Analyst Corporate and Leveraged Finance

Summary

The position entails responsibilities in Corporate Acquisition Financing Advisory and Corporate Loan Origination including: (i) deal execution, (ii) client coverage from a product perspective, (iii) portfolio monitoring and (iv) coordination with other métiers with the intention to develop cross selling activities in the CLF area in Spain and Portugal.

Key Responsibilities

• Helping in Commercial Activity for Corporate Acquisition Financing Advisory and Corporate Loan Origination:
• Preparation of marketing materials for pitches to corporate clients, including: financial modelling, presentations, debt capacity assessment
• Analysis of available information, including public information, broker notes and due diligence reports, rating reports
• Execution of Acquisition Financing Advisory transactions:
• Preparation of all internal credit documentation: credit application, financial model, rating assessment, and PI calculation;
• Analysis of available information, including public information, broker notes and due diligence reports;
• Negotiation of all the legal documentation: Term Sheet, SFA, ICA, Fee Letter, Commitment documents, etc.
• Execute transactions syndicated to market in conjunction with the distribution team. Prepare marketing materials, manage investor's Q&A and coordinate other syndication workstreams.
• Follow-up of closed transactions and portfolio monitoring:
• Maintain a fluent dialogue with existing portfolio companies from a product basis and identify potential business opportunities;
• Monitor periodic financial information;
• Prepare or help to prepare all internal credit follow-up process, including waivers, annual reviews.
• Client coverage and screening of potential transaction:
• Discuss potential transactions with clients and generate business ideas from a corporate loan product perspective;
• Coordination with different departments for the commercial activity including: Distribution (DAR), Coverage, DCM, M&A, ECM, Derivatives Desk (GMD) and Rating Advisory and others to generate cross-selling opportunities
• Assist transversally in other transactions across CLF working in conjunction with other team members in Iberia or abroad:
• Other products within CLF include, Leveraged Finance, Telecom Finance and High Yield among others

SPECIAL ROLE REQUIREMENTS
:

• General knowledge of national and international economy and finance;
• General knowledge of national and international accounting and tax principles;
• Public rating knowledge for corporates
• Deep knowledge of corporate acquisition structuring features;
• Deep knowledge of Spanish/Portuguese large and mid-cap corporates;
• Deep knowledge of available debt instruments (recourse and non-recourse);
• Sound analytical skills with strong modelling capabilities;
• Experienced skills for risk identification, credit analysis and mitigation alternatives;
• Deep knowledge of legal regime applicable to available debt instruments, together with specific legislation applicable to corporate acquisitions.

Qualifications/Education Required:

• Degree in Economics, Business Administration or Engineering.
• Solid academic results required.
• Fluent in Spanish and English

Experience Required:

• Experience of 1-3 years in banking or advisory
• Strong background in structuring financing transactions
• Experience in corporate lending, corporate acquisitions or leveraged finance structuring features
• Experienced command of financial modeling
• Solid documentation skills

Competencies Required:

• Solid financing and analytical skills, including:
• Accounting principles and international accounting standards
• Valuation principles
• High degree of autonomy;
• Strong debt structuring features;
• Loan documentation skills;
• Hard worker and team player;
• High communications skills.