Vice President - Power & Utilities EMEA

Types of Jobs - Corporate & Investment Banking

Job title

Vice President - Power & Utilities EMEA

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Job summary

Sectors covered are Power, Utilities and Renewables.
Product range includes senior secured limited recourse financings, as well as industry sector acquisition financing, portfolio financing, structured asset financing, subordinated debt and equity. Advisory is also a particular focus of the business line.
The EMEA Power team is structured with a range of MDs, directors, VPs, associates and analysts. All team members report to the head of the Power EMEA team.
All transactions are handled by a deal team under the responsibility of either a director or assistant director.
The EMEA Power Team forms part of the global EIG business line, with responsibility for implementing the EIG strategy regarding projects in the EMEA regions.
PF strategy is focused on providing structured finance solutions for clients and core prospects as well as for specifically approved niche markets.

Responsibilities

New transactions will generally be undertaken by a team, and team members will report to a designated team leader, which can be a VP.
Participation in the origination, analysis (including assessment of economic rationale, terms of contracts, pertinent allocation of risks and mitigating factors), negotiation, internal approval process, documentation and closing for new transactions. This job will entail primarily carrying out the VP functions within deal teams - deal team leader, typically financial analysis, financial modelling and support of junior modellers, preparation of pitches and credit applications, coverage of certain clients and origination.
Responsibility for analysing project contracts, term sheets and documentation.
Responsibility for coordinating the financial modelling aspects for project financings with juniors and creating and running financial models.
Participation in marketing efforts and sectorial research and other commercial or administrative duties as assigned.
All responsibilities related to transactions may involve client-facing work.
Being close contact points with other departments of the bank to maximise cross-selling activities such as Coverage, DAR, GMD-hedging, ICM, GIB, CLF rating advisory, ITB, ESG, and other EIG European teams.
Being close to clients at the VP level and participating in origination and marketing efforts.

Legal and Regulatory Responsibilities

Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance requirements, including, but not limited to, the London Compliance manual and Compliance policies and procedures as issued from time to time; Financial Security requirements, including, but not limited to, the prevention of Financial Crime and Fraud including reporting obligations to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
Maintain appropriate knowledge to ensure being fully qualified to undertake the role.

Geographical area

Europe, United Kingdom

City

London

Minimum Qualifications

Education:
Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
Educated to a degree level or equivalent.

Experience

• Familiarity with Project Finance
• Experience of risk analysis and cashflow modelling
• FCA exam CP8

Required skills

• Proactive
• Team-player
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines
• Good communication skills - ability to communicate with people at all levels.

Technical skills required

• Good IT skills - advanced knowledge of Excel software and competence in Visual Basic commands applicable to project finance models
• Numeracy, analytical research & modelling
• Verbal and written skills

Entity

About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB): Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022). 8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world. Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade. The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients. For more information, please visit