Senior Originator

• Work closely with Coverage and Product teams to support corporate origination (syndicated and bilateral loan mandates, focusing particularly on the Middle East and Africa)
• Work in conjunction with other CLF product teams (AFA, TMT and FSG) to support the origination and execution of transactions in the region
• Take responsibility of selected markets, where the individual will be responsible to identify business opportunities and actively market/pitch the Bank’s key clients and prospects
• Provide structuring input on financing solutions, balancing client objectives with the bank’s risk appetite and return requirements
• Support senior bankers in client coverage and business development activities, including pitch preparation and idea generation
• Lead execution of CLF transactions from origination through to closing, including structuring, credit analysis, due diligence, syndication, and documentation
• Serve as day-to-day deal lead, coordinating coverage, product and support teams, and external parties (clients, legal counsel, advisors, etc.)
• Prepare, review, and oversee: Business opportunity memorandum ("BOM") or similar screening documents to be submitted to General Management, Transaction Requests (risk analysis, peer analysis, transaction structure, transaction profitability, production of bank and stressed business cases, etc.) and coordination of the credit process (liaison with RPC, CPM/ALM, Coverage), and Closing Memos
• Syndication materials (information memorandum, bank presentations) in coordination with DAR
• Financial models, including cash flow analysis & financial projections
• Liaise with Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Operations teams throughout the transaction lifecycle
• Identify, assess, and escalate key credit and execution risks to senior management as appropriate
• Assist team head in: managing deal pipeline, execution priorities, and resource allocation
• Managing and developing junior team members, including work allocation, coaching, and ongoing performance feedback
• Promote the cross-sell of other CA-CIB products
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting and credit monitoring in conjunction with RPC and Coverage

• Postgraduate Degree in Finance
• MBA
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in corporate banking, debt origination or syndicated loans or related products
• Experience in originating financing mandates, either corporate loans or TMT/leveraged finance products, with the ability to negotiate term sheets and loan documentation
• Solid financial background including corporate finance (modelling, financial analysis, rating and accounting) expertise
• Strong advisory skills and the personality to develop the business
• Strong interpersonal skills in order to build working relationships with other teams as well as externally
• Attention to detail and the ability to produce impeccable work is essential
• This position requires flexibility in terms of working hours and travel (depending on deal flow)
• Attention to detail
• Team-oriented
• Flexible
• Motivated
• Perseverant
• Ability to react quickly and use own initiative
• Good Interpersonal Skills
• Communication and presentation skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Syndicated Loan market and the syndicated loan product
• Credit risk analysis
• Strong quantitative analytical skills
• Legal documentation
• Financial modelling
• English Fluency and secondary language skills a plus

secondary language skills a plus