Vice President/Director - Senior Originator - Corporate and Leveraged Finance

at  CRDIT AGRICOLE CIB

DESCRIPTION DU POSTE

With its Corporate and Leveraged Finance (CLF) business line Crédit Agricole CIB is a leading international debt provider and ranks among the top players in the EMEA syndicated loan and bond league tables. Present in Europe, in the USA and in Asia, CLF is in charge of originating, structuring and arranging debt financings for the bank’s corporate and private equity clients. Through its rating and capital structure advisory franchise, CLF is also in charge of advising clients on all strategic financing matters from capital structure optimization to formal rating advisory.
The Leveraged Finance Team provides all financing solutions to private equity clients and is a well established leading player in the European & German LBO market consistently ranked amongst the Top 3 in the respective Bookrunner League Tables.
For our German CLF team we are looking for a

Origination phase

• Establish strong working relationships with the CLF (Origination) and DAR (Syndicate) teams, senior bankers and other business lines for a seamless and successful origination process, but also outside the bank, notably with clients
• Maintain close relationships with legal and debt advisors and other banks in the region

• Generate ideas and prepare (acquisition) financing pitches in close collaboration with the other business lines of the bank (DAR, DCM, ECM, GIB, Rating Advisory) and also with the other product lines within CLF (LBO and telecoms)Participate in client meetings with senior bankers and other business lines

Execution phase

• Prepare and review financial models, with a particular focus on cash flow analysis and financial projections, incl. the assessment of clients’ (rating based) debt capacity and identification of ideal financing structures
• Draft CLF requests (risk analysis, sector analysis, transaction structure, development of bank cases and sensitivity cases, etc.) and coordinate the credit process working with various departments such as syndication, credit and capital market
• Prepare the AFA business opportunity memorandum ("BOM") for senior management
• Draft/negotiate mandate and commitment papers (particularly term sheets) and negotiate the loan documentation with the client and/or lawyer (doc agent role)
• Assist DAR Sales teams in the syndication process (including preparation of an information memorandum and managing of Q&A process)