Financing & Risk Solutions Associate

About the Role

Join us as a Financing & Risk Solutions Associate. This role is offered at an associate level.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the effective management of transactions in line with the bank’s policies covering conduct, operational, credit, and regulatory risks.
• Prepare analysis, pitching materials, term sheets, post-transaction reviews, and other documentation to support origination activities.
• Assist with client deep dives, navigating sales coverage teams, and gathering feedback from internal client touchpoints.
• Prepare pitch-books including investor presentations, analysing market dynamics, identifying market trends, generating trade ideas, and other marketing materials.
• Prepare corporate finance advisory materials and models covering the US technology space.
• Track US and European markets and prepare market update slides on investment grade, high yield, and leveraged loan markets.
• Write weekly market commentary for circulation to clients.
• Update and maintain internal databases such as transaction issuance, investor order books, pricing analysis, and deal reviews.
• Analyse key financials and prepare peer comparison tables, including spreads and yield analysis.
• Generate trade ideas and identify arbitrage opportunities.
• Work with business management in assessing business performance using measures including customer satisfaction, revenue, and capital efficiency.
• Support senior originators in building and maintaining the business with the target client base.
• Develop domain expertise in the businesses supported through trainings, self-development, and internal rotation.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Working knowledge of financial databases: Bloomberg, Intex, Reuters, Factset, Dealogic.
• Excellent understanding of financial statements, including profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Experience of working in a daily cash management, fixed income, investment banking, or credit research analytics function supporting a debt business.
• Knowledge of investment banking and credit-related products.
• Strong knowledge of ratio analysis, key drivers for various sectors, pitch books, and basic financial modelling.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Strong problem-solving and logical thinking skills.

Qualifications

• MBA in Finance OR a CA, CFA, FRM qualification.
• Advantageous: Experience working in US markets.
• Advantageous: Corporate finance or equity research experience.
• Advantageous: Knowledge of various debt products and markets.