At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead origination and execution of complex financing solutions in export finance.
- Company: Dynamic bank with a global presence and strong focus on export finance.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, autonomy in role, and opportunities for strategic impact.
- Other info: Opportunity to build relationships across the export finance market.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact in a fast-paced, cross-border financing environment.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in ECA/DFI/MDB financing and strong negotiation skills.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
Overview
In this VP role you will lead originations and execution of ECA/DFI/MDB financings within a global, cross-border platform.
You will own client relationships with corporates, lenders and project sponsors, drive deal flow from pitch to close, and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex financing solutions.
The position blends origination with transaction execution, offering high visibility and strategic impact in export finance and infrastructure lending.
You will operate with substantial autonomy and represent the bank to external stakeholders in a dynamic market.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain relationships with corporate clients, financial institutions, sovereign entities, exporters and project sponsors
- Identify and originate new business opportunities in export finance and structured lending
- Structure financing solutions involving ECAs, MDBs and DFIs
- Lead transactions from initial pitch and mandate through to financial close
- Prepare and present credit applications to internal stakeholders and approval committees
- Coordinate due diligence, financial analysis and transaction execution processes
- Negotiate commercial terms and supporting documentation
- Collaborate with legal, credit, syndication and operations teams throughout the lifecycle
- Support revenue, portfolio and strategic growth objectives
- Represent the business externally and build relationships across the export finance market
- Key requirements
- Proven ECA/DFI/MDB financing experience
- Strong origination capability with track record of generating transaction flow
- End-to-end transaction execution experience from client engagement to close
- Experience pitching financing solutions to corporate, financial institutions and sovereign clients
- Strong commercial negotiation skills and mandate closing experience
- Ability to independently manage transaction workstreams and multiple stakeholders
- Strong communication and stakeholder management with clients, ECAs, advisers, credit teams, syndications and governance
- Experience preparing and presenting credit applications and supporting internal approvals
- Strong analytical capability including financial statement analysis, structuring and modelling
- Well-developed external network across clients, ECAs, DFIs, MDBs, exporters, sponsors and advisers
- Ability to identify opportunities in existing and new markets to support revenue growth
- Autonomy and ownership of transactions with limited supervision
- Confident external representation as a relationship manager
- Relationship management
- Negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Financial modelling
- Credit analysis
- Transaction structuring
VP - Export Credit Agency - Origination / Execution in London employer: Michael Page International
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Contact Details:
Michael Page International Recruitment Team
