VP, Project Finance Iberia

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment? 

We are currently recruiting for Vice President, Project Finance in our Structured Finance Office in Madrid.

About MUFG

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with approximately 2,000 locations in more than 40 countries. The Group has about 120,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to “be the world’s most trusted financial group” through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all of the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges. For more information, visit https://www.mufg.jp/english.

About MUFG in the European Economic Area

Following the decision taken by the UK in 2016 to leave the European Union, MUFG has taken all of the necessary steps to ensure the continuation of all services to clients, regardless of their location. Clients located in the European Economic Area (EEA) access services through MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V. as well as MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V.

About MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V.

MUFG Bank (Europe) N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of MUFG Bank, headquartered in Amsterdam. With offices throughout Europe, our teams provide clients with comprehensive financing solutions spanning Coverage & Structured Finance, Capital Markets and Transaction Banking, using MUFG’s global reach to provide bespoke solutions. With 73 green, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bond tranches in 2021 and 51 sustainability-linked loans in EMEA in 2021, MUFG is committed to supporting clients to achieve sustainable business growth.

Please visit our website for more information – https://www.mufgemea.com/mbe

Your impact at MUFG

Operating as a product expert, contributing to the origination, structuring and execution of the project finance product.

Required to work closely with relationship managers, cross-product specialists to manage client sales/client interaction in order to support product development, risk solutions, distribution and cross-sell opportunities.

Function positioning

Our market leading Structured Finance department is responsible for i) marketing, ii) originating and iii) structuring project finance transactions in the EMEA region across the Infrastructure and Energy sectors.

As part of Global Corporate & Investment Banking (EMEA), ESFO’s main responsibilities include the structuring, financial and rating advisory and the execution of loans for our clients in the region. A particular strength of ESFO is financial advisory capability that has broadened in scope from advising on lending but now includes equity advisory capability and procurement advisory.

The strategy of the team is to increase this broadening of scope whilst expanding the geographical and sectoral focus in order to support clients whilst contributing to the broader GCIB strategies around FIs, Distribution and Cross Sell.

ESFO Madrid Team covers structured finance transactions across EMEA with a focus  in the context of the GCIB Cross-Border Framework of leading i) the marketing, ii) the origination and iii) the structuring and execution for structured finance transactions to Iberian based clients and transactions. The ESFO Madrid Team in that context interfaces with relevant product and sub-sector specialists in London, Paris, Francfurt and Dubai in accordance with the GCIB Cross-Border Framework.

The role includes the following:

Bank

• Responsible and accountable for leading or assisting business development activity, such as specific marketing initiatives, and pitch opportunities.
• Responsible and accountable for managing day to day client or counterparty interactions at a counterpart level; identifying and understanding client needs in order to develop and originate product solutions.
• Responsible for leading or assisting the team with responses to Request for Proposals with high quality and accurate output.
• Accountable for managing deal negotiations within specified limits.
• Responsible for and accountable assisting the team with the preparation of Information Memorandums and generally support the execution of advisory mandates under the supervision of more senior staff.
• Accountable for analysing and interpreting a range of complex financial and market data sources to understand product performance and potential impact.
• Responsible for managing the credit application process and presenting credit cases to internal audiences, showing an understanding of credit requirements to develop a compelling business rationale to enable transactions.
• Accountable for reviewing documentation and carry accountability for the appropriate level of sign off, ensuring that documents are further actioned as appropriate.
• Responsible to act as the first point of contact for technical and client related issues, liaising with other stakeholders to seek resolution and / or escalating as required.
• Responsible for lead or assisting specified internal projects, setting short term objectives to maximise sales and revenue generation.

Securities

• Accountable for collaboration with Securities employees, facilitating the marketing and origination of transactions with your area of specialism in respect to the Securities product suite.
• The non-functional nature of this role means that you will not be able to transact (which means lead any structuring, credit, execution or commitment discussions) on behalf of any Securities legal entity; though through your role in Project Finance you will be able to share data and information, attend both internal and external meetings, offering up views and opinions. 
• All recommendations and final decisions around structure, credit, pricing, execution and commitment must be made by a Securities employee or a functional dual-hat employee.

People

• You are responsible for:
• Providing leadership, guidance and advice to junior team members to ensure they are delivering to the desired standard of quality, whilst receiving appropriate opportunities for growth and development.
   

Relationship with other functions and stakeholders

• Maintain and enhance good working relationships with stakeholders, across the region and globally to share best practices, provide support and develop effective local policies and procedures appropriate to the Company, and working in support of the One MUFG and overall Group strategy.
• Overseeing collaboration with internal stakeholders, including other products areas such as Securities, to ensure appropriate engagement and support to develop, secure and maximise product cross-sell opportunities.

In order to be successful in the role, you will need the following:

Skills and experience:

• Degree Level and/or relevant industry expertise
• Previous experience working in project finance or infrastructure financing (minimum seven years)
• Significant relevant industry experience with a specialism within structured finance
• Advisory and/or Infrastructure lending experience
• Italian fluent is a plus
• Thorough knowledge of credit, risk management, market and legal aspects of project finance
• Knowledge of the competitor landscape within project finance
• Commercial acumen and negotiation skills
• Interpersonal and networking skills
• Ability to build and maintain client relationship

Personal requirements:

Integrity and Responsibility

• Balance Risk with Opportunity
• Customer Focus
• Demonstrate Global Perspective

Professionalism and Teamwork

• Drive For Results
• Collaborate and Build Partnerships
• Communicate Effectively and Professionally

Challenge Ourselves To Grow

• Influence and Inspire Others
• Lead Change & Seek Continuous Improvement
• Think Strategically
• Manage and Develop Talent

What do we have to offer:

We offer you a role in one of the largest banks of the world in a growing and international environment.  You have various opportunities to develop yourself and we will support you with that by offering various training and development possibilities.

• We take into account your home situation and your ambitions and help you to balance work and private life.
• Monthly team events.
• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best.

Besides that we will offer you:

This offer includes:

• 12 x monthly salary
• 13th month salary paid in June
• 14th month salary paid in December
• Bonus under discretion of the Management board
• Vacation days; 29 days per year and additional 4 days for the personal arrangements according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement in Spain
• Training & development possibilities paid by the bank (internal rules)
• Senior Life Plan: Bank will provide according to the condition of the Collective Bargaining Agreement in Banking Sector.
• Life Insurance: Bank will provide life insurance according to the condition of the Collective Bargaining Agreement in Banking Sector.
• Remote Working Policy i.e. Working From Home (WFH) and Remote Working in another Country.

Additional information:

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

The role is based in the Spain. All candidates need to be willing to relocate to Spain. Internal employees will be supported in case of relocation.

For more information regarding this position you can contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist at: maria.sifniou@nl.mufg.jp

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

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

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.