Capital Markets Associate

CoBank•Greenwood Village, CO

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

Provides support for the marketing of capital markets products, including loan syndications and other debt placements. Responsible for analytical support of CoBank's capital market transactions. Prepares offering memoranda, transaction marketing proposals, and competitive pricing analyses. Tracks various internal and external capital markets activities and metrics. Capital Markets Associates take on additional deal execution responsibilities along with certain training and validation oversight duties for Capital Markets Analysts.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Agribusiness, etc. required
2 years of experience in capital markets, credit and financing alternatives, preferably in a commercial or investment-banking environment. required
Completion of a credit training program (RMA, CFI, employer provided/sponsored) or 1 year of credit analysis experience.
Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), taxation, legal forms of organizations, and business law.
Knowledge of financial modeling techniques and preparation of pro forma financial statements.
Strong time management and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
Strong customer service orientation, with the ability to work effectively with external customers.
Strong analytical, decision making and problem solving skills.
Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build consensus, and build and maintain effective working relationships with management, associates, customers, and other stakeholders at all levels.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel), with advanced ability to use spreadsheets and database applications.

Responsibilities

Provides transaction support to senior capital markets officers and capital markets team leader.
Assists in the marketing and support of capital markets products, including loan syndications, and assists in the development of new products.
Under direction of a Capital Markets Director, executes sales and marketing efforts on syndications and loans to be sold to Farm Credit System and commercial bank investors.
Processes amendments, waivers, and routine communication with bank groups.
Drafts offering memoranda and marketing presentations, and performs analytical work involving capital structure and pricing determination.
Validates work of Capital Markets Analysts, and provides coaching and training.
Represents Capital Markets in operation and banking division meetings.
Provides competitive pricing and structure analysis, including peer comparisons.
Maintains division databases, and tracks loan servicing and divisional metrics.
Provide analytics, capital modeling and ability to research and analyze data and comparable company’s financial statements and forecasts.