Chargé d'affaires Leveraged Finance France (F/H)

• Permanent
• 21228
• Paris

Job Description

You are joining the Leveraged Finance France team as VP. In this team, we originate, arrange and execute leveraged operations (high yield bonds, leveraged loans, unitranche) within the framework of LBOs for private equity funds and leveraged financing operations using corporate high yield bonds.

Your main daily tasks are as follows:

• Originate, arrange and execute transactions;
• Develop a marketing approach with financial sponsors, corporate clients and debt advisors;
• Analyze credit and market risks of transactions;
• Track funding put in place for credit monitoring purposes and identifying business opportunities.

As VP, you are integrated into a project team set up for each operation and interact with internal partners (syndicate, rating advisory, agency, etc.) in order to carry out original transactions for French financial sponsors and/or corporates. This execution includes a comprehensive analysis of credit and market risks in order to obtain a credit agreement and the realization of the necessary equipment to syndicate the financing put in place.

You work in an international environment, within a community of experts who place excellence, impact and collective action at the heart of everything they do.

This position is based in Paris with the possibility to work from home according to current regulations.

We place our employees at the center of our attention. Internal mobility, career development and training programs allow you to develop your abilities and flourish throughout your career.

You work in a hybrid, inclusive and collaborative working environment.

You also have the opportunity to engage in favor of society and causes that are important to you through our corporate foundation.

About the recruitment process

You will be contacted by one of our recruiters before meeting our business experts (manager, team member or business sector).

Required Skills/Qualifications/Experience

About you: If this is your description, you are made to work with us!

With a higher education, you have at least 5 years of experience in functions related to the LBO universe, ideally with a Capital Market or direct lending perspective.

You master:

• Leveraged Finance markets, including High Yield bonds, leveraged loans and unitranche
• Strategic and financial analysis, modeling
• The legal and tax aspects of LBO arrangements
• The use of Bloomberg, Reuters...

You have excellent interpersonal skills, a very good ability to listen; you are:

• Committed, dynamic, rigorous, autonomous, organized, reliable
• Able to evolve in a demanding environment, subject to deadlines, and to manage several projects simultaneously
• Great relational ease both in writing and speaking
• Able to work in a team and collaborate effectively.

You are perfectly proficient in English with a C1 level.