Banking Americas – ABL Origination, Vice President

SUMMARY:  The Vice President will be responsible for coordinating with senior professionals in their efforts to grow and manage the asset based lending (ABL) business.

The ABL team is part of Mizuho’s Banking Americas Securitized Products Origination group (“SPO”), which is the U.S. based corporate and structured finance unit providing secured lending solutions to all of Mizuho’s clients.    This is an originator role and will provide the candidate the opportunity to be deeply involved in deal origination, execution and management.  The successful candidate will be capable of developing deep competency in multiple critical disciplines including: negotiation, sales, financial modeling, credit analysis, risk structuring, document review, and product development.

1) Responsibilities

Work with senior SPO staff, relationship managers, treasury personnel, capital markets professionals, as well as various internal and external advisors to assess, structure and execute transaction opportunities.Lead the preparation of proposals and approval materials for clients and to support internal decision making processes.Work with credit and risk teams and advocate for transactions with those teams.Assist in modifying/building risk assessment and transaction pricing tools; evaluate collateral structures, review transaction documents, analyze market opportunities.Research and build collateral valuation libraries.Prepare and assess various periodic reports, such as, risk analysis reports, self-assessment report, credit exposure reports, and regulatory reports. Support the adaptation and maintenance of a new portfolio management tools.

2) Required Knowledge and Skills

Effective verbal and written communication skillsStrong quantitative and financial analysis abilitiesDemonstrated advanced modeling utilizing Microsoft Excel including ‘clean sheet’ development; ability to learn other systemsExposure to foundational accounting, tax and legal concepts associated with corporate financeHighly organized; critically listen; ability to multi taskComfortable in flexible situations with tight deadlines

3) Minimum Job Requirements and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in finance, mathematics, accounting, economics, engineering and/or other business related concentrations is required.6-8 years of banking or commercial finance experience or recent MBA graduate with 2 years in a sales/sales support role and 4 years of prior analyst experience.

NOTE:  This Job Description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job.  Additionally, the contents of this Job Description may be modified or expanded by the Bank over time.

Company Overview

Mizuho Americas is a leading financial institution comprising several legal entities, which together offer clients corporate and investment banking, financing, securities, treasury services, asset management, research and more. Mizuho’s operations in the Americas connect a broad client base of major corporations, financial institutions and public sector groups to local markets and a vast global network. Mizuho Americas is an integral part of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MFG), which is comprised of offices in nearly 40 countries, approximately 60,000 employees, and assets of more than USD 1.8 trillion. Learn more at mizuhoamericas.com.

Mizuho offers a competitive total rewards package.

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