With its Corporate and Leveraged Finance (CLF) business line Crédit Agricole CIB is a leading international debt provider and ranks among the top players in the EMEA syndicated loan and bond league tables. Present in Europe, in the USA and in Asia, CLF is in charge of originating, structuring and arranging debt financings for the bank’s corporate and private equity clients. Through its rating and capital structure advisory franchise, CLF is also in charge of advising clients on all strategic financing matters from capital structure optimization to formal rating advisory.

The Corporate Acquisition Finance and Advisory Team provides syndicated and event driven financing solutions to the corporate clients of the bank and is a well-established leading player in the EMEA and Western Europe syndicated loan market and consistently ranks the Top 2 in the respective Bookrunner League Tables.

For our German CLF-Corporates team, we are looking for an

Associate – Corporate Acquisition Finance – Corporate and Leveraged Finance (f/m/d)


Your mission

Support senior team members with a view to originating and executing bilateral, syndicated and event driven financings for the Bank’s predominantly large-cap corporate and private equity clients.

Your key responsibilities

• Analyse companies’ business model, capital structure, financial policy
• Position and benchmark corporates within their peer group within the industry / close industries
• Production of comprehensive financing pitch books for corporate clients in liaison with other business lines (Coverage, DCM, ECM and M&A)
• Preparation of financial models, including cash flow analysis & financial projections
• Drafting of business opportunity memoranda ("BOM") to be submitted to General Management
• Preparation of transaction requests (risk analysis, peer analysis, transaction structure, transaction profitability, production of bank and stressed business cases, etc.) and coordination of the credit process (liaison with RPC, CPM/ALM, Coverage)
• Support the coordination, drafting and negotiation of mandate documents and facility agreements
• Assist Loan Syndicate and Sales teams in the syndication process (including preparation of an information memorandum and managing of Q&A process)

What we offer

In addition to working with a dynamic and successful team with the opportunity to continuously increase responsibilities on highly visible transactions and room for initiative and growth, we offer international career perspectives of a leading global financial institution as well as a comprehensive set of social and economic benefits such as:

• flexible working time models
  company pension scheme
  free public transport ticket
  Sodexo vouchers
  hardware leasing program
  job bike program
   

By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Are you interested?

Please register via our career portal and send your application (motivational statement and your CV, copies of certificates as well as your salary expectations and possible starting date).

Above average successfully completed university degree (Business administration, economics, law or comparable academic degree)

• 3-4 years of experience within an Acquisition Finance/Structured Finance/Corporate Finance division of a corporate and investment bank and/or debt advisory
• Familiarity with banking and capital market products (such as M&A, ECM, equity and debt capital markets products)

• Strong analytical and credit analysis skills (incl. financial modelling)
• Team Player with good interpersonal skills and the ability to work with various product lines and in an international setup
• Flexible self-starter with strong intrinsic motivation, responsiveness and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English - presents ideas in a clear, concise and constructive manner
• Fluency in German and English, French is a clear plus