Associate/Vice President - Fund Finance

Types of Jobs - Corporate & Investment Banking

Job title

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Job summary

The Crédit Agricole Group is one of the largest banking groups in Europe. Built on its strong cooperative and mutual roots, with more than 140,000 employees and a presence in 49 countries, the Crédit Agricole Group is a responsible and responsive bank serving 52 million customers globally. Crédit Agricole also stands out for its dynamic, innovative corporate social responsibility policies. This policy is based on a pragmatic approach which permeates across the Group and engages each employee.

Crédit Agricole CIB is the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group, offering its customers a range of products and services in the areas of energy and real assets, client coverage and international network, corporate and leveraged finance, trade finance, capital markets, and investment banking. The Bank provides support to clients in large international markets through its network with a presence in major countries in Europe, America, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.

Summary

Marketing and selling the Corporate and Leveraged Finance (CLF) products and services related to Fund Solutions Group (FSG) transactions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Origination, structuring, and management of fund financing transactions (including capital call / subscription lines, etc.) on the main international Private Equity funds, infrastructure funds, real estate funds, and credit funds.
2. Liaising as appropriate with the coverage team in the relevant CACIB and Credit Agricole Premium Client Solutions Private Equity Services in the development of CLF business and client strategy.
3. Management of the credit process up to the final decision: responsible for writing the credit request and presenting the transactions to the different business and credit committees in interaction with the FSG Portfolio Management team, Coverage, and Risks.
4. Transaction Management / Execution: in collaboration with Legal and Lenders’ counsels: drafting and negotiations of term sheets, facilities and securities agreements, and review of legal opinions / due diligence related to financing operations.
5. Participation in the creation of proposals and commercial origination to clients or prospects - development of the CACIB FSG franchise (origination, client pitches).
6. Dynamic monitoring of portfolio facilities: issuing guarantees, negotiating and monitoring amendments and waivers, managing the banking syndicate and annual reviews with the FSG Portfolio Management and respective FCS/Middle Office teams.
7. Active promotion of cross-selling within CACIB.
8. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of developments within the Fund Finance, the Private Equity, Infrastructure, and Real Estate industries and with CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB products for this market.
9. Producing call reports of client meetings, plus pitch documentation (as and when required) to update and disseminate information on clients.

Geographical area

Europe, United Kingdom

City

London

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent Banking qualifications.
• Some prior experience in Corporate / Structured finance (credit analysis / structuring / legal documentation).
• Strong interest in the private equity industry.
• Minimum +3 years experience. Fund finance experience / knowledge a strong plus.

Required skills

• Team player. Strong motivation to be part of a successful team in a large international bank.
• Responsible and disciplined mindset with high sensitivity to risk and compliance issues.
• Preference for team working, dialogue, and collective success.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Very good analytical and synthesis capacity.
• Capacity to work under pressure.
• Demonstrated capacities of negotiation with propensity for building long-term commercial relationships.

Technical skills required

• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Excellent potential marketing / selling skills (product).
• Good understanding of risk management.
• Product knowledge / legal documentation.

Entity

About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB): Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022). 8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East, and North Africa, support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world.

Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking, and international trade. The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients. For more information, please visit www.ca-cib.com

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