Debt Advisory Europe Corporates - Senior Analyst bei Bbva

BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

About the Area

Within Debt Advisory, the Ratings & Capital Structure Advisory advices clients in ratings and generally all debt related matters. This includes (generally for corporate clients):

• Formal ratings advisory in first time ratings or material corporate events (such as acquisitions, recaps or corporate restructuring).

• Capital structure advice (debt capacity, dividend policy, holdco debt implications, minorities implications, debt at parent vs subsidiary etc…), helping elevate level of dialogue with clients.

• Partnering with M&A and / or financing products (corporate lending, DCM, ECM, project finance) to understand implications of any given transaction, to optimize structure of a potential transaction or to suggest key structure implications. Additionally help discussing with Risk department complex situations or transactions as required.

About the job:

The candidate

We are looking for a motivated individual with both technical and commercial skills and with a drive for excellence. The successful candidate should:

• Have around 1-2 years experience in a Financial Institution, Rating Agency, Boutique or Corporate, ideally in the areas of Corporate Finance, Rating Advisory, Capital Structure Advisory, or any financing product.

• Have basic skills in financial modelling and corporate finance, and ideally some credit analysis knowledge.

• Demonstrate high command of English, both written and spoken. Knowledge of Spanish, French, German or Italian is a plus.

• Be able to display senior team member’s analysis and thoughts in professional documents aimed to be presented to either external or internal clients, with excellence in the delivery.

• Be able to work in a team and be highly motivated to continuous learning.

• Ideally hold a BA of Business Management or Economics and/or MBA, or a similar degree.

The position

This position will have the following content / responsibilities:

• Support team seniors to perform research, modelling, analysis and presentation tasks needed to advice clients on ratings, capital structure and generally all debt related matters.

• Model different corporates and scenarios.

• Work as a team with internal origination partners such as Corporate Lending, Project Finance, Project Finance Advisory, DCM, M&A, ECM to support origination efforts.

• Be up to date in general admin, recordkeeping tasks assigned.

• Be up to date in Rating Agency methodologies.

• Use and update all internal tools for recording activity, fees, staffing etc.

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