Senior Associate (AS)
Santander USA is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join the Structured Finance Energy team as a Senior Associate.
Role Context:
The European Structured Finance Energy Team is the front office origination and execution team covering Power and Renewables financings across Europe. This role is key to unlocking new opportunities, leveraging on the experience, client relationships, and know-how built over the years.
Candidates:
* Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Demonstrate initiative and have the judgment and confidence to work independently with clients and colleagues.
* Have a strong desire to support growing finance and business development efforts.
Responsibilities:
1. Help senior members of the team execute business opportunities in Power and Renewable sectors.
2. Assist with business origination activities and prepare top-quality marketing and internal materials from a content and visual perspective.
3. Develop and operate complex financial models, ensuring they accurately reflect transaction terms and due diligence.
4. Run sensitivity analysis and make adjustments as deals evolve.
5. Design new value-added solutions as the team progresses, providing more complex structures.
6. Mentor and develop junior members of staff, providing constructive feedback on a formal and informal basis.
Requirements and Skills:
* Experience:
o Minimum of 6 years in advisory and/or lending structured finance transactions.
o Deep know-how of the renewable space and energy transition environment.
o Mastery of legal arrangements standard in non-recourse financing.
o International experience is highly valued.
* Education:
o Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Engineering.
* Skills:
o Financial modeling and credit risk presentations.
o Solid structured finance fundamentals, focusing on cash flow analysis, financing products, and debt structures.
o Excellent PowerPoint and presentation skills.
o Communication and organizational skills.
o Strong interdisciplinary skills covering financing, accounting, financial modeling, due diligence, and documentation.
o Proactivity and creativity, with the ability to take initiatives and propose solutions.
o High degree of commitment in a demanding environment.
o Mandatory: English and Spanish proficiency.