Vice President Debt Capital Markets

In this role at Citizens, you’re made ready for a fulfilling career with exciting new challenges and opportunities to stretch yourself! Citizens Debt Capital Markets Group, part of Citizens Capital Markets & Advisory division, is seeking an experienced Vice President in Boston, MA or Charlotte, NC to support the team’s senior professionals in originating, structuring and executing debt capital markets transactions in support of acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, restructurings and short/long term refinancings. The Vice President’s responsibilities will require significant transaction involvement, from origination through closing, and the ability to work on multiple projects and transactions concurrently. The Vice President will play a critical role on deal teams and coordinating projects and will interact directly with Managing Directors, senior management, other groups within Citizens, client management teams, private equity firms, legal counsel, and professionals at other banks. The Vice President will also be responsible for supervising and developing associate and analyst level bankers.This position offers an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing leveraged finance / loan syndications group with top 10 market leading positions in middle market corporate and financial sponsor backed transactions. Through this experience the Vice President will gain insight into the issues and considerations for management teams and shareholders at growing middle market companies, and exposure to strategic, financial and capital decision making. The Vice President will also develop direct relationship management responsibilities through interactions with current and prospective clients and professionals at other financial institutions, law and private equity firms.Key Responsibilities:Working with Managing Directors and client Relationship Managers to develop new business ideas, pitch strategies or financing scenarios to help corporate clients and financial sponsors achieve their financial and strategic objectivesCredit underwriting focused on completing acquisitions, recapitalization, restructurings, leveraged buyouts and refinancing transactions for new and existing customers. Completing and managing process of implementationAnalyzing financial model output and client information to prioritize data and present conclusions for discussion purposesCoordinating with Managing Directors to provide indicative transaction structure and pricing guidance based on financial model and comparable transaction analysisWorking with junior resources to prepare pitch materials for client meetingsSupporting Portfolio / Relationship Managers in transaction screening and credit / underwriting approval meetings to provide detailed overviews on clients and transactions and offer market insights and advicePlaying a key leadership role throughout the transaction execution processParticipating in accounting, business and legal due diligence (with drafting sessions for public offerings)Working with legal counsel and clients / financial sponsors to draft and negotiate all legal documentationWorking with sales distribution team to develop syndication strategies with targeted investor listsPreparing detailed transaction marketing materials including confidential information memoranda and lender presentationsCoordinating with sales distribution team to answer lender due diligence questionsAssisting clients, internal operations team and investors through the closing processAbility to function as part of a flat organization, manage several projects at once and work effectively as an individual and as part of multiple teamsExcellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to express ideas in a persuasive, organized, and articulate mannerAbility to follow-up independently and consistently and play the critical role as the project manager on most assignments and the primary capital markets contactDemonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis with a solid understanding of financial statements, financial modeling and company or industry analysisSelf-starting team player who can think strategically and excel in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, challenging work environmentHigh degree of maturity and integrity with a positive and hardworking attitudeExcellent attention to detailAbility to immediately contribute to the group based on past experience and help to transfer best practices and knowledgeDesired Profile:Undergraduate degree with a strong academic record from a leading university. All concentrations considered given level of industry experienceMBA a strong plus, but not required given level of experienceAttendance in a formal investment or corporate banking training program preferred, but not required6+ years of direct experience with proven client interaction and Debt Capital Markets, Loan Syndications, Leveraged Finance, Direct Lending, M&A, or Mezzanine Debt transaction experienceFull command of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint along with related financial services software including S&P CapitalIQ, S&P Leveraged Commentary, Advantage Data, Bloomberg, Thomson One, Thomson Loan Pricing Connector, FactSet, etc.FINRA Series 79 (or 7) and Series 63 and /or willingness to obtain licenses in a short timeframeCompensation Range:

$250k plus bonus between $150k to $180k (paid annually)

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