Capital Solutions Group, Vice President or Director
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 and has a significant presence worldwide. In the Americas, SMBC Group provides commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional, and municipal clients, leveraging its global network. The anticipated salary range for this role is between $250,000.00 and $275,000.00, with potential for an annual discretionary incentive award. SMBC also offers a competitive portfolio of benefits. This role is for a mid-level execution-focused team member within the Capital Solutions Group, supporting its growth and development. The primary responsibilities include structuring and executing bespoke transactions for internal balance sheet optimization and strategic management initiatives. The role requires deep engagement with private credit clients and large alternative asset managers, coordination across internal teams, and hands-on ownership of complex transactions. The candidate will also support the management board with decision-making on strategic direction, resource allocation, business opportunities, and overall risk appetite.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in Math, Economics, Finance, Engineering or Computer Science preferred
- 5+ years of experience in capital markets, private credit, structured finance, investment banking, or balance sheet focused corporate finance
- Strong written / presentation and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of Excel, VBA, Intex Dealmaker, Intex Desktop
- Advanced financial modeling and analytical capabilities
- Deep familiarity with legal transaction documentation, diligence processes, and closing mechanics
- Ability to be resourceful and multi-task within a fast-paced environment
- Ability to clearly / concisely communicate and summarize complex concepts to various audiences
- Ability to manage multiple transactions in parallel with precision and accountability
- Collaborative, detail-oriented leader with a hands-on execution mindset
- Securities licenses required
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with securitization and synthetic risk transfer concepts is preferred
Responsibilities
- Serving as day-to-day execution lead with private credit funds, alternative asset managers, and bank clients
- Preparing and presenting deal-related briefing memos, credit applications, and other materials to applicable internal credit and commercial decision makers
- Facilitating investor marketing discussions and deal related negotiations
- Working across business areas and infrastructure functions (including legal, compliance, and risk management) to ensure alignment and implement new products and control frameworks
- Resourcefully leveraging various information sources to help contribute to group’s understanding of market trends, deal comparisons, and structural recommendations
- Continuously reviewing feedback and insights from stakeholders on strategic agenda to gauge impact
- Mentoring and reviewing work product of junior team members, fostering strong execution standards and professional development
- Managing ongoing relationships with private credit capital providers to assist with the execution of structured lending transactions
- Providing analysis that contributes to client recommendations on structural terms
- Leveraging analysis to help provide marketing materials for existing and prospective Term ABS and CLO clients
- Building and analyzing structures that conform to the rating agency criteria, while working with the Rating Agencies on explicit ratings provided to structures
- Utilizing Intex Dealmaker to build DMS and CDI files provided to investors and issuers
- Building out models for new asset classes utilizing rating agency criteria
Benefits
- Competitive portfolio of benefits
- Annual discretionary incentive award
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
