Job Background/context:

Permanent contract.  The role is within Debt Capital Markets

Together with the DCM Coverage teams, CSS helps clients (mostly investment-grade borrowers) issue hybrid capital instruments into the international fixed income markets

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinating and preparing pitch documents
• Structuring/executing transactions and preparing/reviewing transaction documentation
• Liaising with other Capital Markets/Banking/TEG/Legal teams
• Modelling/analysing client balance sheets and capital requirements
• Keeping Capital Markets/Banking teams up to date with regulatory/rating agency developments
• Helping to manage and develop junior members of CSS

Development Value:

• The role provides a blend of marketing and structuring experience with a market-leading team in a demanding environment.  It would be a good platform for more senior origination/structuring roles

Person Specification

Knowledge/Experience:

• Capital markets / investment banking experience
• Ideally with previous legal, regulatory, accounting, tax and/or rating agency experience Fluent English is a prerequisite.  Other languages would be an advantage but not essential

Skills:

• Requires high calibre written and verbal communication skills
• Strong comfort with numerical/modelling/analytical tasks
• Ability to handle multiple tasks under pressure
• Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel & PowerPoint
• Planning and organisational skills including the ability to prioritise
• Ability to work independently under general instructions
• Ability to manage junior staff
• Graduate degree

Competencies:

• Strong technical skills
• Enthusiastic/ confident/ outgoing
• Sense of humour/ robust personality/ resilience/ self-confidence
• Professional and competent
• Dedicated/ keen to learn/ committed to role
• Good team player
• Initiative/ adaptability/ innovation