Vice President - Leveraged Finance

Bank of America • Charlotte, NC

3d • $275,000 - $275,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Business Overview: Our Global Corporate & Investment Banking business focuses on building long-term relationships with more than 3,000 large U.S. and multinational corporations, financial institutions, and financial sponsors. We provide strong advisory expertise, capitalizing on powerful mergers and acquisitions, corporate banking, treasury, debt, and equity product expertise to deliver integrated financial solutions. The candidate will be a member of the Leveraged Finance group, which originates, structures, and executes syndicated loan and high yield bond transactions for non-investment grade companies to support leveraged buyouts, acquisition financings, general corporate purposes, refinancings, recapitalizations and restructurings. Job Description: Vice Presidents are active deal team members who work within industry-aligned teams and have responsibility for the following:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent degree and/or work experience.
• 3-6+ years of experience in Leveraged Finance, or a related field.
• Strong quantitative/analytical skills.
• Distinguished communication skills.
• Leadership skills and ability to think strategically and creatively.
• Professional maturity and experience to interact directly with clients.
• Ability to manage several projects at once and work effectively as an individual and as part of a team.

Nice To Haves

• MBA degree, or equivalent, is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role supporting origination, structuring, and deal execution, working on a broad scope of assignments within Leveraged Finance including acquisition financing and refinancing transactions.
• Lead deal execution, and function as the key point of contact for the group, communicating with deal team members and clients, including industry groups, syndicate/sales professionals, corporate executives, private equity clients and bank/bond investors.
• Lead the credit committee approval process, including due diligence, credit analysis and communication with the Risk team.
• Work with internal and external legal counsel regarding the preparation of documentation for syndicated loans and high yield bonds.
• Work closely with senior and junior bankers and expected to make an immediate contribution.
• Supervise and train junior personnel.

Benefits

• This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
• This role is currently benefits eligible.
• We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees