Project Finance Investment Banking - Associate

MUFG•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 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. MUFG is an expert in project finance, supporting clients in acquiring, building, or recapitalizing assets in the power, energy, natural resources, transportation, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors. We have one of the most active project finance businesses in the world and have consistently been ranked the #1 overall project finance bank in the Americas since 2009. The project finance team comprises approximately 80 individuals who actively originate, structure, and execute debt project financing transactions. Project finance transactions include bank loan arranging, senior notes placement or bookrunning, institutional loan bookrunning, and project finance advisory services. Transactions often also involve interest rate and currency derivatives. The team works closely with dedicated partners in MUFG’s debt capital markets and global markets teams to seamlessly deliver debt financing and risk management solutions for clients across markets.

Requirements

Solid experience developing project finance models with Excel and overall quantitative skills in financial analysis and credit risk analysis
A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Commerce, Finance, Engineering, or another relevant field
A minimum of 3 years of related Accounting or Financial Services work experience; preferably with specific experience in project finance
Experience with project finance transactions in the power, natural resources, energy or transportation infrastructure sectors
Success working collaboratively in a team-based environment, strong communication skills and individual accountability

Responsibilities

Model complex financial projections in Microsoft Excel, including cash flows, debt financing, and tax structures
Conduct detailed analysis and due diligence for new opportunities in North America and LatAm in the power, natural resources and infrastructure sectors
Reviewing market studies, engineering reports, financial models, financial statements, customer financial information, project contracts, and legal analyses
Review information about project assets, development plans, and commercial arrangements
Analyze credit documentation, term sheets, and work with Bank products (Loans, Interest Rates Swaps, Foreign Exchange and Bonds) to meet client needs and objectives
Analyze, understand, and negotiate covenants in financing documentation, including those pertaining to maintenance of financial ratios, financial reporting of financial and operating results
Prepare detailed documentation summarizing opportunity analysis, including expected financial results and risk analysis for senior management and control functions
Support Project Finance deals and transactions from origination and diligence through to closing and liaising with the Portfolio Group by applying in-depth knowledge of the project finance market, credit analysis and administration
Advise clients on matters pertaining to commercial and financial structure, and operating requirements in order to achieve suitability for non-recourse debt financing
Preparing marketing materials using Microsoft Powerpoint and Word relevant to opportunities in the power, natural resources and infrastructure sectors
Analyzing new transactions and preparing credit applications to be delivered to the internal credit team that include analysis of financial conditions and projections for review and approval
Oversee and manage internal processes required for compliance and execution, including KYC, profitability analysis, committee approvals, legal due diligence, and closing checklists