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Overview of the Company

MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V. (MUSEU) is MUFG’s Investment Banking and Capital Markets arm in the EU, and operates in close partnership with its UK parent MUFG Securities EMEA plc and MUFG Bank Ltd to serve MUFG’s corporate and institutional clients in Europe. MUSEU is headquartered in Amsterdam, and its Paris Branch acts as a sales and origination platform. This role is located in the Paris Branch of MUSEU.

Main Purpose of the Role

Your role will be to support the structuring and execution of bespoke financing solutions for MUFG’s European institutional and corporate clients, within the following department : ESF, Structured Solutions, Paris.

Key Responsibilities

Specifically, you will be accountable and responsible for taking appropriate action with respect to the Company and ESF, Structured Solutions, Paris, including :

1 - Planning, Strategy Development and Execution – Structurer

You will be responsible for to the successful execution of departmental strategy - in line with the regional business objectives, international business objectives and entity requirements. Specifically this will include the following :

• responsible and accountable for ensuring that your day-to-day activities are aligned to the overall departmental business strategy for your product / domain – this includes meeting / exceeding the official minimum financial and non-financial targets;
• responsible and accountable for adhering to your departmental mandates;
• responsible and accountable for managing and monitoring your departmental / applicable books risks and associated controls to control the Firm’s exposure within predefined limits prescribed by Risk Management and established by the Firm’s Risk Management Committee;
• responsible and accountable for adhering to the Supervisory Charter;
• responsible and accountable for conducting business in line with internal policies and procedures as well as regulatory requirements;
• responsible for maintaining and enhancing good working relationships between the relevant Sales and Trading department and stakeholders, including business and control / infrastructure teams globally;
• responsible for contributing to the effective management of direct budget expenditures where required;
• responsible for working in partnership with broader GM, GCIB and JCIB teams to develop the business globally;

Moreover, you will be :

• responsible for understanding your product set, the expectations for success (both revenue and non-revenue) and the client base;
• responsible and accountable for providing MUFG institutional investors and corporate clients with cross-asset tailored, structured solutions relevant to their needs – in collaboration with sales, distribution and relationship managers;
• responsible and accountable for developing, promoting and expanding the Structured Solutions offering, including structured Securities Finance transactions, Fund Financing, bespoke Bank and Insurance solutions, and structured Corporate financing solutions;
• responsible and accountable for structuring, trading, underwriting and distributing the above products to the approved client set and managing the transaction throughout the trade lifecycle – this will include being responsible and accountable for the maintenance of documentation, processes manuals and lifecycle management procedures required to maintain and manage complex transactions throughout the trade lifecycle;
• responsible and accountable for working in conjunction with the international business and broader MUFG group entities to promote the Structured Solutions product office to create a client focused, sustainable and profitable business franchise.

As a member of the Structured Solutions – EMEA department, you will be responsible for identifying, monitoring and taking and taking actions (incl. escalations where applicable) further to your delegated authority in respect of, the risk being run across your product / domain. You will be :

• responsible for pricing accurately all new transactions and all risk positions; including through the use and continued development of market-leading pricing and hedging methodologies. You will pay particular importance to the need to assess complex transactions holistically – incl. both market, credit risks as well as compliance and operational risks;
• responsible for the management of all relevant risks (including, but not limited to, market, credit, operational, conduct and xVA risks applicable to your product / domain) within the Firm’s risk appetite; including through the use and continued development of market-leading risk management models and monitoring tools. Specifically you will be accountable and responsible for ensuring compliance within approved risk limits for your department;
• responsible for ensuring that you conduct business in line with regulatory requirements (including but not limited to Volcker, EMIR / CFTC and MIFID);
• responsible and accountable for the escalation of issues identified in the ordinary course of your business. This includes, but is not limited to issues relating to risk management, regulatory risk compliance and operational risks;
• responsible for protecting and enhancing the Firm’s, and the Group’s, reputation in all activities.

3 - Franchise Development (where applicable)

You will be :

• responsible for delivering and growing a sustainable, client-focussed, flow-oriented, business;
• responsible for maximising profitability from leveraging and enhancing the Group’s customer franchise;
• responsible for working in partnership with Sales, Trading and Research to deliver products that meet the needs of our clients;
• responsible for working in partnership with other parts of the Group to deliver franchise and business growth.

4 - Controls and Compliance

You are responsible for ensuring the Company’s compliance with internal risk and compliance requirements, controls and procedures, including but not limited to :

• personally, following all relevant policies and procedures, and ensuring those in your teams also follow policy and procedures;

5 - Relationship with other functions and stakeholders

• Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders, across the region and globally to share best practices, provide support and develop effective local policies and procedures appropriate to the Company, and working in support of the One MUFG and overall Group strategy.

Key profile specifications :

• Analyst or Associate level (depending on experience);
• 2 to 4 years’ experience in Commercial or Investment Banking;
• Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, Finance or Economics;
• Credit / Financing transactional experience with Corporates and / or Project Finance;
• General knowledge of Corporate Finance, Accounting (IFRS), Prudential Regulation (Basel / CRR);
• Professional English language proficiency is essential, conversational French a plus.

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.