Associate, Leveraged Finance

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Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment? 

We are currently recruiting for a Leveraged Finance Associate in Frankfurt.

About MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V.

MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of MUFG Bank, headquartered in Amsterdam. With offices throughout Europe, our teams provide clients with comprehensive financing solutions spanning Coverage & Structured Finance, Capital Markets and Transaction Banking, using MUFG’s global reach to provide bespoke solutions. With 73 green, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bond tranches in 2021 and 51 sustainability-linked loans in EMEA in 2021, MUFG is committed to supporting clients to achieve sustainable business growth.

Please visit our website for more information – https://www.mufgemea.com/mbe

Your impact at MUFG

The candidate contributes to the successful origination, structuring and execution of leveraged finance transactions, supporting revenue generation, client relationship development and portfolio management activities across MUFG’s private equity sponsor and corporate client franchise

Function positioning

Supporting senior team members in the origination, structuring, execution and portfolio management of leveraged finance transactions. The candidate works closely with Sponsor Coverage, Mid-Market Direct Lending, Leveraged Capital Markets and other product and coverage teams across the bank

Why Leveraged Finance?

As an Associate in MUFG’s Leverage Finance team in Germany, you will become part of a growing platform, offering the opportunity to work on complex and high-profile sponsor-backed transactions, while taking on meaningful responsibility, gaining broad exposure to private equity sponsors and senior stakeholders across an international banking group and contributing  to the continued growth of the business

The role includes the following responsibilities:

• Develop and manage leveraged loan and high-yield bond financing solutions for corporate and sponsor clients
• Analyze sponsor strategies and borrower credit profiles to structure debt packages
• Collaborate on structuring senior facilities, subordinated instruments, and hybrid securities that maximize leverage, covenant flexibility, and refinancing options
• Manage due diligence across internal and external stakeholders
• Manage pricing and covenant negotiations
• Monitor documentation for leveraged finance transactions
• Present internal deal memos for credit committee review
• Liaise with syndicate desk and sales teams to support market execution
• Manage transaction timelines and coordinate closing logistics

In order to be successful in the role, you will need the following:

• Work experience:
  • Experience working with leveraged finance transactions or sponsor-backed clients
  • Exposure to structuring and executing debt financings
  • Understanding of credit analysis and capital structure optimization
  • Experience preparing and presenting internal deal memos for credit committee review
• Functional skills
  • Proficient with leveraged loan and high-yield bond structuring
  • Comprehensive understanding of sponsor strategies, credit profiles, and covenant frameworks
  • Experience with due diligence and support transaction execution
  • Proficiency in financial modeling and credit analysis
• Foundational skills
  • Communicates effectively
  • Identifies multiple paths to success using analytical and critical thinking as well as decision-making skills
  • Exercises sound judgement, prioritizes effectively, and strives for continuous improvement
  • Effectively collaborates with colleagues
  • Leverages available technology to drive efficiency and results
  • Understands and applies industry trends and best practices
  • Exhibits optimism, resilience, flexibility, and openness to others' ideas
  • Values learning as a lifelong professional objective
  • Engages inclusively and with intent
  • Always acts with integrity

Personal requirements:

Integrity and Responsibility

• Balance Risk with Opportunity
• Customer Focus
• Demonstrate Global Perspective

Professionalism and Teamwork

• Drive For Results
• Collaborate and Build Partnerships
• Communicate Effectively and Professionally

Challenge Ourselves To Grow

• Influence and Inspire Others
• Lead Change & Seek Continuous Improvement
• Think Strategically
• Manage and Develop Talent

What do we have to offer:

We offer you a role in one of the largest banks of the world in a growing and international environment.  You have various opportunities to develop yourself and we will support you with that by offering various training and development possibilities.

• We take into account your home situation and your ambitions and help you to balance work and private life.
• Monthly team events.
• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best.

Besides that we will offer you:

• Gross salary based on experience and consistent with the market including bonus payment
• Contribution to capital forming benefits (“Vermögenswirksame Leistungen”);
• Sponsorship of a job ticket to 50%;
• Lunch allowance;
• Flextime to support your personal work-life-balance (“Gleitzeit”);
• Further training and educational programs, e.g. language courses;
• Corporate benefits;
• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best.

Additional information:

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

The role is based in Frankfurt. All candidates need to be willing to relocate to Frankfurt. Internal employees will be supported in case of relocation.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.