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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

MUFG is an expert in project finance, supporting clients in acquiring, building, or recapitalizing assets in the power, energy, natural resources, transportation, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors. We have one of the most active project finance businesses in the world and have consistently been ranked the #1 overall project finance bank in the Americas since 2009.

The project finance team comprises approximately 80 individuals who actively originate, structure, and execute debt project financing transactions. Project finance transactions include bank loan arranging, senior notes placement or bookrunning, institutional loan bookrunning, and project finance advisory services. Transactions often also involve interest rate and currency derivatives. The team works closely with dedicated partners in MUFG's debt capital markets and global markets teams to seamlessly deliver debt financing and risk management solutions for clients across markets.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct detailed analysis and due diligence for new opportunities in North America and LatAm in the power, natural resources and infrastructure sectors

• Model complex financial projections in Microsoft Excel, including cash flows, debt financing, and tax structures

• Reviewing market studies, engineering reports, financial models, financial statements, customer financial information, project contracts, and legal analyses

• Review information about project assets, development plans, and commercial arrangements

• Analyze credit documentation, term sheets, and work with Bank products (Loans, Interest Rates Swaps, Foreign Exchange and Bonds) to meet client needs and objectives

• Analyze, understand, and negotiate covenants in financing documentation, including those pertaining to maintenance of financial ratios, financial reporting of financial and operating results

• Prepare detailed documentation summarizing opportunity analysis, including expected financial results and risk analysis for senior management and control functions

• Support Project Finance deals and transactions from origination and diligence through to closing and liaising with the Portfolio Group by applying in-depth knowledge of the project finance market, credit analysis and administration

• Advise clients on matters pertaining to commercial and financial structure, and operating requirements in order to achieve suitability for non-recourse debt financing

• Preparing marketing materials using Microsoft Powerpoint and Word relevant to opportunities in the power, natural resources and infrastructure sectors

• Analyzing new transactions and preparing credit applications to be delivered to the internal credit team that include analysis of financial conditions and projections for review and approval

• Oversee and manage internal processes required for compliance and execution, including KYC, profitability analysis, committee approvals, legal due diligence, and closing checklists

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Commerce, Finance, Engineering, or another relevant field

• Experience developing project finance models with Excel and overall quantitative skills in financial analysis and credit risk analysis

• A minimum of 1 year of related Financial Services work experience; preferably with specific experience in project finance

• Experience with project finance transactions in the power, natural resources, energy or transportation infrastructure sectors

• Success working collaboratively in a team-based environment, strong communication skills and individual accountability

The typical base pay range for this role is between $110K-$120K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role will be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.