Associate - Leveraged Finance

Crédit Agricole SA; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic Leveraged Finance team at a leading corporate and investment bank. This role involves originating, structuring, and executing leveraged loans and high yield bond transactions for diverse clients. You'll lead client pitches, conduct strategic analysis, and develop financial models that drive decision-making. Collaborate with talented professionals in a supportive environment that values innovation and diversity. This is an exciting opportunity to make an impact in the finance industry while contributing to sustainable finance initiatives. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about finance, this position is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in leveraged credit and structured finance is essential.
• Comprehensive understanding of syndicated term loans and high yield bonds.
• Knowledge of the financial sponsor community is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead pitches and pricing updates for clients, showcasing expertise.
• Prepare detailed memos for internal credit and market committees.
• Develop robust financial models for transactions, providing insights.

Skills

Judgement

Initiative / Proactive

Teamwork

Ability to think quickly

Remaining calm under pressure

Flexibility

Resilience

Motivation

Action Orientation

Creativity

Team Focus

Education

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Excel

KIWIS

Diamond

Phidias

Eurecca

Anadefi

ClientLive

Job description

Types of Jobs - Corporate & Investment Banking

Job title

Associate - Leveraged Finance

Contract type

Permanent Contract

No

Job summary

Join our dynamic Leveraged Finance team within the Corporate and Leveraged Finance group at Crédit Agricole! We specialize in originating, structuring, and executing leveraged loan and high yield bond transactions for private equity, telecom, and corporate clients. If you're passionate about finance and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Charge:Take a leading role in preparing pitches and pricing/market updates for clients, showcasing your expertise and creativity.
• Strategic Analysis:Collaborate with the syndicate desk to elaborate pricing rationales and analyze comparables, ensuring our strategies are top-notch.
• Opportunity Assessment:Review and analyze new business opportunities with deal teams, identifying the best paths forward.
• Memo Mastery:Prepare detailed memos for internal credit and markets committees, driving informed decision-making.
• Portfolio Support:Assist the portfolio team in drafting annual reviews and monitoring client portfolios, ensuring optimal performance.
• Financial Modelling:Develop robust financial models for transactions, providing critical insights and projections.
• Administrative Excellence:Complete necessary administrative tasks for new deal opportunities, including compliance, NDA processing, business committee reviews, and profitability analysis. Maintain pipeline updates in Diamond.
• Documentation Review:Support senior originators in reviewing leveraged finance documentation, covenants, commitment papers, investment memorandums, precedents, and sponsor grids. Assist in negotiating the Description of Notes and preparing covenant comparables.
• Marketing Materials:Create compelling marketing materials for senior originators, including bond proposals, acquisition financing pitches, market updates, and summaries.
• Execution Preparation:Prepare marketing documents for deal execution, including offering memorandums, roadshow presentations, due diligence questionnaires, loan syndication materials, and ratings agency materials.
• Client Interaction:Engage with clients as a support to senior originators, building strong relationships and trust.
• Execution Support:Actively participate in the execution process, including due diligence, client conference calls, roadshow presentations, and drafting sessions.
• KYC Tasks:On-board and carry out KYC tasks for new transactions, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
  Market Intelligence:Process market information from databases, market intelligence, and publications, staying ahead of industry trends.
• Team Coordination:Coordinate and network with internal teams, including debt syndicate, derivatives desk, coverage, product team, and DCM Legal, to deliver focused solutions to potential issuers.
• Market Research:Conduct thorough market research on business, sector, and transactional trends.
  
  

Supplementary Information

Our commitment to you

Join our team at Crédit Agricole CIB, the corporate and investment banking arm of 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2023). We offer more than just a job.

You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative work environment where CSR is embraced in our day-to-day business operation, innovation is encouraged and diversity is celebrated.

Crédit Agricole CIB, the first French bank to have committed to the Equator Principles, is a pioneer and global leader in sustainable finance. Ourcommitment tosustainability and corporate responsibilitymeans that your work will have a positive impact on our communities and the environment.

With a people-centric culture where everyone is valued, and opportunities for personal and professional growth, Crédit Agricole CIB is not just a place to work – it is where you make an impact.

Our hiring process is open to all and should you have any particular needs or you may require adjustments, please let us know

Geographical area

Europe, United Kingdom

City

London

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Experience

• Awareness of general business, financial and economic environment.
• Experience in leveraged credit and / or structured finance.
• Comprehensive understanding of the syndicated term loan and high yield bond markets and related products.
• Knowledge and understanding of the financial sponsor community is desirable.

Required skills

• Judgement
• Initiative / Proactive
• Teamwork
• Ability to think quickly, make decisions and prioritise in pressured situations
• Remaining calm under pressure
• Flexibility
• Resilience
• Motivation
• Action Orientation
• Creativity
• Team Focus

Technical skills required

• Credit Analysis
• Analytical research and memo drafting
• MS Excel
• Good verbal and presentation skills
• Experience withsystems KIWIS/Diamond/Phidias/Eurecca/Anadefi/ ClientLive

Languages

General information

Entity

About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB)Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022).8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa, support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world.Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade.The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.For more information, please visit www.ca-cib.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ca_cibLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-agricole-cib/By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Entity

About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB)Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022).8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa, support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world.Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade.The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.For more information, please visit www.ca-cib.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ca_cibLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-agricole-cib/By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.