Vice President – Corporate Banking

Vice President – Corporate Banking

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in business, finance/accounting, economics with outstanding academic achievement
• Strong financial modelling skills are critical and will be tested during the interview process
• Minimum of 5 years of project finance lending and origination experience, with proven experience negotiating and closing project finance transactions
• North American sector, market and asset class knowledge across power, utilities, infrastructure, energy and energy transition will be an asset
• Effective organizational and time-management skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Outstanding communication (written, oral, listening) and interpersonal skills with ability to present complex information succinctly to internal and external audiences
• Self-starter with ability to learn quickly and work independently while also being able to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to manage and delegation both downward and upward effectively and proactively anticipate team needs
• High level of self-awareness and humility, with excitement about confronting uncomfortable situations or new challenges
• Creative problem-solver with intellectual agility and curiosity
• Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word

Responsibilities

• Understanding the construction, operational, and financing inputs to the project financial model including investing significant time in preparing and explaining credit scenarios and sensitivities, key metrics, and summary outputs
• End-to-end transaction execution leadership, including but not limited to the following: Credit analysis, Risk and return analysis, Due diligence (contract reviews, legal memoranda, etc.), Third-party consultant reports (independent engineer, market, insurance, environmental consultants, etc.), Credit documentation (review, comment and negotiate financing agreements, term sheets, etc.), Financial closing coordination, AML/KYC and client onboarding activities and coordination, Virtual data room management
• Preparing credit documentation (i.e., applications, memoranda, presentations, etc.) for internal (investment and risk committees) and external stakeholders (clients, investors, lenders, developers)
• Summarize diligence materials to develop and produce coherent recommendations and identify key risks and mitigants
• Run internal return models
• Identify cross-sell opportunities and effectively engagement and liaise with internal product partners
• Coordinate with credit and operations teams from origination through close and funding
• Coordinate transaction executive with clients, third party consultants and other lenders
• Considers risk, internal controls and compliance as part of day-to-day accountabilities and adheres to policies and procedures, including the identification of exceptions/escalations

Preferred Qualifications

• North American sector, market and asset class knowledge across power, utilities, infrastructure, energy and energy transition will be an asset