Vice President, Financial Advisory - Project Finance (Fluent Japanese)
London, London
MUFG
Posted 6 days ago
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**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.
**Overview of the Department/Section**
Within GCIB (Global Corporate & Investment Banking), ESFO (European Structured Finance Office) offers comprehensive advisory and debt arrangement for the non-recourse and limited recourse financing of long-term, capital intensive projects. Our specialist teams focus on a range of sectors, including power & renewables, infrastructure, natural resources and housing finance.
Within ESFO:
+ the Financial Advisory team (" **GCIB Financial Advisory** ") spans all sectors and aims to structure the most competitive and deliverable funding solution for our client base, evaluating all available funding sources in the market. These funding sources include commercial or multilateral banks, ECAs, institutional investors, private placements or public bond finance or a combination thereof. The team also provides credit ratings advisory services.
+ The Energy and Infrastructure teams have responsibility for the delivery and execution of the financing product in their respective sectors.
The JCIB (Japanese Corporate Investment Banking) Financial Advisory team will operate alongside the existing GCIB Financial Advisory team, with the same geographical and sector remit, delivering the advisory product specifically to projects where clients covered by JCIB have a controlling interest.
On projects jointly participated by clients covered by JCIB and GCIB, JCIB Financial Advisory and GCIB Financial Advisory teams will share responsibility.
**Main Purpose of the Role**
Playing a key role in further developing, growing and sustaining a market leading financial advisory business services across the Energy and Infrastructure sectors.
**Key Responsibilities**
**Bank**
+ To lead, and/or provide significant support in most aspects of the execution of advisory mandates, and contribute to advisory mandates, including: negotiation of the mandate letter, development of information memoranda, financial structuring and analysis, negotiations with funders, managing financial aspects of the due diligence process, development of key documentation and managing the overall funding process through to financial close.
+ Managing and developing client relationships with key clients and other related parties including lawyers, procuring authorities, banks and other financial institutions.
+ Managing and developing relationships with key internal stakeholders (including EBD, SFCO, MUS and SFD).
+ Assisting in devising, refining and implementing the financial advisory strategy.
+ Work with other MUFG teams to enhance the MUFG offering and client services.
+ Ratings Advisory support.
+ To play an active role in business development, with a view to growing the advisory pipeline, including: proactively identifying potential advisory opportunities, preparation and presentation of advisory proposals and materials and ongoing ad hoc client marketing.
+ Take an active role in the preparation of and participation in all assessments and authorisation activities including assisting in the presentation of the transaction through the various internal approval processes (including: BCRA, Business Screening and KYC).
+ Propose appropriate solutions to meet client needs in conjunction, where necessary, with other specialist functions of MUFG in order to deliver a tailored solution to client needs.
+ Ensure that business development, structuring and execution is market-leading, sound and appropriate.
+ Coordinating with international structured finance teams.
+ Prepare and present internal committee presentations/papers.
+ In general the role could require substantial overseas travel.
**Securities**
Through collaboration with MUS employees, facilitate the marketing and origination of transactions with your area of specialism in respect to the MUS 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 MUS 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 MUS employee or a functional dual-hat employee **.**
**Work Experience**
+ Experience from a structured finance advisory/product role preferred.
+ Experience gained from within a project finance bank, boutique or DCM team preferred.
+ Previous experience working in structured finance essential, some M&A and rating experience beneficial.
+ Pan EMEA experience of different financing documentation beneficial.
**Skills and Experience**
Functional / Technical Competencies:
+ Structured Finance understanding a requirement.
+ Ability to lead on all aspects as part of a wider advisory mandate with senior support on more complex aspects.
+ Familiar with different types of financing documentation e.g. CTAs.
+ Knowledge of credit, risk management, market and legal aspects of structured finance.
+ Multiproduct experiences: bank, public and private DCM.
+ Desirable to have a level of project finance modelling understanding.
+ Analytical skills including the ability to interrogate financial models.
+ Clear communication skills.
+ Sound IT knowledge and skills.
+ Quantitative / numerical skills.
+ Excellent interpersonal skills.
Education / Qualifications:
+ Degree Level and/or relevant industry expertise
Language Skills:
+ Fluent Japanese
**Personal Requirements**
+ Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
+ A proactive, motivated approach.
+ Results driven, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
+ The ability to operate with urgency and dynamically prioritise work accordingly.
+ The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
+ A structured and logical approach to work and ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
+ Good problem solving skills.
+ A creative and innovative approach to work.
+ A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.
+ Team player.
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.
At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!
**Our Culture Principles**
+ Client Centric
+ People Focused
+ Listen Up. Speak Up.
+ Innovate & Simplify
+ Own & Execute
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.
**Overview of the Department/Section**
Within GCIB (Global Corporate & Investment Banking), ESFO (European Structured Finance Office) offers comprehensive advisory and debt arrangement for the non-recourse and limited recourse financing of long-term, capital intensive projects. Our specialist teams focus on a range of sectors, including power & renewables, infrastructure, natural resources and housing finance.
Within ESFO:
+ the Financial Advisory team (" **GCIB Financial Advisory** ") spans all sectors and aims to structure the most competitive and deliverable funding solution for our client base, evaluating all available funding sources in the market. These funding sources include commercial or multilateral banks, ECAs, institutional investors, private placements or public bond finance or a combination thereof. The team also provides credit ratings advisory services.
+ The Energy and Infrastructure teams have responsibility for the delivery and execution of the financing product in their respective sectors.
The JCIB (Japanese Corporate Investment Banking) Financial Advisory team will operate alongside the existing GCIB Financial Advisory team, with the same geographical and sector remit, delivering the advisory product specifically to projects where clients covered by JCIB have a controlling interest.
On projects jointly participated by clients covered by JCIB and GCIB, JCIB Financial Advisory and GCIB Financial Advisory teams will share responsibility.
**Main Purpose of the Role**
Playing a key role in further developing, growing and sustaining a market leading financial advisory business services across the Energy and Infrastructure sectors.
**Key Responsibilities**
**Bank**
+ To lead, and/or provide significant support in most aspects of the execution of advisory mandates, and contribute to advisory mandates, including: negotiation of the mandate letter, development of information memoranda, financial structuring and analysis, negotiations with funders, managing financial aspects of the due diligence process, development of key documentation and managing the overall funding process through to financial close.
+ Managing and developing client relationships with key clients and other related parties including lawyers, procuring authorities, banks and other financial institutions.
+ Managing and developing relationships with key internal stakeholders (including EBD, SFCO, MUS and SFD).
+ Assisting in devising, refining and implementing the financial advisory strategy.
+ Work with other MUFG teams to enhance the MUFG offering and client services.
+ Ratings Advisory support.
+ To play an active role in business development, with a view to growing the advisory pipeline, including: proactively identifying potential advisory opportunities, preparation and presentation of advisory proposals and materials and ongoing ad hoc client marketing.
+ Take an active role in the preparation of and participation in all assessments and authorisation activities including assisting in the presentation of the transaction through the various internal approval processes (including: BCRA, Business Screening and KYC).
+ Propose appropriate solutions to meet client needs in conjunction, where necessary, with other specialist functions of MUFG in order to deliver a tailored solution to client needs.
+ Ensure that business development, structuring and execution is market-leading, sound and appropriate.
+ Coordinating with international structured finance teams.
+ Prepare and present internal committee presentations/papers.
+ In general the role could require substantial overseas travel.
**Securities**
Through collaboration with MUS employees, facilitate the marketing and origination of transactions with your area of specialism in respect to the MUS 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 MUS 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 MUS employee or a functional dual-hat employee **.**
**Work Experience**
+ Experience from a structured finance advisory/product role preferred.
+ Experience gained from within a project finance bank, boutique or DCM team preferred.
+ Previous experience working in structured finance essential, some M&A and rating experience beneficial.
+ Pan EMEA experience of different financing documentation beneficial.
**Skills and Experience**
Functional / Technical Competencies:
+ Structured Finance understanding a requirement.
+ Ability to lead on all aspects as part of a wider advisory mandate with senior support on more complex aspects.
+ Familiar with different types of financing documentation e.g. CTAs.
+ Knowledge of credit, risk management, market and legal aspects of structured finance.
+ Multiproduct experiences: bank, public and private DCM.
+ Desirable to have a level of project finance modelling understanding.
+ Analytical skills including the ability to interrogate financial models.
+ Clear communication skills.
+ Sound IT knowledge and skills.
+ Quantitative / numerical skills.
+ Excellent interpersonal skills.
Education / Qualifications:
+ Degree Level and/or relevant industry expertise
Language Skills:
+ Fluent Japanese
**Personal Requirements**
+ Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
+ A proactive, motivated approach.
+ Results driven, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
+ The ability to operate with urgency and dynamically prioritise work accordingly.
+ The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
+ A structured and logical approach to work and ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
+ Good problem solving skills.
+ A creative and innovative approach to work.
+ A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.
+ Team player.
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.
At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!
**Our Culture Principles**
+ Client Centric
+ People Focused
+ Listen Up. Speak Up.
+ Innovate & Simplify
+ Own & Execute
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Financial Markets Advisory Vice President / Associate
London, London
BlackRock
Posted 4 days ago
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**About this role**
**About this role**
BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) team delivers strategic advice and execution support to public and private sector clients across capital markets, portfolio management, and data & analytics. Our clients include official sector and financial institution clients globally, including banks, central banks, asset owners and insurance companies.
We support them on their most critical and complex financial issues - including setting up sovereign investment funds, addressing capital markets topics, analysing, optimising and unwinding complex asset portfolios, and designing innovative financing solutions to support the economy.
Unique among financial markets advisory firms, we leverage BlackRock's sophisticated capital markets, data & analytics and technology capabilities, to provide impact-oriented advisory services.
Since our founding, we have completed assignments for more than 300+ clients in 40 countries. Our professionals work out of multiple regions - with offices in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Budapest, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Hong Kong. This global footprint allows us to serve clients in all locations and respond to their needs as they arise.
We are looking to recruit professionals at Associate- and Vice President-level to join the team in our London and Abu Dhabi offices.
**In this role you will partner with:**
+ External: you will engage with and advise private and public sector financial institutions, asset owners, as well as governments and central banks
+ Internal: you will leverage BlackRock's unparalleled capabilities across Capital Markets, Aladdin, Portfolio Advisory and Research functions
**Key responsibilities:**
+ Lead project activities, independently or with support of junior team members
+ Lead engagement design and planning, defining deliverables and content, and developing timelines
+ Lead or support day-to-day interactions with clients, including executive-level stakeholders
+ Develop subject matter expertise across capital markets topics, and provide client-specific actionable advice
+ Conduct or oversee research and quantitative analysis, resulting into high-quality reports and presentations that inform strategic decision-making
+ Uphold BlackRock's fiduciary culture and commitment to excellence
+ Work collaboratively in large, multi-disciplinary project teams
+ Actively contribute to business development, working alongside senior team leaders to conceive, develop, and market innovative solutions for new and existing clients
+ Mentor junior staff and provide guidance on project work
**Key skills and qualifications:**
+ Minimum of 3-7 years of strong experience in financial markets, investment banking, private markets investing, or top-tier management consulting
+ Self-determined drive to obtain superior results for clients
+ Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills and ability to learn new content quickly
+ Strong verbal and written communication, including the ability to synthesise complex ideas into clear messages
+ Superior organisational skills with the ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment
+ Genuine passion for the financial sector, especially with a focus on capital markets
+ Preferred:
+ Expertise in areas such as financial product structuring, secondaries, asset-backed finance, digital assets, infrastructure, financial modelling and data analysis
+ Fluency in Arabic (for roles in Abu Dhabi)
**Your learning & development will include:**
+ Gain and deepen subject matter expertise in capital markets, private markets, infrastructure and digital assets, facing innovative and complex challenges and evolving market trends
+ Build project management and leadership skills through hand-on execution
+ Strengthen client management and commercial skills through business development exposure during client meetings and project execution
**Our benefits**
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
**Our hybrid work model**
BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
**About BlackRock**
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock ( | Twitter: @blackrock ( | LinkedIn: is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
**About this role**
BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) team delivers strategic advice and execution support to public and private sector clients across capital markets, portfolio management, and data & analytics. Our clients include official sector and financial institution clients globally, including banks, central banks, asset owners and insurance companies.
We support them on their most critical and complex financial issues - including setting up sovereign investment funds, addressing capital markets topics, analysing, optimising and unwinding complex asset portfolios, and designing innovative financing solutions to support the economy.
Unique among financial markets advisory firms, we leverage BlackRock's sophisticated capital markets, data & analytics and technology capabilities, to provide impact-oriented advisory services.
Since our founding, we have completed assignments for more than 300+ clients in 40 countries. Our professionals work out of multiple regions - with offices in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Budapest, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Hong Kong. This global footprint allows us to serve clients in all locations and respond to their needs as they arise.
We are looking to recruit professionals at Associate- and Vice President-level to join the team in our London and Abu Dhabi offices.
**In this role you will partner with:**
+ External: you will engage with and advise private and public sector financial institutions, asset owners, as well as governments and central banks
+ Internal: you will leverage BlackRock's unparalleled capabilities across Capital Markets, Aladdin, Portfolio Advisory and Research functions
**Key responsibilities:**
+ Lead project activities, independently or with support of junior team members
+ Lead engagement design and planning, defining deliverables and content, and developing timelines
+ Lead or support day-to-day interactions with clients, including executive-level stakeholders
+ Develop subject matter expertise across capital markets topics, and provide client-specific actionable advice
+ Conduct or oversee research and quantitative analysis, resulting into high-quality reports and presentations that inform strategic decision-making
+ Uphold BlackRock's fiduciary culture and commitment to excellence
+ Work collaboratively in large, multi-disciplinary project teams
+ Actively contribute to business development, working alongside senior team leaders to conceive, develop, and market innovative solutions for new and existing clients
+ Mentor junior staff and provide guidance on project work
**Key skills and qualifications:**
+ Minimum of 3-7 years of strong experience in financial markets, investment banking, private markets investing, or top-tier management consulting
+ Self-determined drive to obtain superior results for clients
+ Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills and ability to learn new content quickly
+ Strong verbal and written communication, including the ability to synthesise complex ideas into clear messages
+ Superior organisational skills with the ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment
+ Genuine passion for the financial sector, especially with a focus on capital markets
+ Preferred:
+ Expertise in areas such as financial product structuring, secondaries, asset-backed finance, digital assets, infrastructure, financial modelling and data analysis
+ Fluency in Arabic (for roles in Abu Dhabi)
**Your learning & development will include:**
+ Gain and deepen subject matter expertise in capital markets, private markets, infrastructure and digital assets, facing innovative and complex challenges and evolving market trends
+ Build project management and leadership skills through hand-on execution
+ Strengthen client management and commercial skills through business development exposure during client meetings and project execution
**Our benefits**
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
**Our hybrid work model**
BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
**About BlackRock**
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock ( | Twitter: @blackrock ( | LinkedIn: is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
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