Associate, Leveraged And Acquisition Finance - Portfolio

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About the role:
In your role as Associate, you will support the Leveraged and Acquisition Finance Portfolio team (LAFP) to support a growing pipeline of M&A activity across Private Equity Sponsor and Corporate clients, across APAC.
The role will sit within the Front Office Credit & Portfolio function (C&P) of the Global Corporate & Investment Banking (GCIB) business in Oceania. The roles support GCIB and LAF in 2 key functional areas –

• LAF Portfolio, APAC - driving regional oversight of the LBO book, ensuring quality analysis and monitoring of credits, with consistent and timely reporting across APAC;
• GCIB C&P, Australia - the management of a portfolio of local LBO deals and Diversified Industries (DI) customers, covering sectors such as Healthcare, Telco & Tech, Consumer, Food Beverage & Agriculture etc.

The role will support the continued “build out” of a rapidly growing APAC LAF franchise as well as our local GCIB business. The role works with Originators, Relationship Managers, Product Partners and our Credit team.
What you’ll be doing:
APAC LAF Portfolio: Support LAFP teams’ key focus areas below:

• Establish necessary framework, template/s, service standards, heatmap classifications with input from key stakeholders across LAF, ICD and Coverage
• Continue to drive accuracy, completeness, consistency of information over time, incorporating feedback from stakeholders
• Produce monthly/quarterly reports at the individual borrower level and at the APAC level including key information such as Credit Exposures, Borrower Ratings, Returns, Leverage Levels across Countries, Sectors and Sponsors
• Help identify, monitor and manage concerns as they arise, including seeking advice and/or action from Coverage, LAF, ICD, Sponsor coverage, etc
• Present / guide management on regional trends and lead product improvement projects for the region including engagement with HO and other regions

Credit & Portfolio: Support the management of a portfolio of LBO deals / DI customers with a focus on credit quality monitoring and the achievement of the Bank’s risk / return targets through:

• Conducting annual credit reviews and internal rating reviews
• Covenant compliance monitoring
• Supporting refinancing and other revenue initiatives across the portfolio
• Coordinating within the MUFG network
• Client interactions on tasks required for on-boarding and account management
• Any other required tasks in accordance with the Bank’s policies and procedures and required to support the broader DI business
• MUFG standards need to be maintained and supported at times

What we are looking for:

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in corporate and institutional lending / debt advisory at a major bank or chartered accounting firm
• Candidates from credit rating agencies, advisory houses, investment management firms or corporate treasury teams will also be considered
• Degree qualified - undergraduate or postgraduate in Accounting, Business, Commerce, Law, Engineering or similar degrees
• Outstanding quantitative and qualitative analytical skills; strong knowledge of finance and accounting
• Previous banking / credit / advisory experience desirable, especially in the corporate / leveraged finance space
• Strong financial analysis, modelling and general excel skills essential and ideally some loan documentation experience
• Possess an understanding of financial and economic markets in general
• Be able to engage in independent research and analysis of customers and markets and apply critical thinking and a high level of attention to detail
• Highly motivated with demonstrated ability to managing conflicting priorities and requests
• Willing to learn about all investment and institutional banking products
• Ability to take initiative and function well within a team
• Strong written and oral communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills with ability to create and maintain relationships at all levels of the organization
• Must maintain high standards of professional and ethical conduct
• Experience with stakeholder management and collaboration with other departments
• MS office experience with key capabilities in Excel, Word and Powerpoint

Our culture:
MUFG fosters a highly professional, supportive work environment that enables our employees to help maximize our customers' prosperity. We focus on building long-term customer relationships and giving back to our communities in order to develop shared and sustainable growth for a better world.
MUFG Bank Ltd & MUFG Securities Asia Limited (collectively referred to as “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.