Project Finance Banking Origination - Analyst - Los Angeles

MUFG Bank, Ltd.$110K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Commerce, Finance, Engineering, or relevant field
  • 1-2 years of experience in Accounting or Financial Services, preferably with internship experience in project finance
  • Experience with project finance transactions in power, natural resources, or transportation sectors preferred

Responsibilities

  • Conduct thorough analysis and due diligence on new opportunities in North America and LatAm sectors
  • Review market studies, engineering reports, financial models, and project contracts
  • Model complex financial projections in Microsoft Excel
  • Analyze credit documentation and tailor bank products to client needs
  • Prepare documentation summarizing opportunity analyses for senior management
  • Advise clients on commercial and financial structuring for non-recourse debt financing
  • Oversee internal processes for compliance, profitability analysis, and closing checklists

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Retirement plans
  • Educational assistance and training programs
  • Income replacement for employees with disabilities
  • 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.

MUFG is an expert in project finance, supporting clients in acquiring, building, or recapitalizing assets in the power, energy, natural resources, transportation, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors. We have one of the most active project finance businesses in the world and have consistently been ranked the #1 overall project finance bank in the Americas since 2009.

The project finance team comprises approximately 80+ individuals who actively originate, structure, and execute debt project financing transactions. Project finance transactions include bank loan arranging, senior notes placement or bookrunning, institutional loan bookrunning, and project finance advisory services. Transactions often also involve interest rate and currency derivatives. The team works closely with dedicated partners in MUFG’s debt capital markets and global markets teams to seamlessly deliver debt financing and risk management solutions for clients across markets.

Responsibilities:

  • Conduct detailed analysis and due diligence for new opportunities in North America and LatAm in the power, natural resources and infrastructure sectors
  • Reviewing market studies, engineering reports, financial models, financial statements, customer financial information, project contracts, and legal analyses
  • Review information about project assets, development plans, and commercial arrangements
  • Model complex financial projections in Microsoft Excel, including cash flows, debt financing, and tax structures
  • Analyze credit documentation, term sheets, and work with Bank products (Loans, Interest Rates Swaps, Foreign Exchange and Bonds) to meet client needs and objectives
  • Analyze, understand, and negotiate covenants in financing documentation, including those pertaining to maintenance of financial ratios, financial reporting of financial and operating results
  • Prepare detailed documentation summarizing opportunity analysis, including expected financial results and risk analysis for senior management and control functions
  • Support Project Finance deals and transactions from origination and diligence through to closing and liaising with the Portfolio Group by applying in-depth knowledge of the project finance market, credit analysis and administration
  • Advise clients on matters pertaining to commercial and financial structure, and operating requirements in order to achieve suitability for non-recourse debt financing
  • Preparing marketing materials using Microsoft Power point and Word relevant to opportunities in the power, natural resources and infrastructure sectors
  • Analyzing new transactions and preparing credit applications to be delivered to the internal credit team that include analysis of financial conditions and projections for review and approval
  • Oversee and manage internal processes required for compliance and execution, including KYC, profitability analysis, committee approvals, legal due diligence, and closing checklists

Requirements:

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Commerce, Finance, Engineering, or another relevant field
  • A minimum of 1-2 years of related Accounting or Financial Services work experience; preferably with specific internship & early careers experience in project finance
  • Ideally some experience with project finance transactions in the power, natural resources, or transportation infrastructure sectors

The typical base pay range for this role is between $110K-$120K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role will 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.

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