Investment Grade Finance - Capital Market Group

MUFG Bank, Ltd. • $210K — $225K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree or equivalent work experience preferred
  • Relevant regulatory certifications required
  • 5-7 years in investment-grade bond origination or debt capital markets
  • Proven success leading bond transactions for corporate or sovereign issuers
  • Expertise in complex multi-tranche and multi-currency financing solutions
  • Strong advisory track record on market timing and debt issuance structures

Responsibilities

  • Lead origination and execution of investment-grade bond transactions
  • Manage client relationships and oversee origination outcomes
  • Develop and implement financing strategies in alignment with client goals
  • Structure complex transaction formats including hybrid and cross-border bonds
  • Execute transactions with accountability for pricing and distribution
  • Collaborate with various teams to provide comprehensive capital market solutions
  • Monitor market conditions to advise clients on optimal issuance timing
  • Enhance origination processes and execution playbooks

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Retirement plans and educational assistance
  • Income replacement for qualified disabled employees
  • Paid maternity and parental bonding leave
  • Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
Full Job Description
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.

EDUCATION
• Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable
CERTIFICATIONS
• Relevant regulatory certifications
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Solid experience in investment-grade bond origination, debt capital markets execution, or fixed income syndicate
• Proven success leading bond transactions for investment-grade corporate or sovereign issuers across multiple market environments
• Experience implementing complex multi-tranche, multi-currency, and structured investment-grade financing solutions
• Proven success advising clients on market timing and structure for new debt issuances
• Experience managing transaction execution and coordinating with legal, compliance, and syndicate teams
• Track record of leading live deals and managing junior team members
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
• Expertise in investment-grade debt capital markets origination, structuring, and execution
• Proven expertise in pricing strategy, bookbuilding, and allocation decisions for benchmark bond transactions
• Demonstrated ability to advise issuer clients on capital structure, funding strategy, and market access
• Advanced knowledge of rating agency methodologies, investor segmentation, and credit market dynamics
• Experience with complex transaction structures including hybrid securities, callable formats, and cross-border issuance
• Thorough understanding of securities laws, disclosure requirements, and regulatory frameworks governing public debt offerings
• Comprehensive understanding of risk management, pricing risk, and execution risk in primary debt markets
• Extensive knowledge of market analytics and investor targeting tools
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
• Demonstrates leadership
• Communicates effectively
• Identifies multiple paths to success using analytical and critical thinking as well as decision-making skills
• Operates strategically to support a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking
• Makes sound business decisions in a complex work environment
• Collaborates with other business functions and divisions to advance business objectives
• Is flexible, decisive, and able to establish support from leadership
• Monitors industry trends and best practices and applies insights to advance the business
• Exhibits and fosters optimism, resilience, flexibility, and openness to others' ideas
• Inspires innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective
• Leads by example, engaging inclusively and with intent
• Always acts with integrity
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Leads origination and execution of investment-grade bond transactions for corporate and sovereign clients within the assigned coverage domain
• Accountable for client relationship management and origination outcomes across a defined issuer portfolio
• Develops and implements issuer financing strategies aligned with client capital structure objectives and market conditions
• Designs and structures complex bond transactions, including multi-tranche, hybrid, and cross-border formats
• Executes live transactions with full accountability for pricing, distribution, and execution quality
• Collaborates with coverage, syndicate, legal, and risk teams to deliver integrated capital markets solutions
• Assesses market conditions, investor sentiment, and competitive dynamics to advise clients on optimal issuance timing
• Enhances and optimizes origination processes, pitching frameworks, and execution playbooks
• Recommends new product structures and market entry strategies to meet evolving issuer needs
• Resolves complex transaction issues spanning structural, regulatory, and execution dimensions
• Tracks and analyzes league table performance, client wallet share, and origination pipeline metrics
• Monitors regulatory developments affecting investment-grade debt issuance and adjusts execution practices accordingly

The typical base pay range for this role is between $210-$225K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

MUFG Benefits Summary

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

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