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Overview:

ARB Corporate Banking Group is looking for candidate for the role of a Manager/Senior Manager to join its Structured Finance team.

The Structured Finance Department provides advisory, structuring, and lending services to large strategic investors and private sponsors. The group covers the growing infrastructure industry (including digital infrastructure, transportation, and social infrastructure), the power industry (including conventional power generation, renewable power generation, and storage), and the natural resources industry, with a growing focus on ESG-themed projects.

With a strong focus on debt structuring and arranging, you will be involved in all stages of transactions, from composing early-stage proposals, to due diligence and execution, and ultimately to managing a successful financial close.

The candidate will provide analytical support to senior bankers through the preparation of financial models, complex credit analyses, credit applications, term sheets, presentation materials (pitch books), and industry research, as well as through ongoing monitoring and review of the lending portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Support senior team members and participate in the negotiation, structuring, and execution of new transactions.

• Participate in the due diligence of new transactions with an emphasis on understanding the basic elements of the deal, how those relate to assessing risk, and ultimately structuring the transaction to mitigate risk.

• Prepare and present internal memos for new transactions, assess profitability, prepare credit applications and complete all internal workflow required for approvals, middle/back-office checks, etc. to facilitate the timely execution of new transactions.

• Provide execution leadership by managing workflows and resource allocation, including providing guidance, feedback, and oversight of Analysts.

• Collaborate and coordinate with relationship managers with overlapping clients.

• Build and amend financial models for project finance transactions, with an emphasis on using best practices for complex structures.

• Continuously monitor and manage existing transactions, including the credit review and processing of waivers and amendments, internal reports, and special credit requirements.

• Ensure compliance of all internal and external matters in accordance with banking regulations, bank policy and best practices.

• Undertake research and analytics related to specific sectors, regions or loans, and stay abreast of industry trends, opportunities, and general market conditions.

• Support marketing and origination of new transactions by preparing pitch books and marketing materials and attending client meetings with senior colleagues.

• Provide ad hoc reports for management.

Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of Project Finance, Infrastructure Finance, Public Finance, Structured Finance, Project Bonds, Project Loans, Syndication loans, Debt Capital Markets (Financial Advisory and is a plus)

• Relevant professional experience in project finance, syndication and/or Financial Advisory (mandatory)

• Able to quickly learn and adapt to new processes and systems. Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and an interest in continuous learning;

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, ability to synthesize large amounts of information, analyze risk and identify mitigating factors.

• Self-driven and motivated; takes personal ownership of specific assignments. Committed to developing high-end financial modeling skills and competency in the review and negotiation of project financing documentation.

• Highly collaborative and flexible in a team and client environment and ability to form good relationships internally and externally.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal; comfortable presenting and negotiating externally with clients and key industry contacts and internally with senior management and credit department.

• Ability to coordinate and communicate with various internal departments across the bank.

• Ability to organize thoughts and clearly articulate points and provide summaries and explanations of transactions, verbally or in writing to management or other internal departments

• Experience in preparing credit applications, performing cash flow analysis, ability to read and interpret financial statements, and strong accounting skills. Must be proficient in the use of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

• Demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail and an ability to complete work accurately and in a timely manner against strict deadlines.

Skills Required

• MS Excel
• MS Office
• Analytical Skills
• Critical thinking