BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) is a globally recognized leader offering financial solutions to corporate and institutional clients, with a strong integral franchise serving clients in 24 countries worldwide and supported by an extensive network of financial experts and specialists.
BBVA Group itself employs around 125,000 people and has a presence in more than 25 countries across EMEA, Asia-Pacific, Turkey, LatAm and the USA.
Leveraged Finance Large Corps team in EMEA sits within the Investment Banking & Finance group, part of BBVA's Corporate & Investment Banking division, and it is organized across several locations including, among others, London and Madrid.
The team is responsible for the origination, structuring, underwriting and execution of LBO and leveraged corporate financing transactions for sub-investment grade corporate clients.
The business model integrates both bonds and loans and a clear focus on an originate to distribute model.
ABOUT THE POSITION
As a Executive Director, your main roles and responsibilities are, among others, the following ones:
Develop in depth relationships with the portfolio of clients, providing the best advice on accessing capital markets winning origination mandates.
Maintain and enhance market intelligence working with external counterparties and Syndicate & Sales teams to gather investor appetite.
Work on underwriting and distribution strategies including management of different stakeholders in coverage, syndicate, sales and risk to obtain the relevant approvals.
Lead the origination activities for HY Bonds, Term Loan Bs and other syndicated bank facilities (among others, TLAs, RCFs, Guarantee Lines...).
This includes running financial models, completing financial and credit analysis, review and structure documentation and drive materials not only for internal approval committees but also for syndication purposes and marketing efforts.
Manage the day-to-day execution of live deals (across both High Yield Bond and Loan markets).
Provide support, guidance and learning opportunities to more junior team members.
All the above requires strong quantitative skills and the capacity to work on several transactions in parallel, which requires good organization skills and strong commitment.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree or MBA or equivalent graduate degree in a financial discipline with an excellent academic record PLUS minimum 10 years of experience in a Leveraged Finance team or a similar field.
Proven experience in analyzing and structuring Leveraged Finance transactions as well as in underwriting and syndication of HY bonds and TLBs.
Ability to work under pressure.
Demonstrate a willingness to solve problems and improve processes.
Strong stakeholder management skills as well as proven ability to manage more junior resources.
Familiar with policies and procedures of origination and syndication activities plus all the regulatory requirements to effectively conduct the role.
Language proficiency:
fluent in English, Spanish another EU language would be beneficial.
IT skills:
Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Bloomberg.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong analytical orientation, with proven experience performing financial and credit analysis.
Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
Experience in leveraged credit and / or structured finance preferred.
Comprehensive understanding of the syndicated term loan and high yield bond markets and related products.
Knowledge and understanding of the financial sponsor community.
Demonstrated interested in finance, transactions and financial markets.
Tasks
Closely monitor Leveraged Loans & HYB market trends and identify new business opportunities.
Coordinate development of internal market trackers (comps, covenant grids) and processing of market research (business / sector etc.).
Lead pitch processes, interacting with external clients (including debt issuers and private equity clients) and internal stakeholders.
Lead the origination activities, working very closed with all the stakeholders across the value chain (Coverage, Advisory, Syndicate & Sales).
Assist in client coverage with participating / leading client dialogue including preparation of client materials including, among others, advanced financial statement analysis and thoughtful cash flow projection models, pitches, term sheets, covenant analysis and market updates.
Share alternatives to our clients on financing in the context of acquisitions, capital return, and/or ongoing working capital and refinancing needs.
Review and analyze new business opportunities with relevant stakeholders.
Take the lead on preparing internal memos for credit and syndicate committees.
Responsible on the leveraged finance documentation, covenants, commitment papers, IMs, precedents and sponsor grids, interacting directly with clients and advisors (lawyers, co-advisors, etc.).
Responsible in assisting marketing materials and other external deal processes related to deal execution, including but not limited to syndication materials (IM, RAP, LP…), OM, roadshow presentations, DD questionnaires.
Provide support, guidance and learning opportunities to more junior team members.
Responsible to have a deep understanding of the internal mechanisms and culture, as well as adherence to the corporate policies and internal and external compliance regulations.
All the above requires strong quantitative and qualitative skills, a solid understanding of the origination and execution process from end-to-end, and the capacity to work on several tasks in parallel, which requires good organization skills and strong commitment.