LEVERAGED FINANCE VICE PRESIDENT / SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTExcited to grow your career? BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers, and designers.
About the job: As a Vice President, your main roles and responsibilities are, among others, the following ones:
Develop in-depth relationships with the portfolio of clients, providing the best advice on accessing capital markets winning origination mandates.Maintain and enhance market intelligence working with external counterparties and Syndicate & Sales teams to gather investor appetite.Work on underwriting and distribution strategies including management of different stakeholders in coverage, syndicate, sales, and risk to obtain the relevant approvals.Lead the origination activities for HY Bonds, Term Loan Bs, and other syndicated bank facilities (among others, TLAs, RCFs, Guarantee Lines,...). This includes running financial models, completing financial and credit analysis, reviewing and structuring documentation, and driving materials not only for internal approval committees but also for syndication purposes and marketing effort.Manage the day-to-day execution of live deals (across both High Yield Bond and Loan markets).Provide support, guidance, and learning opportunities to more junior team members.Tasks: Closely monitor Leveraged Loans & HYB market trends and identify new business opportunities.Coordinate development of internal market trackers (comps, covenant grids) and processing of market research (business / sector etc.).Lead pitch processes, interacting with external clients (including debt issuers and private equity clients) and internal stakeholders.Lead the origination activities, working closely with all the stakeholders across the value chain (Coverage, Advisory, Syndicate & Sales).Assist in client coverage with participating / leading client dialogue including preparation of client materials including, among others, advanced financial statement analysis and thoughtful cash flow projection models, pitches, term sheets, covenant analysis, and market updates.Advise companies on financing in the context of acquisitions, capital return, and/or ongoing working capital and refinancing needs.Review and analyze new business opportunities with relevant stakeholders.Take the lead on preparing internal memos for credit and syndicate committees.Responsible for the leveraged finance documentation, covenants, commitment papers, IMs, precedents, and sponsor grids, interacting directly with clients and advisors (lawyers, co-advisors, etc.).Responsible for assisting marketing materials and other external deal processes related to deal execution including but not limited to Loan syndication materials (IM, RAP, LP etc.), OM, roadshow presentations, DD questionnaires.Provide support, guidance, and learning opportunities to more junior team members.Responsible to have a deep understanding of the internal mechanisms and culture, as well as adherence to the corporate policies and internal and external compliance regulations.All the above requires strong quantitative and qualitative skills, a solid understanding of the origination and execution process from end-to-end, and the capacity to work on several tasks in parallel, which requires good organization skills and strong commitment.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or MBA or equivalent graduate degree in a financial discipline with an excellent academic record PLUS minimum 7 years of experience in a Leveraged Finance team or a similar field.Proven experience in analyzing and structuring Leveraged Finance transactions as well as in underwriting and syndication of HY bonds and TLBs.Ability to work under pressure.Demonstrate a willingness to solve problems and improve processes.Strong stakeholder management skills as well as proven ability to manage more junior resources.Familiar with policies and procedures of origination and syndication activities plus all the regulatory requirements to effectively conduct the role.Language proficiency: fluent in English and Spanish, another EU language would be beneficial.IT skills: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Bloomberg.Send your CVDon't miss any opportunity and upload your CV! You will join our Talent Community so that we can send you future opportunities that match your profile.
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