LCM Origination Analyst
About The Position
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. Responsibilities of the role include assembling powerpoint/pitches and underwriting memos, completion of due diligence, comps, financial modeling, preparation of marketing and syndication material, legal documentation review and internal credit approval work. This role requires strong verbal and written language skills in English. Spanish language skills are a plus but not required. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.
Requirements
- Ideally 1-2 years prior experience at a major financial institution (preference from a loan capital markets role but not required). 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.
Nice To Haves
- Spanish language skills are a plus but not required.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for 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.
- Work directly with the senior deal leads and be involved in all aspects of Loan Capital Markets transactions from pitching through execution; manage the input (capital structure, comparables, indicative term sheets, syndication tracker, etc.)
- Maintain and provide regular input to Comparables Database (database of comparable transactions and market trends) and League Tables; ensure database is current and accurate and all new deals are reflected in comps and League Tables reporting; report on assigned deals to team on a weekly basis.
- Prepare marketing materials such as pitches, Confidential Information Memorandums and Lender Presentations and draft underwriting memos and present to the department's management.
- Review 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).
- Keep close collaboration with the credit and client coverage teams during the structuring and primary syndication process.
- Manage the process for investor meetings (bank meetings, roadshows) to ensure flawless execution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
