Capital Solutions Group, Analyst/Associate

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group offering a diverse range of financial services. The Analyst/Associate role involves supporting senior team members in managing the strategic objectives of the Capital Solutions Group, including transaction origination and execution for clients.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to senior Capital Solutions Group team members that will involve managing the formulation, execution, and communication of the company's strategic objectives
• Support management board with decision-making on strategic direction, resource allocation, business opportunities, and risk appetite
• Assist with the continued growth and development of the Structured Finance business
• Assist in the origination, marketing, and execution of a variety of transactions on behalf of both SMBC and clients
• Preparation and presentation of deal-related briefing memos, credit applications, and other materials to applicable internal credit and commercial decision makers (as applicable)
• Assist the deal team in preparing marketing materials, information memos, and documentation related to transactions
• Facilitate investor marketing discussions and deal related negotiations
• Assisting in the preparation of materials to summarize present recommendations on strategic initiatives / proposals and outline relevant due diligence conducted
• Working across business areas and infrastructure functions (including legal, compliance, and risk management) to ensure alignment and implement new products and control frameworks
• Resourcefully leverage various information sources to help contribute to group’s understanding of market trends, deal comparisons, and structural recommendations
• Continuously review feedback and insights from stakeholders on strategic agenda to gauge impact
• Support the ABS and CLO businesses within the Structured Finance Group, including:
• Providing analysis that contributes to client recommendations on structural terms
• Leveraging analysis to help provide marketing materials for existing and prospective Term ABS and CLO clients
• Building and analyzing structures that conform to the rating agency criteria, while working with the Rating Agencies on explicit ratings provided to structures
• Working with accounting firms to tie out the cash flows, as well as with investors to explain structural features and answer structuring-related questions
• Utilize Intex Dealmaker to build DMS and CDI files provided to investors and issuers
• Building out models for new asset classes utilizing rating agency criteria

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required, concentration in Math, Economics, Finance, Engineering or Computer Science preferred
• Strong written / presentation skills, particularly Microsoft Powerpoint
• Knowledge of Excel, VBA, Intex Dealmaker, Intex Desktop
• Previous structured finance and financial modeling experience
• Financial industry experience (Investment Bank, Accounting Firm, or Rating Agency)
• Ability to be resourceful and multitask within the fast-paced environment
• Ability to clearly / concisely communicate and summarize complex concepts to various audiences
• Securities licenses required
• Familiarity with securitization and synthetic risk transfer concepts is preferred

Benefits

• Annual discretionary incentive award
• Competitive portfolio of benefits

Company Overview

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