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Section 1 - Details

Job Title / Corporate Title

Vice President

Department / Group

International & Structured Finance Department (ISD) - Power & Renewables

Responsible to / Line Manager

This should be a role title, not a named individual.

Director within the Power & Renewables Team

Direct Reports

This is about scope of the role. Please include job titles and the reporting relationship.

n/a

On occasion, a VP may be a line manager for an Intern in the team

Location

London

Date Prepared

June 2024

Certification regime

In scope

Section 2 - Purpose of Job

• The role of VP exists to provide support and some lead roles in the execution of transactions as well as marketing activities and origination of new business.
• The role requires strong analytical and corporate credit skills and will involve the review and analysis of information including customer financial statements, corporate and project finance financial models, due diligence and legal documentation.
• The role requires experience and exposure to power & renewable project finance and acquisition finance
• The role also requires strong communication skills as there will be various interfaces both within the organisation (Senior Management, Credit, Syndications, Operations etc) as well as externally including some client facing dealing including marketing, deal execution, due diligence and KYC

Section 3 - Background

• The role sits within the Power & Renewables team, reporting into a Director within the team.
• Generally this role would be providing support to Director level employees running transactions, both on project and corporate analysis and administration tasks and taking an element of lead on more straightforward transactions or parts of more complex ones
• The role will include a focus on execution of infrastructure acquisition finance and the necessary corporate analysis this involves
• There is a customer facing element to the role, including gathering information and attending customer meetings with more senior colleagues, marketing and transaction execution.
• Internally, the role would interface with various other departments including portfolio management and Credit and to colleagues in Derivatives and Debt Capital Market and with other regions

Section 4 - Facts / Scale

• The role requires significant knowledge of Project & Infrastructure Acquisition Finance theory, practice, documentation and execution
• The role also requires skills and experience in performing corporate analysis
• The role is unlikely to have any direct reports but may be responsible for helping to train and support colleagues with internal processes and as part of project teams - both within Power & Renewables, across the departments and externally
• Although there is not a budget specific to the role, the role is supporting the achievement of the Power & Renewables budget.
• Main interfaces/relationships are with:
  • ISD Team and department members up to GM level
  • Credit department, loans admin, CPD, legal, other marketing departments (CBD1 &2, GTFD, SPD etc), OAD, Nikko CM (DCM and swaps), LCM, TD etc in EMEA
  • Other EMEA offices
  • Other regions and head office for specific transactions and marketing activities
  • Customers (financial and industrial equity), other banks and financial institutions, DFIs & ECAs lawyers, accountants, specialist engineers, insurance advisors, public sector up to national government level
• It would be expected that the role would work on 6-12 transactions each year, including multiple transactions at any given time, with some lead roles
• The role requires managing own time

Section 5 - Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Support senior staff as part of deal teams in the marketing, origination of and execution of project finance and acquisition finance transactions, and take the lead on some transactions or parts of work streams of more complex transactions
• Perform project or corporate credit analysis, prepare credit applications and managing data input for GBR, EIC, PF Grading and other systems, and help to train and supervise more junior staff in that role.
• Liaise with all relevant departments within EMEA required for marketing and execution including CD,OAD, CPD, legal, other marketing departments (CBD1 &2, GTFD, SPD etc), OAD, Nikko CM (DCM and swaps), LCM, TD, Other branches in EMEA region
• As appropriate, financial modelling and analysis for projects in support of transaction lead and as part of an advisory team.
• Understanding the Bank's internal procedures and processes and applying them correctly and in compliance with all rules and regulations
• Working on asset management, and other areas of ISD wider business as requested.
• To carry out marketing activities for Power & Renewables.
  • Dealing with customers for origination of regulated products including telephone and face to face meetings
  • Preparing externally facing marketing materials in line with the guidelines and seeking compliance approval
  • Taking responsibility for a specific customer group (market, product region)
• Start to take on some team management responsibilities for more junior staff or by contributing to senior management initiatives.
• Provide information to clients on SMFG products and services, including investment products

Section 6 - Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Significant knowledge and experience of project finance theory, practice, risk analysis, credit, execution and documentation as well as corporate financial analysis
• Strong numerical and financial skills essential and financial modelling experience required
• Some knowledge of PF customers and clients for marketing purposes and the ability to work with and understand customer needs. In addition to PF, experience and knowledge in structured products including acquisition finance, corporate finance and capital markets would be viewed favourably.
• Previous experience of working in project finance and/or corporate finance in a relevant institution (bank, advisor, industry etc), with a focus on corporate credit analysis and corporate credit skills.
• The ability to work on multiple tasks in parallel under pressure and to time constraints with significant changes
• The ability to work well with colleagues in multiple roles and at most levels of seniority across EMEA and other regions
• Education & Qualifications: Degree and multiple language skills would be viewed favourably

Section 7 - Challenges (This section is optional)

• Working as part of a busy team with a high workload, often with high customer expectations and tight deadlines
• Balancing the needs of multiple internal systems and processes in delivering transactions
• Managing their time to further develop their wider responsibilities for marketing and customer interaction and team support

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