Associate Director, Financing & Hedging

M&G ,
London, Greater London
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At M&G our vision is: to become the best loved and most successful savings and investment business and we're looking for people who are excited about joining us on our journey. We're digitally transforming and investing heavily in technology and innovation to develop new and improved customer propositions that really raise the bar for our customers. To help us achieve our vision we're looking for exceptional people who live our values and behaviours and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliver results and keep it simple. What you can expect from us: We are committed to creating an environment where you can be exceptional at all you do. To help us deliver this, we promise to: * Challenge Your Limits by creating a stimulating working environment and providing opportunities for you to be involved in meaningful and challenging work * Support Your Aspirations with a commitment to learning and development that helps you achieve and build your experience with people who want you to succeed * Value Your Input whereby leaders and managers will involve you in key decisions, listen to your thoughts and recognise the important contribution you make * Balance Your Life through a work life partnership that focuses on making this an inclusive, diverse and friendly place to work and offers the flexibility and support that enables everyone to be at their best Purpose: To join the Financing and Hedging team with specific focus to support the existing Managing Director on the debt funding activities of Infracapital across both the brownfield and greenfield strategy working in close relationships with the other parts of the business such as the Transaction team, the Asset Management team, the Legal team and the Finance team. Key Responsibilities: The new Associate Director will support Mathieu Lief, the Managing Director heading the financing and hedging activities of Infracapital, in executing new debt and hedging transactions, managing existing borrowings, and maintaining and developing Infracapital debt relationships.This will include:: * Create and/or review detailed financial models relating to potential debt funding of new investments or portfolio companies. * Provide support to transaction Director and investee companies and co-ordinate advisors in relation debt raising activities; * Evaluate, structure and negotiate (as appropriate) debt and hedging transactions; * Lead defined aspects of Due Diligence in debt raising appraisal; * Make verbal and written presentation of proposed debt funding to the team and Fund's Investment Committees. * Liaise with key counterparties such as advisers, lenders and corporate representatives. * Keep abreast of the European debt infrastructure marketplace for developments and new products. Job & Personal Skills: * This role is ideally suited to someone who can demonstrate: * Candidates will need to have a first-class education, be highly numerate and literate, and have a genuine motivation and drive to forge a career in the Financing and Hedging Team at Infracapital. * Candidates will have had experience in a transactional debt role with demonstrable experience of working on infrastructure debt deals. This experience will likely have been gained at an infrastructure investment fund, in an institutional investor lending team, in a banking or an advisory role. * Candidates will be commercially astute and have excellent credit analysis skills as well as debt execution experience and will also be strong communicators with experience of presentations and report writing. * Candidates should possess a strong and flexible work ethic plus the ability to be effective in working both independently and in teams. * Ultimately candidates will be at home in a well-established and meritocratic culture of shared responsibility and success and will have a strong desire to grow and develop within one of the leading investors in the sector. * Some European language skills would be an advantage. Qualifications * Experience will likely have been gained over 5 -6 years in an infrastructure equity or debt fund, a banking or an advisory role We live by four behaviours at M&G and we ask all our employees to: * Inspire Others - Support and encourage each other, creating an environment where everyone can contribute and succeed * Embrace Change - Be open to change, willing to be challenged and able to adapt quickly and imaginatively to new ideas * Deliver Results - Focus on outcomes, set high standards and deliver with energy and determination * Keep it Simple - Cut through complexity and bureaucracy, be clear and decisive and never overcomplicate things At M&G Diversity and Inclusion is a strategic objective. We know that an inclusive environment makes us more accessible and ensures we attract, engage, promote and retain exceptional people. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity/nationally, disability, or military service and welc

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