Associate - Leveraged and Acquisition Finance

HSBC; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join HSBC as an Associate in Leveraged and Acquisition Finance, where you will support senior management and drive strategic initiatives. This role involves developing financial models, engaging with clients, and ensuring effective governance across diverse projects, making a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in financial modelling.
• Ability to work under pressure across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead juniors and develop a high-performance culture within the team.
• Support LAF Management in the implementation of strategy.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders to maintain strong relationships.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Qualitative analysis

Credit analysis

Team player

Education

Degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Financial analysis tools

Job description

Join a leading global banking institution as an Associate in Leveraged and Acquisition Finance, where you'll play a pivotal role in supporting senior management and driving strategic initiatives. You'll engage with clients and stakeholders, ensuring effective governance while developing financial models and transaction structures. This dynamic position offers a unique opportunity to work across diverse projects in a fast-paced environment, making a significant impact on the organization's success. If you thrive in a collaborative setting and are passionate about finance, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in financial modelling.
• Ability to work under pressure across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead juniors and develop a high-performance culture within the team.

Skills

Quantitative and qualitative analytical skills

Credit analysis

Team player

Education

Degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Financial analysis tools

Associate - Leveraged and Acquisition Finance

Brand: HSBC

Area of Interest: Investment Banking, Markets, and Research

Location: London, GB, E14 5HQ

Work style: Hybrid Worker

HSBC Global Banking and Markets is an emerging markets-led, financing-focused business that provides investment and financial solutions. Through our international network, we connect emerging and mature markets, covering key growth areas. We partner with our corporate, government and institutional clients to help them achieve consistent, long-term performance. Our products and services include advisory, financing, prime services, research and analysis, securities services, trading and sales and transaction banking.

We are currently hiring an Associate – Leveraged and Acquisition Finance (LAF). The Associate LAF is a key role in the LAF team, responsible for supporting Associate Directors / Directors / Managing Directors to implement LAF's, Capital Market’s and the wider Group strategy.

Responsibilities

• To actively lead juniors and assist in developing a values led high performance culture across LAF team locally and the wider group.
• To support LAF Management in the implementation of strategy in order to maintain a strong, sustainable deal pipeline across the platform locally in line with the group purpose, vision and values through building, assisting in developing and maintaining client relationships and engaging with stakeholders across Global Banking & Markets and the wider group.
• To take active responsibility for ensuring effective governance structures and processes are followed and to developing an understanding of critical issues across LAF, working in partnership with support functions and the wider group.
• Supporting LAF management locally in the origination, underwriting and syndication (as appropriate) of event driven and flow financing solutions for HSBC Group's corporate and financial sponsor clients.
• Proactively engage with the LAF management and team to implement Capital Markets strategy and Global Standards.
• Have an understanding of LAF's operating model / its alignment with the Group strategic direction.
• Participate in the Global or Regional as required Capital Allocation Committee (CAC), Client Selection and Reputational Risk Committee (CSRRC), Sub Investment Grade Committee (SIC), Credit Committee and others, (as applicable).
• Be aware of and support Group strategy and objectives across LAF.
• Develop and populate financing models, extracting the required information from diverse and generic sources and ensure that such models are accurate, consistent and as clear as possible facilitating rapid review by senior team members.
• Assist in the structuring of transactions and assist in the preparation CAC/TRM/Credit, SIC & SCRRC submissions anticipating inter alia credit issues, market trends and competitive dynamics.
• Take responsibility for accurate reporting of income, work in progress status for transactions involved, ensuring that deal folders are complete and that inside / confidential registers are appropriately maintained.

Knowledge/Experience

• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
• Ability to learn new concepts quickly, work across multiple projects and deals in varying stages of execution under time pressure
• Previous experience working with materials such as pitch books and information memoranda
• Proficiency in financial modelling and detailed financial analysis
• Demonstrable interest in credit analysis, corporate finance considerations and deal execution
• Commitment to meeting deadlines without compromising attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong team player with a proactive and self-motivated attitude and ability to think and act independently and to take ownership of workstreams from outset

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our recruitment processes are accessible to everyone - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.

We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse.

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VP/Associate Director, Leveraged and Acquisition Finance

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