Sponsor Finance & Direct Lending Underwriting, Vice President - MUFG : Job Details

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the worlds leading financial groups. Across the globe, were 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the worlds most trusted financial group, its part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

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.

Primary responsibility for evaluating and underwriting direct loans and other credit exposures to private equity owned non-investment grade borrowers ranging in size from middle market to large corporate within the sponsor finance & direct lending business unit. Provide support for the originations team (financial sponsor coverage) and syndications strategies. Primary responsibility for credit monitoring and borrower relationship management functions.

• Credit analysis, recommendation, and management of the transactions within the sponsor/direct lending business unit
• Perform due diligence on new transactions as well as regularly scheduled evaluation of the existing loan portfolios
• Evaluate, structure, and negotiate terms and credit agreements with sponsor owned borrowers
• Prepare detailed credit analysis and credit applications in accordance with internal policies and regulatory guidance, including the evaluation of company-specific, industry, and regulatory risks; company historical operating performance and projected operating performance & capital structures
• Support the sponsor coverage teams idea generation for sponsor clients and potential clients and attend client meetings as required
• Support the syndication strategy, including lender presentations and liaison with participant lenders, including banks and private credit firms
• Oversee the communication of account information across various constituencies throughout the organization
• Generalist coverage responsibilities including the need to understand current relevant industry conditions in assigned portfolio utilizing internal and external sources
• Oversight of facility closing procedures including both operations and documentation

• Work within the deal team environment supporting the development and analysis of financing structures/strategies, including leveraged capital markets and other product areas
• Support credit analysis for structured credit transactions (derivatives transactions, margin lending, receivable securitizations, supply chain finance)
• Understand and maintain knowledge of industries represented in portfolio, including technical aspects and regulatory issues
• Participate in client and bank meetings as necessary

• Facilitate communication with the credit approval division including final hold level strategies to ensure alignment of risk strategy and policy
• Evaluate and establish appropriate ratings for transactions and correlate appropriate exposure level with regard to exposure on both a transaction and group level
• Ensure compliance with policy and regulatory requirements

• Bachelors degree, CFA or MBA is preferred
• 7+ years of work experience in financial institutions or equivalent credit risk related function analyzing corporate borrowers
• Strong knowledge of accounting and corporate finance
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
• Good computer skills in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel

The typical base pay range for this role is between $200K to $230K 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.