Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Analyst

at  CRDIT AGRICOLE CIB

Job description

MINIMAL EDUCATION LEVEL

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION / SPECIALITY

Relevant academic background (BA/BS degree with economics/finance coursework, or master degree – Msc Finance or MBA).

LEVEL OF MINIMAL EXPERIENCE

0-2 years

EXPERIENCE

Ideally 1-2 year experience in a similar leveraged finance origination and execution environment, direct HY experience and/or TMT vertical experience will be particularly valued.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
• prior experience in building cash-flow models, in financial analysis and corporate strategy
• team player, prior experience working as part of deal teams
• reliability, attention to detail and quality outputs, ability to work against deadlines in a demanding environment
• strong communication and interpersonal skills
• MS Office suite proficiency (modelling with Excel, pitches with Powerpoint), Bloomberg experience a strong positive
• Fluency in a second language (in particular Portuguese, Spanish, or French) is a positive.

• Assist the more senior team members in origination, structuring and execution of transactions for Corporate and Sponsor clients within the leveraged, acquisition finance and TMT space.
• Identify financing solutions for clients across debt capital markets including bank, institutional, Term Loan B and secured and unsecured high yield bond markets.
• Contribute to internal and external deal processes with respect to deal documentation, credit and underwriting approvals.
• Preparation of marketing materials and pitch books for sponsor and corporate clients.
• Monitor and help team evaluate primary and secondary capital market developments; manage assimilation of related intelligence for preparation of client ready market updates / guidance discussions
• thorough due diligence, financial and cash flow modelling, preparation of credit requests and financial analysis.
• training and mentoring more junior staff within the team (VIEs, US analysts, trainees).
• Prepare capital structure analysis for new and existing clients / situations, including analysis of comparable transactions, ratings analysis, and evaluating market data.
• Liaise with other teams internally, including interest & FX hedging, liability management, securitization, ECM, M&A, as well as coverage, credit and legal as necessary on new and existing transactions and ongoing client relationship management.
• Exposure to all stages of transactions, including negotiation and execution of term sheets, commitment documents and credit documents in liaison with internal and external legal counsel. Support to syndication/sales team for distribution.
• Monitor the existing client loan portfolio for credit quality / financial performance and potential new transaction and refinancing opportunities. Contribution to internal reporting.