Vice President, Alternative Credit and Securitized Products Groups

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,000,000 - 1,650,000; Full time

Job summary

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking in Hong Kong is seeking a Vice President to focus on fund financing transactions within the ACSPG team. You will originate, structure and execute financing solutions and develop bespoke financial models, including NAV facilities, RNFs and CFOs, coordinating with internal and external advisers across regions.

The role requires 5–7 years of relevant experience in credit structuring, strong accounting and credit skills, fluent English, and the ability to lead

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience in structuring credit transactions.
• Experience on RNFs, CFOs or similar fund financing transactions preferred.
• Strong understanding of rating agency methodologies.
• Experience coordinating with multiple teams across countries.

Responsibilities

• Origination, structuring and execution of financing transactions.
• Lead development of bespoke financial models for NAV, hybrids, RNFs and CFOs.
• Draft term sheets and internal memos; prepare commercial presentations.
• Coordinate due diligence with external advisors and rating agencies.
• Engage with legal teams; review transaction documents.
• Monitor transactions and ensure covenant compliance; timely reporting.
• Lead annual reviews, waivers and amendments.

Skills

Fund financing

Securitization

Financial modeling

NAV facilities

RNF

CFO

Credit analysis

English communication

Education

Finance/Business/Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in close to 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. Natixis CIB is committed to aligning its financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping its clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.

As part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A+, Moody's: A2, Fitch: A+, R&I: A+).

Main Responsibilities

The Alternative Credit and Securitized Products Groups (“ACSPG”) provide a wide range of financing solutions to Natixis’ clients in the Asia Pacific Middle East (“APME”) region. Those financing solutions encompass, notably, securitization warehousing facilities (ABS and RMBS) and fund financing.

On the fund financing front, Natixis has been an active and recognized player starting from the early 2000s in North America as a provider of subscription facilities. As a promoter of fund financing being a full-fledged asset class, Natixis’ has expanded its offering to embrace the full life cycle of private funds, and the whole fund financing ecosystem. Financing solutions provided by Natixis thus include hybrid and NAV facilities at the fund level but also Rated Notes Feeder (“RNF”), Collateralized Fund Obligations (“CFO”), and other innovative financing solutions to cater to the needs of institutional investors investing into private funds.

As a Vice President, you will be expected to focus primarily on fund financing transactions, while also having the opportunity to contribute to the securitization business.

Key Responsibilities

• Origination, structuring and execution of financing transactions.
• Leading the development of bespoke financial models, including NAV, hybrids, RNFs and CFOs, and for securitization warehouses, as needed.
• Assisting with the drafting of term sheets, commercial presentations, leading drafting of internal approval memos.
• Coordinating due diligence with external advisors, rating agencies processes.
• Engaging with internal and external legal teams by reviewing and commenting on transaction documents.
• Proactively monitoring existing transactions, including compliance with reporting requirements and satisfactory fulfilment of covenants.
• Leading the drafting of annual reviews, waivers, amendments.
• Ensuring data accuracy and timely reporting of transactions in the team’s global reporting tool.

Required Experience

• At a minimum 5 to 7 years of relevant experience on structuring credit transactions, ideally combining fund financing and securitization.
• Proven track record of engagement on RNFs, CFOs or other similar innovative fund financing transactions will be requested.
• Good understanding of rating agencies methodologies.
• Having experienced engagement on execution of transactions, including due diligence and transaction documents negotiation.
• Knowledge of securitization markets would be a plus.
• Knowledge of private credit and back leverage, loan on loan financing would also be a plus.
• Previous experience working in an international firm and coordinating with various teams across multiple countries is strongly preferred.

Skills & Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Fluency in another Asian language is welcome.
• Excellent team spirit and ability to work within a small team.
• Strong interpersonal skills as the transversality of the ACSPG business requires to cooperate and work smoothly with other business lines across multiple locations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while remaining detail-oriented and accountable.
• Superior credit, financial analysis and financial modeling skills (including waterfalls).
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Holder of appropriate tertiary qualifications in Finance, Business or Engineering.

“This position falls under the scope of the Mandatory Reference Checking (MRC) Scheme endorsed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), which aims to enhance the assessment of fitness and propriety of individuals applying for certain specified roles within authorised institutions under HKMA’s supervision. As part of the recruitment process, Natixis will approach your current and former employer(s) which are authorised institutions for employment records and conduct-related information in the past seven years to conduct reference checking, in accordance with the MRC Scheme requirements.

For more information, please refer to the FAQs for In-Scope Individuals published by the Hong Kong Association of Banks ( https://www.hkab.org.hk/en/page/5/mandatory-reference-checking-scheme-phase-2).”