VP, Investment Grade Syndicate

Fifth Third Bank • Chicago, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

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Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 7-10 years of total relevant debt capital markets or syndicate-related experience, including prior Associate-level responsibilities; internal promotion candidates typically have 3–5 total years’ experience.
• Proven track record of success in working as a part of a team to originate, and close complex financial transactions.
• Excellent presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Strong relationship building skills.
• Strong understanding of investment-grade credit fundamentals, relative value analysis and fixed-income market dynamics.
• The ability to interact effectively with senior executives inside and outside our organization.
• Expertise in one or more industries.
• Securities Industry Essentials (SIE), Series 79, and Series 63 licenses (or ability to maintain/obtain within company policy).

Nice To Haves

• Strong client-facing communication skills; capable of leading portions of meetings, managing expectations, and delivering concise updates.
• Deep familiarity with debt capital markets transaction processes, prospectus documentation, syndicate mechanics and securities issuance procedures
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality; sets standards for accuracy, consistency, and presentation.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and mentor junior talent and to foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture.
• Fluency with financial databases and platforms (e.g., Bloomberg, CreditSights).
• Execution Leadership: Anticipate roadblocks, manage critical paths, and ensure on-time, on-quality delivery across complex engagements.
• Client Impact: Elevate client dialogue with insights on pricing, investor demand/market technicals, issuance strategy, and market dynamics.
• Commercial Acumen: Support origination with idea generation through market insights, investor feedback, and identification of cross-sell opportunities across the platform.
• Team Building: Develop junior talent through structured feedback, training moments, and role-modeling of best practices.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate operational, reputational, and compliance risks.

Responsibilities

• Help lead the execution of all investment-grade bond transactions, including insight and color on commercial paper, hybrids, and other products.
• Provide key insight regarding pricing levels to issuers based on investor demand, relative value analysis, secondary market performance, market dynamics, and structural considerations.
• Manage internal and external book building processes on appropriate systems which includes investor analysis, allocation strategy, transaction statistics, and post-deal insight.
• Maintain a keen awareness of macro drivers, IG spreads, credit curves, depth of the market, and secondary trading flows.
• Communicate and maintain a strong partnership with sales and trading to gather investor feedback, assess market technicals and communicate actionable market intelligence to issuers and internal stakeholders.
• Build senior-level relationships with corporate Treasury teams, C-suite executives, and key institutional investors, which includes analyst teams.
• Foster a competitive awareness of our brand as it relates to all phases of IG deals.
• Willingness to partner with internal senior leadership on strategy, areas of strength, and development of the platform.
• Support in underwriting, proper risk management, adherence to compliance, confidentiality, and information barrier requirements across all workstreams.
• Collaborate in developing high-impact presentation materials using PowerPoint, Excel, Word and other relevant software programs.
• Performing other duties as assigned, adapting to new tasks or shifts in priorities as necessary to support your team’s and the company’s mission.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• Differentiated compensation offerings
• Incentive-based compensation
• Base salary or a draw
• Total cash compensation based on company, line of business and/or individual performance
• Extensive benefits programs designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager