lending team and the Leveraged Capital Markets team to deliver financing solutions and to maximise revenue opportunities in EMEA.

This role is for an Associate within the Leveraged Finance Portfolio Management team, which is responsible for the monitoring and management of the leveraged loan exposures originated by the group.

Overall Purpose of the Job

• Ongoing monitoring and management of a portfolio of non-investment grade, financial sponsor-backed financings originated by Leveraged Finance

• To conduct portfolio analysis and reporting for internal purposes and to ensure portfolio adherence to internal and external procedures and requirements

• To identify and execute refinancing and cross-sell opportunities with portfolio borrowers in conjunction with LF Origination, Private Equity Sponsor Coverage, Capital Markets, Corporate Relationship Managers and other relevant internal counterparties

• Supporting the wider LF team with onboarding and other operational matters

Your impact at MUFG

• Conduct the monitoring of credit quality for a portfolio of assets via management information and internal and external research sources to ensure covenant compliance and early identification of performance variances to budget and base cases

• Undertake credit analysis of portfolio companies including sensitivity scenarios and key ratios analysis (including where appropriate review of credit rating agencies' reports), and make informed judgements on financial viability and liquidity to advise decision making at senior management level

• Proactively develop, recommend and execute actions relevant to effective LF portfolio risk management, including partial / full asset disposals and portfolio top-ups

• Undertake the timely preparation of high-quality borrower credit reviews, monitoring analysis, waiver / consent requests and secondary trading proposals for submission to credit department, and other internal processes as appropriate

• Take responsibility for data integrity and, in partnership with the credit analysis team, assist in preparation of internal portfolio reporting and analysis including materials for the Corporate Credit Review Meeting

• Work with relevant internal counterparties to mine the existing portfolio to identify refinancing and cross-sell opportunities

• Support all aspects of deal execution as may be required during the development and execution of a mandate for existing portfolio borrowers

• Build relationships throughout MUFG to establish a peer network, gather relevant information and help to ensure effective inter-departmental collaboration

• Build relationships at the appropriate business levels to create and maintain trust with corporate clients and partner banks on transactions

• Support Corporate Relationship Managers to maintain an ongoing dialogue with clients to maximise MUFG's opportunities to win future business.

• Manage non-financial risks related to the client base, e.g. conducting timely ongoing checks for LF clients in line with internal and external processes and procedures

• Engage with Internal Audit and their regular audit processes to ensure positive outcomes for the Leveraged Finance team

In order to be successful i n the role, you will need the following:

• Experience working within a banking / advisory or transactional environment

• Basic understanding of LBO structures and instruments

• Good experience with Excel and ideally financial modelling (particularly LBO and credit ratings)

• Experience in execution of transactions (including credit process) within tight timeframes is advantageous

• Understanding of credit analysis and due diligence

• Comfortable working in different cultures and capable of flexing style to accommodate our client base

• Understanding and preferably practical experience of financial modelling

• Understanding of LBO transaction structures

• Basic knowledge of loan documentation

• Familiarity with the key elements of credit analysis

• Basic negotiation skills with internal partners

• Proven ability to effectively manage tight deadlines and different stakeholders

• Basic knowledge of leveraged debt capital markets and M&A dynamics

• Familiarity with corporate finance principles and preferably accounting knowledge

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

• Fluent English and German language capabilities

Personal requirements:

Integrity and Responsibility

• Balance Risk with Opportunity

• Customer Focus

• Demonstrate Global Perspective

Professionalism and Teamwork

• Drive For Results

• Collaborate and Build Partnerships

• Communicate Effectively and Professionally

Challenge Ourselves To Grow

• Influence and Inspire Others

• Lead Change & Seek Continuous Improvement

• Think Strategically

• Manage and Develop Talent

What do we have to offer:

We offer you a role in one of the largest banks of the world in a growing and international environment . You have various opportunities to develop yourself and we will support you with that by offering various training and development possibilities.

• Gross salary based on experience and consistent with the market including bonus payment

• Employer contribution to a pension programme (BVV)

• Contribution to capital forming benefits (“ Vermögenswirksame Leistungen ”)

• Sponsorship of a job ticket to fifty percent

• Lunch allowance

• Flextime to support your personal work-life-balance (“ Gleitzeit ”)

• Further training and educational programs, e.g. language courses

• Corporate benefits

• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best

Additional information :

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

The role is based in Frankfurt . All candidates need to be willing to relocate to Frankfurt . Internal employees will be supported in case of relocation.

For more information regarding this position you can contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist at: recruitment @nl.mufg.jp

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.