Leveraged Finance, Senior Analyst - Junior Associate

Seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join the Investment Banking division of a prominent global financial services firm. This organization, with an expansive international network and a legacy of disciplined entrepreneurship, provides advisory and capital-raising solutions to a diverse client base worldwide.

Job Title: Investment Banking Analyst/Associate - Debt Financing Solutions

Location: London

Seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join the Investment Banking division of a prominent global financial services firm. This organization, with an expansive international network and a legacy of disciplined entrepreneurship, provides advisory and capital-raising solutions to a diverse client base worldwide.

About the Opportunity:

Our Investment Banking division specializes in providing debt financing for private equity clients across the sub-investment grade credit ratings spectrum. We support financial sponsors on both event-driven transactions (e.g., leveraged buyouts) and non-event-driven transactions (refinancings, amend and extend transactions). This involves a variety of debt products, including leveraged loans (TLBs), 2nd lien loans, private credit (direct lending), and high yield bonds.

This role, based in London, offers significant exposure to all aspects of deal execution, from marketing to closing.

Key Responsibilities & Experience:

• Assisting in the development of client presentations, structuring, and execution activities.
• Performingcashflow and financialmodeling.
• Conductingbenchmarking,comparables, and analysis of company financial information, including credit metric statistics.
• Executing detailed credit analysis, including due diligence and managing the internal credit approval process.
• Preparing and supporting the syndication of executed transactions (e.g., informationmemoranda, bank presentations, and roadshow materials).

Skills, Experience, Qualifications, and Knowledge Required:

• Essential: Experience in Leveraged Finance and a general understanding of debt/leveraged finance products and the European leveraged finance capital markets.
• Ability tomulti-task efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact confidently with banking professionals and clients.
• Experience working in a project-based environment with tight deadlines and as part of a broader team.
• Ability to understandcompanies' business models and perform general credit analysis.
• Stronganalytical skills and numerical abilities, including familiarity with financialmodeling.

Desired Attributes:

• Contributes to a positive culture and maintains high standards ofbehavior.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous development.
• Client-centric, with a strong understanding of current markets and an ability to anticipate client needs.
• Detail-oriented, accurate in synthesis, and skilled at problem-solving.
• Articulates contributions to strategy and embraces new ideas.
• Makes appropriate decisions, knows when to escalate, and adapts quickly to changing circumstances.
• Participates proactively in team performance, assists in recruiting/onboarding, and builds collaborative relationships.
• Provides and receives constructive feedback effectively.
• Adjusts communication style, balances listening/talking, and builds internal networks.
• Maintains a positive commitment to results, takes on challenging assignments, and executes priority actions on time.
• Manages stakeholder expectations and persists when confronted with resistance.

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