Vice President – Leveraged Finance Syndicate and Sales

Overview

In this role you will support MUFG’s Leveraged Finance Syndicate and Private Side Leveraged Loan Sales in EMEA, helping to move transactions from initial analysis to execution while collaborating across MUFG’s distribution teams. You will build cross-divisional relationships to optimize financing solutions and strengthen MUFG’s market profile. The position offers exposure to pricing, deal structures, and investor activity, contributing to the One MUFG strategy and the firm’s growth in leveraged finance and private credit. This is a hands-on role with a strong emphasis on communication, coordination, and delivering high-quality market research for client pitches and memos.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working requests

Responsibilities

• Support transaction flow from analysis to execution strategy and completion
• Collaborate with MUFG distribution teams, other Syndicate teams globally and MUS to optimize financing solutions
• Build relationships with market-leading Syndicate counterparts to maximise deal flow and efficiency
• Guide junior colleagues on underwriting applications, deal screening, and market research for pitches
• Maintain active coverage of leveraged finance investors and sponsor issuers to maximise distribution channels
• Support pricing, liquidity assessment, and execution strategy for leveraged loan and HY origination functions
• Contribute to MUFG’s brand in the Leveraged Finance space to drive deal flow
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with One MUFG and group strategy
• Develop practical understanding of core Capital Markets systems and procedures
• Ensure thorough, timely analysis and high-quality market research used in client presentations

Key requirements

• Relevant and recent experience in Leveraged Finance Syndicate or Origination roles at an international institution
• Fluent English
• Preferred: existing relationships with institutional investors active in European Leveraged Finance market
• Essential: knowledge of leveraged loans, high yield bonds and private credit transactions

• Excellent communication
• Results-driven with accountability
• Proactive and motivated
• Excellent knowledge of leveraged loans, high yield bond and private credit transactions
• Lead transactions from idea generation to execution
• Microsoft Office

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