Associate, Securitised Products - Origination & Structuring in London

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 150,000 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.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG is a global network with around 2,300 offices in over 50 countries including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Oceania, and East Asia. The group has over 150,000 employees, offering services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing.

As one of the top financial groups globally with a vision to be the world's most trusted, we want to attract, nurture and retain the most talented individuals in the market. The size and range of MUFG's global business creates opportunities for our employees to stretch themselves and reap the rewards, whilst our common values, to behave with integrity and responsibility, and to build a culture which is fair, transparent, and honest, underpin everything that we do.

We aim to be the financial partner of choice for our clients, whatever their requirements, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

MUFG is a global leader in the securitisation market, ranking in the top three conduit administrators in the world. Our best-in-class services and products help corporate and institutional clients optimise their working capital.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• Supporting the origination and the execution of securitisation transactions within the Esoteric sector vertical.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the origination and execution of Securitised Products for the bank's clients, with a specific focus on Esoteric transactions.
• Support and/or lead the execution of securitisation transaction renewals, amendments and waivers within the Esoteric Sector.
• Analyse and produce structural risk memoranda and reports, review legal documentation, perform cash flow modelling, undertake due diligence on transactions and manage client relationships.
• Liaise with clients at a counterpart level to relay specific information and respond to routine queries ensuring a high level of customer service.
• Maintain and develop knowledge base of regulatory issues relating to securitisation and developments in the securitisation market.
• Build relationships throughout MUFG to establish a peer network, gather relevant information and help to ensure effective inter-departmental collaboration.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Degree Level.
• Track record of working on securitisation transactions in EMEA in a structuring/execution capacity.
• Experience of securitisation, structured finance or working capital finance, in either a bank, rating agency or advisor capacity.
• Legal, accounting or credit background desirable.
• Complex problem-solving skills.
• Commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Interpersonal and networking skills and the ability to work in a diverse team environment.
• Excellent knowledge and skill working with Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel.
• Fluency in any European languages desirable but not essential.

PERFORMANCE AND DUTIES

The role holder will be assessed in accordance with their employing entity’s performance framework and process with relevant input obtained from the dual hatting entity as relevant. As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the role holder.

MANAGING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The role holder will have responsibilities for both MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. The role holder will be required to perform their duties and responsibilities on an entity neutral basis, without favour.

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.