VP, Investment Grade Syndicate

Fifth Third; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Fifth Third Bank in Chicago is seeking a VP in Investment Grade Syndicate to lead complex debt-capital-markets transactions and work closely with corporate Treasury and institutional investors.

You will manage deal execution, provide pricing insight, supervise book-building, and collaborate with sales and trading to translate market intelligence into actionable strategies while mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 7-10 years of debt capital markets or syndicate experience, with associate-level background.
• Proven track record in originating and closing complex financial transactions.
• Excellent presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Strong relationship-building with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of investment-grade bond transactions, including insight on commercial paper, hybrids, and other products.
• Provide pricing insights to issuers based on investor demand, relative value, market dynamics and structure.
• Manage internal and external book-building processes with analysis, allocation, statistics, and post-deal insight.
• Maintain awareness of macro drivers, IG spreads, credit curves, and secondary trading flows.
• Collaborate with sales and trading to gather investor feedback and communicate market intelligence.
• Build senior-level relationships with corporate Treasury, C-suite executives, and institutional investors.
• Foster brand awareness across all phases of IG deals.
• Partner with senior leadership on strategy and platform development.
• Support underwriting, risk management, compliance, confidentiality, and information barriers.
• Develop high-impact presentation materials using PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support team and company mission.

Skills

Debt capital markets expertise

Syndicate experience

Client relationship management

Presentation skills

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or related field

Tools

Bloomberg

CreditSights

Job description

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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities for this role are below; you may support projects of varying complexity based on skill and organizational priorities.

• Help lead the execution of all investment-grade bond transactions, including insight and color on commercial paper, hybrids, and other products.
• Provide key insight regarding pricing levels to issuers based on investor demand, relative value analysis, secondary market performance, market dynamics, and structural considerations.
• Manage internal and external book building processes on appropriate systems which includes investor analysis, allocation strategy, transaction statistics, and post-deal insight.
• Maintain a keen awareness of macro drivers, IG spreads, credit curves, depth of the market, and secondary trading flows.
• Communicate and maintain a strong partnership with sales and trading to gather investor feedback, assess market technicals and communicate actionable market intelligence to issuers and internal stakeholders.
• Build senior-level relationships with corporate Treasury teams, C-suite executives, and key institutional investors, which includes analyst teams.
• Foster a competitive awareness of our brand as it relates to all phases of IG deals.
• Willingness to partner with internal senior leadership on strategy, areas of strength, and development of the platform.
• Support in underwriting, proper risk management, adherence to compliance, confidentiality, and information barrier requirements across all workstreams.
• Collaborate in developing high-impact presentation materials using PowerPoint, Excel, Word and other relevant software programs.
• Other Duties: Performing other duties as assigned, adapting to new tasks or shifts in priorities as necessary to support your team’s and the company’s mission.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 7-10 years of total relevant debt capital markets or syndicate-related experience, including prior Associate-level responsibilities; internal promotion candidates typically have 3–5 total years’ experience.
• Proven track record of success in working as a part of a team to originate, and close complex financial transactions.
• Excellent presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Strong relationship building skills.
• Strong understanding of investment-grade credit fundamentals, relative value analysis and fixed‑income market dynamics.
• The ability to interact effectively with senior executives inside and outside our organization.
• Expertise in one or more industries.
• Securities Industry Essentials (SIE), Series 79, and Series 63 licenses (or ability to maintain/obtain within company policy).

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Strong client-facing communication skills; capable of leading portions of meetings, managing expectations, and delivering concise updates.
• Deep familiarity with debt capital markets transaction processes, prospectus documentation, syndicate mechanics and securities issuance procedures.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality; sets standards for accuracy, consistency, and presentation.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and mentor junior talent and to foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture.
• Fluency with financial databases and platforms (e.g., Bloomberg, CreditSights).

SKILLS FOR SUCCESS:

• Execution Leadership: Anticipate roadblocks, manage critical paths, and ensure on-time, on-quality delivery across complex engagements.
• Client Impact: Elevate client dialogue with insights on pricing, investor demand/market technicals, issuance strategy, and market dynamics.
• Commercial Acumen: Support origination with idea generation through market insights, investor feedback, and identification of cross‑sell opportunities across the platform.
• Team Building: Develop junior talent through structured feedback, training moments, and role‑modeling of best practices.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate operational, reputational, and compliance risks.

DOING THE RIGHT THING:

Our employees take pride in doing the right thing for customers and colleagues as well as being accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and following policies and procedures that protect all our valuable assets —including you.

VP, Investment Grade Syndicate At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other.

Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day. Compensation for this position is largely incentive-based. Incentive compensation is combined with either a base salary or a draw to determine total cash compensation, and incentive compensation is based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance. More information can be obtained upon request. Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well‑being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner.

LOCATION -- Chicago, Illinois 60606

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