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About the Team

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

Infrastructure Finance and Advisory

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated to work in a dynamic team and to contribute to our Investment Banking business.

The Infrastructure Finance and Advisory group has a global mandate to lend and/or advise clients on financing infrastructure projects and infrastructure companies and work with coverage, product and sales teams to develop and execute solutions across all verticals including digital, transportation, energy, utilities and social infrastructure. The group’s London-based team is primarily focused on Europe, Middle East and Africa. It is comprised of experts in project finance, bonds, loans, structured products and derivatives.

Team members have backgrounds in project finance, leverage finance , structured finance, ratings and derivatives, and we invariably work with colleagues in M&A advisory, debt capital markets, derivatives structuring and other coverage and product groups. By leveraging expertise across products, sectors and markets, the Infrastructure Finance and Advisory team integrates and customizes offerings and solutions to help our clients meet their strategic, financial and risk management objectives.

You will be involved in acquisition finance, greenfield and brownfield finance, restructuring and recapitalisations, hedging , ratings advisory and capital structure advisory as part of M&A deal teams. By leveraging expertise across products, sectors and markets, you will integrate and customize offerings and solutions to help our clients meet their strategic, financial and risk management objectives.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced banker to be based in London who will help consolidating IFA’s leading position in the EMEA region. The recruited professional would:

• Lead all aspects of deal execution for bank and bond financings in EMEA. Responsibilities will include structuring, contract negotiation, due diligence, consultant management and leading credit ratings processes
• Lead on staple financing, lender education and acquisition financing linked to selected M&A opportunities
• Lead advisory mandates both on debt advisory and M&A related capital structuring advisory
• Oversee the development of financial models
• Lead credit risk and other internal approval processes
• Assist product teams in structuring hedging products
• Work with coverage and relationship bankers to pitch for new engagements and develop client relationships both for corporate and funds
• Conduct industry and company research to identify new opportunities
  
  

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project/infrastructure finance experience
• Experience with infrastructure finance transactions in EMEA required
• Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in engineering, accounting, finance, economics or a related field
• Candidate has existing infrastructure client and investor relationships and knowledge of the infrastructure industry and markets
• Advanced knowledge of financial modeling and financial products including bank loans, bonds, rates, FX and structured products
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Must be a self-starter who takes initiative and anticipates deal team needs
• Willingness to work hard and be a team player. We work closely with partners in client coverage, capital markets, credit, and derivatives, as well as our partners across the control functions
• An ability to juggle deliverables for long-term transactions as well as a busy day-to-day schedule

This role encompasses the performance of regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the relevant regulatory authorities to carry out such activities.

Personal/Professional Attributes

The ideal candidate is a team player with superior analytical skills. It is critical for the individual to have strong presentation and client marketing skills and a creative and commercial approach to identifying new business opportunities. It is also important that this person displays maturity, good judgment and an ability to work with professionals at all levels inside J.P. Morgan. Strong problem solving and project management skills are a must.

It is expected that the candidate demonstrate leadership qualities that are team-oriented, fostering and collegial. The ability to delegate effectively and pay attention to detail while maintaining a high level of productivity will be important.

This individual must be dedicated to the Firm’s goals and must exemplify uncompromising personal integrityTo be completed