Vice President, Middle Market Direct Lending

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The Mid‑Market (‘MM’) Direct Lending team is responsible for the origination and execution of MM LBOs with financial sponsors, working alongside Coverage colleagues and supported by the Leveraged Finance platform.

Main Purpose of the Role

• Assist senior team members with originating, structuring and executing Middle Market Private Equity sponsor‑owned transactions with a focus on the French market
• Assisting with the management of the group’s portfolio of MidMarket deals

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and present client marketing and financing materials and internal approval documents (credit applications, screening applications, models) in coordination with other deal team members.
• Contribute to the credit decision process by carrying out rigorous due‑diligence analysis and participating in the review of opportunities during committees.
• Build relationships at the appropriate business levels to create and maintain trust with corporate clients, private equity funds, debt advisors and partner banks, especially those based in France and active in the French Middle Market LBO space.
• Take ownership of workflows and demonstrate autonomy and judgment.
• Support all aspects of deal execution as required during the development and execution of a mandate.
• Work collaboratively across the wider team to support various product Coverage teams as and when the need arises.
• Build relationships throughout MUFG to establish a peer network, gather relevant information and help ensure effective inter‑departmental collaboration.
• Support the leveraged portfolio team in ongoing monitoring of MM deals, assist in waivers and amendments, and identify refinancing and ancillary opportunities, engaging with clients as appropriate.
• Collaborate across the wider team to support various functions as and when the need arises.

Work Experience

• Experience working within a banking/advisory or transactional environment.
• Good understanding of the LBO market and debt instruments with strong transaction experience in Leverage Finance or Direct Lending.
• Experience in all aspects of financial modelling (M&A, LBO and ratings).
• Experience in supporting credit analysis and due diligence.
• Comfortable working in different cultures.

Skills And Experience

Functional and Technical Competencies

• Understanding of the fundamentals of deal structuring
• Interest in developing a network internally and externally with Private Equity sponsors
• A good team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Some knowledge of leveraged legal documentation
• Sound credit skills at an intermediate level
• Basic negotiation skills with internal partners
• Detailed understanding and practical experience of financial modelling
• Ability to effectively manage tight deadlines and different stakeholders
• Clear communication skills both written and oral
• Basic knowledge of leveraged debt capital markets and M&A dynamics
• Corporate finance principles/accounting knowledge

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level education
• French & English speaker

Preferred

• Relevant post‑degree qualification preferred (e.g. CFA or ACA)

Personal Requirements

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Results driven with a strong sense of accountability
• A structured, proactive, motivated and logical approach to work
• Ability to operate with urgency, manage large workloads and tight deadlines when needed, and prioritise work accordingly
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
• Strong decision‑making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgment
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

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We make our recruitment decisions in a non‑discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.