Junior Vice President Corporate & Leveraged Finance - Crédit Agricole CIB (Madrid)

Summary

The position entails responsibilities in Leveraged and Telecom finance including: (i) deal execution, (ii) client coverage from a product perspective, (iii) portfolio monitoring and (iv) coordination with other métiers with the intention to develop cross selling activities in the CLF area in Spain and Portugal.

Key Responsibilities

• Execution of Leveraged and Telecom finance transactions:
• Preparation of all internal credit documentation: credit application, financial model, rating assessment, and PI calculation;
• Analysis of available information, including public information, broker notes and due diligence reports;
• Negotiation of all the legal documentation: Term Sheet, SFA, ICA, Fee Letter, Commitment documents, etc;
• Execute transactions syndicated to market in conjunction with the distribution team. Prepare marketing materials, manage investor's Q&A; and coordinate other syndication workstreams.
• Follow-up of closed transactions and portfolio monitoring:
• Maintain a fluent dialogue with existing portfolio companies from a product basis and identify potential business opportunities;
• Monitor periodic financial information;
• Prepare or help to prepare all internal credit follow-up process, including waivers, annual reviews.
• Client coverage and screening of potential transaction:
• Discuss potential transactions with clients and generate business ideas from a Leveraged finance perspective;
• Liaise with other departments, especially Distribution/Syndicate (DAR), High Yield (CLF-HY), M&A (GIB), Ratings and Derivatives Desk (GMD), to generate cross‑selling opportunities.
• Assist transversally in other transactions across CLF working in conjunction with other team members in Iberia or abroad;
• Other products within CLF include Corporate Acquisitions, High Yield and Ratings Advisory among others.

SPECIAL ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• General knowledge of national and international economy and finance;
• General knowledge of national and international accounting and tax principles;
• Deep knowledge of corporate acquisition structuring features;
• Deep knowledge of Spanish/Portuguese large and mid‑cap corporates;
• Deep knowledge of available debt instruments (recourse and non‑recourse);
• Sound analytical skills with strong modelling capabilities;
• Experienced skills for risk identification, credit analysis and mitigation alternatives;
• Deep knowledge of legal regime applicable to available debt instruments, together with specific legislation applicable to corporate acquisitions.

Qualifications/Education Required

• Degree in Economics, Business Administration or Engineering;
• Solid academic results required;
• Fluent in Spanish and English.

Experience Required

• Experience of 6‑7 years in banking or advisory;
• Strong background in structuring financing transactions or M&A execution;
• Experience in leveraged or telecom finance structuring features;
• Experienced command of financial modeling;
• Solid documentation skills.

Competencies Required

• Solid financing and analytical skills, including:
• Accounting principles and international accounting standards;
• Valuation principles;
• High degree of autonomy;
• Strong debt structuring features;
• Loan documentation skills;
• Hard worker and team player;
• High communications skills.

Skills & Knowledge Requirements

• Fluent English spoken and written;
• High proficiency on Excel, Word y PowerPoint.