LCM Origination - Analyst

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation•New York, NY

1d•$110,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group with a 400-year history, headquartered in Tokyo. It offers a diverse range of financial services including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance, with over 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company and one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. In the Americas, SMBC Group operates in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, providing commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is hiring an Analyst in the Loan Capital Markets Department. This role will be involved in all aspects of Loan Capital Markets, including underwriting, comparables analysis, marketing, and execution of Lead Arranger transactions in the Americas.

Requirements

Ideally 1-2 years prior experience at a major financial institution
Strong analytical and presentation skills and experience supporting syndicated transactions
Strong understanding of the syndicated loan business, including an understanding of credit agreements, deal structures, loan funding mechanics, etc.
Strong financial statement, cash flow and credit analysis, corporate finance and financial accounting skills
Able to learn SMBC bank systems quickly and experience with industry standard banking systems
Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills while balancing workload and prioritizing effectively to complete work accurately and in a timely manner against strict deadlines
Good interpersonal skills and ability to manage internal and external customer relationships and work comfortably with senior members of the team
Highly collaborative and flexible in a team and client environment; shares information with team pro-actively and coordinates and communicates effectively with various internal departments across the bank group
Excellent writing skills to clearly articulate information in pitch materials and underwriting
Self-driven and motivated; takes personal ownership of specific assignments
MS Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint required
Familiar with Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrack, LCD, Loan Connector, Bloomberg, Capital IQ
Strong verbal and written language skills in English

Nice To Haves

Spanish language skills
Prior experience from a loan capital markets role

Responsibilities

Assembling powerpoint/pitches and underwriting memos
Completing due diligence
Performing comparables analysis
Conducting financial modeling
Preparing marketing and syndication material
Reviewing legal documentation
Performing internal credit approval work
Supporting the senior Marketing Officers in Loan Capital Markets with research, analytics, inputs for pitches and underwriting memos, due diligence and the credit approval process
Working directly with the senior deal leads and being involved in all aspects of Loan Capital Markets transactions from pitching through execution; managing the input (capital structure, comparables, indicative term sheets, syndication tracker, etc.)
Maintaining and providing regular input to Comparables Database (database of comparable transactions and market trends) and League Tables
Ensuring the Comparables Database is current and accurate and all new deals are reflected in comps and League Tables reporting
Reporting on assigned deals to team on a weekly basis
Preparing marketing materials such as pitches, Confidential Information Memorandums and Lender Presentations
Drafting underwriting memos and presenting to the department's management
Reviewing market updates to ensure quality of information, such as, trends (pricing, tenors, structure), deals and opportunities in the investment grade and non-investment grade markets (corporate and project finance)
Keeping close collaboration with the credit and client coverage teams during the structuring and primary syndication process
Managing the process for investor meetings (bank meetings, roadshows) to ensure flawless execution