Associate, Aviation 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.

Purpose of the role

• Support promotion and expansion of Aviation Finance (“AF”) business to target and grow customers in the Asia Pacific (ex. Japan) region. 

• Support operational, research and auxillary matters of the AF team

Job Responsibilities:

• To support the AF team relating to origination and execution of deals and co-work closely with the respective MUFG branches and other Divisions.

• To prepare and update internal reports in relation to AF transaction.

• To prepare Borrower Rating and credit analysis for existing or prospective clients.

• To source and share market information with GAFO on AF’s clients, investors, financing partners and other market participants

• To support AF team for origination and execution of deals and co-work closely with respective MUFG branches and other relative divisions to achieve team profit target as well as applicable KPIs.

• Manage and develop relationships with existing and prospective AF’s clients as sector coverage with a view to originating mandates to lead debt issuance and arranging mandate with clients including but not limited to warehouse financings, portfolio financings, PDP financing, ABS-type transactions, JOLCO financing, and airline structured bonds (EETC private/public), as well as cross selling MUFG’s full product suite, such as global markets, trade and transaction banking, DCM and deposits.

• To work and grow as a team.

• Liaise with various departments and work together with GAFO as a global aviation team.

• To ensure that the transactions' risk profile fit the Bank's requirements and provide analysis and assessment of transactional risks or other related aspects of the transactions and obtain necessary credit approvals.

• To monitor and ensure credit compliance for executed transactions that has not been transferred to AF-PM.

• To comply with relevant MAS regulations and MUFG group policies

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of work experience, preferably in similar job capacity, within the banking industry, aircraft leasing, consultancy firms, or relevant industry

• Good knowledge of banking processes plus good communication, writing and interpersonal skills

• Good knowledge of legal principles, and the documentation of aircraft finance transactions

• Proven experience in analytical and credit skills including financial analysis

• Strong business acumen with good sense of deal closing

• Excellent English communication skills – written /oral internally and with customers

• Self-motivated, driven, good team player, customer-focused, ability to work independently

• Degree certified

We regret to inform that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.