Leveraged Finance Origination Assistant Vice President

Position Description

SMBC’s European Leverage Finance Origination Team sits within the Specialised Products Department in SMBC and comprises c.60 staff across the London, Frankfurt, Paris and Dublin offices. The team works closely with the Leveraged Finance Portfolio Management, Business Operations, Loan Capital Markets, Credit and Global Sponsor Coverage teams, as well as collaborating with multiple other departments across SMBC.
External stakeholders include SMBC’s joint venture partners and third party capital relationships as well as our private equity sponsors and the management teams of our borrowing relationships.

This role sits in the Broadly Syndicated team, which is focused on proactively pitching and executing syndicated transactions (loans and bonds) for our private equity clients. 

Role Responsibilities include:

• Financial modelling of transactions
• Preparation of credit analysis, typically working in a deal team of 2-4 members
• Running key aspects of deal closing processes
• Preparation of marketing materials for clients, working with senior originators
• Building an initial network within the leveraged finance and private equity market
• Providing information to clients on SMFG products and services, including investment products

To be successful in this role, you will need to balance multiple components of a transaction process (eg credit paper, modelling, due diligence, closing mechanics) operating under tight time pressures. You will also need to will also need to learn multiple systems, processes and analytical tools, acting always in compliance with all regulatory and internal policies and procedures, regulations and guidelines.