Senior Analyst / Associate - Corporate & Leveraged Finance (w/m/d)

Crédit Agricole; Frankfurt; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Crédit Agricole CIB, Frankfurt, is seeking a Senior Analyst/Associate in Corporate & Leveraged Finance to originate and execute leveraged buyout transactions for international private equity clients and large-cap corporate financings.

You will conduct primary risk assessment, build financial models, perform due diligence, prepare information memoranda, coordinate the internal credit process, and support marketing, syndication and closing processes across teams.

Responsibilities

• Primary risk assessment and evaluation of transactions and corporate capital structures
• Preparation of financial models including cash flow analysis and projections
• Compilation of transaction requests and coordination of internal credit processes
• Marketing activities and production of pitch books with cross‑line teams
• Execution of financing transactions including drafting facility agreements and closing
• Assist Syndicate and Sales teams in the syndication process and investor Q&A management
• Credit management of designated portfolio files

Skills

Financial modeling

Credit analysis

Due diligence

Syndication

Pitch books

Job description

With its Corporate and Leveraged Finance (CLF) business line Crédit Agricole CIB is a leading international debt provider and ranks among the top players in the EMEA syndicated loan and bond league tables. Present in Europe (Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan and Madrid), in the USA (New York City), and in Asia (Hong Kong and Sydney), CLF is in charge of originating, structuring and arranging debt financings for the bank’s corporate and private equity clients. Transactions cover the entire rating space and range from refinancings to event-driven situations (e.g. spin-offs, acquisitions). Through its rating and capital structure advisory franchise, CLF is also in charge of advising clients on all strategic financing matters from capital structure optimization to formal rating advisory.

For our German Corporate and Leveraged Finance Department (CLF), we are looking for a:

Senior Analyst / Associate - Corporate & Leveraged Finance

(f/m/d)

Your missions

Origination and execution of new leveraged buyout transactions for top tier international private equity clients as well as bilateral, syndicated and event-driven financings for the Bank’s large-cap corporate clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Primary risk assessment (research), evaluation of transactions and companies’ business models (via information memoranda, due diligence reports, participation in management presentations etc.), and analysis of corporate capital structures and financial policies
• Preparation of financial models, including cash flow analysis & financial projections
• Compilation of transaction requests, coordination of the internal credit process (liaising with different product and support teams within the bank) and presentation in the respective credit committees
• Implementation of marketing activities within the context of maintaining and extending business relationships, including preparation and production of pitch books in liaison with other business lines (DCM, ECM, M&A and Syndicate teams)
• Execution of financing transactions (support the coordination, drafting and negotiation of mandate documents and facility agreements as well as the closing process)
• Assist Syndicate and Sales teams in the syndication process (including the preparation of an information memorandum and management of the investor Q&A process)
• Responsibility for the credit management of designated portfolio files