Project Finance Manager - Energy & Infrastructure - Vice President

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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

The project finance team comprises approximately 70 individuals who actively originate, structure, and execute debt project financing transactions. Project finance transactions include bank loan arranging, senior notes placement or bookrunning, institutional loan bookrunning, and project finance advisory services. Transactions often also involve interest rate and currency derivatives. The team works closely with dedicated partners in MUFG’s debt capital markets and global markets teams to seamlessly deliver debt financing and risk management solutions for clients across markets.

Job Description:

We are seeking a dynamic, thoughtful and collaborative professional to join our Project Finance Team as Vice President, covering North American Power markets. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project finance, with a focus on North American renewable and power asset class. This role requires strong analytical skill both quantitative and qualitative, logical thinking and writing ability, good understanding about the industry and finance market dynamics, and ability to communicate well with relevant parties. .

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the origination and execution of debt project financing transactions, working closely with Managing Directors and Directors.
• Contribute to identify and review new business opportunities, leading the process of screening new deals with senior management for approval.
• Contribute to establish client relationships and work with clients regularly, including attending in-person client meetings.
• Lead the development of business screening memorandum to screen new transactions working with associates and analysts.
• Lead  all aspects of transaction due diligence working with associates / analysts.  It includes: assessing commercial, structural and legal risks reviewing project contracts and legal memorandum; ; assessing market risks reviewing market studies; assessing technical risks reviewing engineering reports; assessing environmental and social risks, conducting cashflow analysis by developing and using financial model; and assessing sponsor and counter-partis credit risks reviewing financial statements;.
• Lead day to day execution process of mandated transactions seeking necessary guidance from Managing Directors/ Directors.
• Evaluate, understand, mitigate, and articulate risks associated with project financing transactions based on the due diligence.  Use balanced and good judgements on the matters required to execute transactions, while seeking guidance from Managing Directors / Director on the matters that require their judgements.
• Advise clients on matters pertaining to commercial and financial structure, and operating requirements in order to achieve suitability for non-recourse debt financing that meets client objectives.
• Perform credit ratings analysis and assist in obtaining credit ratings for transactions involving debt capital markets.
• Lead developing, reviewing, analyzing, and negotiating term sheets and financing documentation while seeking guidance from Managing Directors / Directors as needed.
• Lead the development of internal credit memo summarizing and articulating: commercial rational; key risks and mitigants; cashflow analysis; project contracts analysis; and counterparty credit analysis; and other key aspects the bank should be aware in executing transactions, working with associates and analysts.  
• Lead the development of financing transaction marketing materials, including rating agency presentations, lender and investor presentations, and information memoranda.
• Own and manage processes required for compliance and execution, including profitability analysis, committee approvals, legal due diligence, KYC, and closing checklists.
• Deliver seamles