Assistant Vice President

We are currently working with a leading Infrastructure fund who are looking to add an Assistant Vice President to their London office. The role will be mainly focused on infrastructure debt transactions in the junior and mezzanine (non–investment grade) space.

Responsibilities

• Underwriting, modelling and execution of infrastructure debt transactions
• Supporting role in the preparation of deal memos for submission to senior Investment staff/Credit committee
• Good level of infrastructure debt execution experience needed to be able to support negotiations, deal structuring and pricing, due diligence processes, and legal closings
• Interact with banks/advisors, management and investors on a regular basis
• Must also be willing to work flexibly with the wider team, including assisting with acquisition financings and refinancing of portfolio companies, other asset management activities that affect the capital structure or non–debt related work

Requirements

• C. 3–6 years of work experience of which a considerable time focusing on Infrastructure finance and or advisory (candidates from a leveraged finance, structured finance or HY capital markets background may also be considered)
• Experience of committing debt capital as a principal including preparing and defending investment papers
• Analytically rigorous with good understanding of the fundamentals of different infra (sub) sectors as well as the technicalities of different loan structures
• Ability to perform complex financial modelling in excel, familiarity with more complicated capital structures
• Good working knowledge of credit documentation and active network to keep abreast of market practice
• Good business developer who is relationship–driven
• As well as experience in the European debt markets, an understanding of/experience in the US and Emerging Markets is relevant
• A team player with excellent communication and numerical skills
• European language skills are beneficial

Compensation is highly competitive against the market.

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV to