Associate, Leveraged Finance Portfolio

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We are currently recruiting for an Associate, Leveraged Finance Portfolio in our Leveraged Finance department in Frankfurt.

About MUFG Bank (Europe) N. V.

MUFG Bank (Europe) N.

V. (MBE) is a fully‑owned subsidiary of MUFG Bank, headquartered in Amsterdam.

With offices throughout Europe, our teams provide clients with comprehensive financing solutions spanning Coverage & Structured Finance, Capital Markets and Transaction Banking, using MUFG's global reach to provide bespoke solutions.

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• Your impact at MUFG

MUFG's Leveraged Finance group provides product expertise in the origination, structuring and execution of LBOs for private equity sponsors.

The group also works closely with relevant coverage and product functions across the bank to assist in executing our broader Financial Institutions strategy to maximise cross‑sell amongst private equity sponsor clients and their portfolio companies.

Leveraged Finance works collaboratively with MUFG's Global Sponsor Coverage teams, Mid Market Direct Lending team and the Leveraged Capital Markets team to deliver financing solutions and to maximise revenue opportunities in the DACH region.

This role is for an Associate within the Leveraged Finance Portfolio Management team, which is responsible for the monitoring and management of the leveraged loan exposures originated by Leveraged Finance and Mid Market Direct Lending and also for analysing and monitoring Securitised Products and Supply Chain Finance solutions provided to the portfolio companies of Private Equity Sponsor clients.

Main purpose of the role

Ongoing monitoring and management of a portfolio of non‑investment grade, financial sponsor‑backed financings originated by Leveraged Finance, Mid Market Direct Lending and Securitised Products and Supply Chain Finance; conduct portfolio analysis and reporting for internal purposes and ensure portfolio adherence to internal and external procedures and requirements (e. g. compliance, KYC, internal audit); identify and execute refinancing and cross‑sell opportunities with portfolio borrowers in conjunction with LF Origination, Mid Market Direct Lending, PE Sponsor Coverage, Capital Markets, Corporate Relationship Managers and other relevant internal counterparties; support the wider LF team with onboarding and other operational matters.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the credit quality of a portfolio of assets through management information and internal and external research sources to ensure covenant compliance and early identification of performance variances to budget and base case.
• Manage the development of relevant credit analysis including sensitivity scenarios and key ratios analysis (including where appropriate credit rating agencies') and make informed judgments on financial viability and liquidity to advise decision making at senior management level.
• Proactively develop, recommend and execute actions relevant to effective LF portfolio risk management, including partial or full asset disposals and portfolio top‑ups.
• Undertake the timely preparation of high‑quality borrower credit reviews, monitoring analysis, waiver/consent requests and secondary trading proposals for submission to ECRO, and other internal processes as appropriate.
• Ensure data integrity and, in partnership with the CAD team, prepare internal portfolio reporting and analysis including materials for the Corporate Credit Review Meeting.
• Support Securitised Products and Supply Chain Finance in reviewing potential opportunities, conducting the credit approval process for potential onboardings and monitoring these assets on an ongoing basis as part of LF Portfolio Management duties.
• Work with relevant internal counterparties to mine the existing portfolio to identify refinancing and cross‑sell opportunities.
• Support all aspects of deal execution as may be required.
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