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MUFG Sponsor Finance & Direct Lending, VP in New York, New York

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the 7th largest financial group in the world. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 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.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Job Summary:

Primary responsibility for evaluating and underwriting Direct Loans, Broadly Syndicated Loans and other leveraged finance credit commitments to Private Equity owned non-investment grade borrowers ranging in size from middle market to large corporate within the Sponsor Finance & Direct Lending business unit. Provide support for the Originations team (Financial Sponsor coverage) and Syndication’s strategies.

Corporate finance professional primarily focused on underwriting transactions which will include diligence, structuring, credit analysis, legal documentation and recommendations. Critical functions include assessing risk factors associated with each credit and determining the appropriate structure, terms, and pricing in consideration of established policies and guidelines.

Responsibilities:

  • Credit analysis, recommendation, and management of the transactions within the Sponsor Finance & Direct Lending business unit.

  • Perform due diligence on new transactions as well as follow-on transactions for existing credits.

  • Evaluate, structure, and negotiate terms and credit agreements with Sponsor owned borrowers.

  • Prepare detailed credit analysis and credit applications in accordance with internal policies and regulatory guidance, including the evaluation of company-specific, industry, and regulatory risks; and company historical operating performance, projected operating performance and capital structure.

  • Support the sponsor coverage team’s idea generation for Sponsor clients and potential clients and attend client meetings as required.

  • Support the syndication strategy, including lender presentations and liaison with participant lenders, including banks and private credit firms.

  • Oversee the communication of account information across various constituencies throughout the organization.

  • Generalist coverage responsibilities, including the need to understand current relevant industry conditions utilizing internal and external sources.

  • Oversight of facility closing procedures including both operations and documentation.

Advanced Client Solutions:

  • Work within deal team environment (with GRM, Corporate Advisory, Capital Markets, and Syndications) supporting the development and analysis of financing structures/strategies, including leveraged capital markets and other product areas.

  • Support bespoke credit analysis for structured credit transactions (derivative transactions, margin lending, receivable securitizations, supply chain finance).

  • Participate in client and bank meetings as necessary.

Policy and Transaction Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate communication with the credit approval division including final hold level strategies to ensure alignment of risk strategy and policy.

  • Evaluate and recommend appropriate ratings and exposure limits for transactions on both a transaction and group level.

  • Understand and ensure compliance with policy and regulatory requirements, including interagency guidance for leveraged finance activities.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree, CFA or MBA is preferred.

  • 7+ years of work experience in financial institutions or equivalent credit risk related function analyzing corporate borrowers.

  • Strong knowledge of accounting and corporate finance.

  • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

  • Strong capability for creating and reviewing scenario-based financial models.

  • Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel

  • FINRA series 7 (or 79) and 63 required.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $200K to $230K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

MUFG Benefits Summary (https://careers.mufgamericas.com/sites/default/files/document/2023-01/mb-live-well-work-well.pdf)

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!

Our Culture Principles

  • Client Centric

  • People Focused

  • Listen Up. Speak Up.

  • Innovate & Simplify

  • Own & Execute

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