Loan Syndication, VP

NCSL International; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plans

Educational assistance

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

MUFG seeks a senior banker to lead structuring, pricing, and distribution of financing and capital solutions across debt, equity, hybrid, and structured products.

You will originate client relationships, manage cross-border transactions, and guide credit strategy through closing while collaborating with origination, credit, legal, and risk teams. The role requires deep market knowledge and leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred, though not universally expected.
• Equivalent work experience equally preferable.
• Experience originating, structuring, pricing, executing, and distributing financing and capital solutions across debt, equity, hybrid, syndicated, and structured products.
• Advising clients on capital structure, liability management, and credit rating strategy.
• Experience with cross-border transactions and global investor coverage preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads structuring, pricing, execution, and distribution of financing and capital solutions across debt, equity, hybrid, and structured products.
• Originates and develops client relationships and financing solutions aligned with client objectives.
• Directs syndication, placement, and secondary market trading to match market appetite.
• Advises clients on capital structure optimization and liability management strategies.
• Negotiates pricing, terms, and allocations with multiple partners.
• Manages liability management transactions from launch through close.
• Represents the firm in client, investor, and rating agency dialogues.
• Drives allocation frameworks and investor engagement plans.
• Leads coordination across teams through closing and post-close activities.

Skills

Origination & structuring

Pricing & distribution

Debt, equity, hybrid instruments

Credit agreements & covenants

Syndication & market trading

Regulatory knowledge

CRMs & market data tools

Cross-border transaction experience

Education

Undergraduate degree in finance or related field

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Equivalent work experience acceptable

Tools

Bloomberg

Ipreo

CRM platforms

Job description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

EDUCATION

• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or advanced degree may be preferred, though not universally expected
• Equivalent work experience equally preferable

CERTIFICATIONS

• Dependent on regional requirements:
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 79
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 24
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Financial Risk Manager (FRM) or comparable credit-risk credential
• Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) registration
• Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Type 1 and Type 6 licensing

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated client-facing or execution experience with independent deal or project accountability
• Financial or other highly regulated industry experience
• Experience originating, structuring, pricing, executing, and distributing financing and capital solutions across debt, equity, hybrid, syndicated, and structured products
• Experience advising clients on capital structure, liability management, and credit rating strategy
• Experience with cross-border transactions and global investor coverage preferred

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Advanced expertise in origination, structuring, pricing, and distribution of financing and capital solutions across debt (loans and bonds), equity, hybrid, and structured products
• Proven expertise in liability management execution, including tender offers, consent solicitations, and exchange offers
• Deep expertise in preferred stock, convertible bond, and hybrid capital instrument structuring, including rating-agency and regulatory-capital treatment
• Advanced proficiency in syndication, distribution, and secondary loan trading across bank and institutional investor channels
• Extensive knowledge of credit agreements, indentures, covenants, intercreditor dynamics, and security arrangements
• Sophisticated understanding of credit rating agency methodologies and capital structure optimization
• In-depth expertise in pricing strategy, allocation, and risk-adjusted return calibration
• Refined judgment in market intelligence, portfolio analytics, and investor-demand assessment
• Thorough understanding of regulatory, information-barrier, and securities-law requirements across jurisdictions
• Advanced proficiency in Bloomberg, Debt domain, orderbook management (Ipreo or equivalent) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

• Demonstrates leadership
• Communicates effectively
• Identifies multiple paths to success using analytical and critical thinking as well as decision-making skills
• Operates strategically to support a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking
• Makes sound business decisions in a complex work environment
• Collaborates with other business functions and divisions to advance business objectives
• Is flexible, decisive, and able to establish support from leadership
• Monitors industry trends and best practices and applies insights to advance the business
• Exhibits and foster optimism, resilience, flexibility, and openness to others' ideas
• Inspires innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective
• Leads by example, engaging inclusively and with intent

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads structuring, pricing, execution, and distribution of financing and capital solutions across debt (loans and bonds), equity, hybrid, and structured products
• Originates and develops client relationships and financing solutions aligned with client capital objectives
• Directs syndication, placement, and secondary market trading, aligning distribution with market appetite
• Advises clients on capital structure optimization, liability management, and credit rating strategy across debt instruments
• Negotiates final pricing, terms, and allocations in collaboration with origination, credit, syndicate, and risk partners
• Manages liability management transactions, including tender offers, consent solicitations, and exchange offers, from launch through close
• Represents the firm in client, investor, and rating agency dialogue on assigned mandates
• Drives allocation frameworks, bookbuilding approaches, and investor engagement plans tailored to transaction objectives
• Directs resolution of complex structuring, documentation, tabulation, and execution issues during live transactions
• Leads coordination with origination, credit, legal, syndicate, and operations teams through closing and post-close activities
• Manages market intelligence, portfolio analytics, and competitor monitoring to inform structuring and timing decisions
• Advises junior team members and reviews analytical work products for quality and accuracy
• Ensures adherence to underwriting policies, regulatory requirements, and conduct standards across transactions

The typical base pay range for this role is between $200-225K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a matter consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.