YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• At least 7-10 years of relevant experience with financing deals in the private sector infrastructure (particularly project financing or PPPs) including hands-on experience in originating loans, guarantee transactions, and other corporate banking products
• Experienced as a Coverage banker or industry banker with a strong credit awareness and risk management skill set
• Extensive experience as an originator in the Australian market with the experience or strong ambition of building your own business line in Coverage with a focus on generating new revenues for the bank
• Excellent understanding of banking (debt) products in the corporate bank and investment bank
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and the ability to communicate effectively to management.
• Strong relationships with financial sponsors and infrastructure funds and immediate access to the decision makers in the Australian market

ABOUT US AND OUR TEAMS:

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YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This is an existing role within the Corporate Bank Coverage that requires further development and the successful candidate will be tasked to establish an incremental revenue flow within lending, (structured) trade finance (including export credit finance), debt capital markets, risk management solutions, cash management (including account bank solutions) and trust & agency services that we offer and will lead the coverage efforts for deals in these industries. The successful candidate will be required to work closely with colleagues within the existing Coverage, Structured Trade Export Finance and Natural Resource Finance businesses global and regional teams with a clear focus on developing this area in the bank and originating new deals. Considering the importance of this role the successful candidate has to demonstrate leadership skills as the role comes with colleague(s) that may report over the short term into the successful candidate.

CORE TASKS OF THE ROLE

• Co-Lead the origination of a pipeline of infrastructure finance in close cooperation with our infrastructure team(s)
• Drive the coverage efforts for these industries and be the champion in the Corporate Bank for infrastructure, LNG and energy transactions
• Cross-sell the bank products off the back of a lending transaction with a clear focus on improving product penetration and share of wallet
• Unlock new target clients across the infrastructure and renewable investment funds with the objective to establish long-term relationships with these funds and sponsors
• Co-lead the internal approvals process including interface with credit, integrity, legal and other teams as well as regional and senior management
• Build (out) and maintain a portfolio in this asset class with a clear mandate invest and hold and occasionally buy and hold
• Support throughout deal lifetime and contribute to or lead negotiations about amendment requests
• Being responsible as the client owner for the client lifetime cycle which entails protecting the bank against financial crime risk, reputational risk and other (non-credit) risks which includes know your client tasks and acting as the first line of defense
• Work closely with the investment bank colleagues (DCM, Origination & Advisory, Markets) in originating and closing successfully bespoke transactions