Loan Markets and Syndication Senior Specialist SG

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• Identify business strategies and spot deal opportunities.
• Building market knowledge and skills to translate that into market calls and syndication strategies.
• Contribute to building the CIMB franchise in the regional loan syndication market.
• Managing and maintaining a strong distribution network regionally.
• Cross border and cross unit collaborate within the CIMB Group to jointly originate loan syndication deals.

Business Performance and Management

• End-to-end execution of loan syndication deals across the CIMB Group, including:
  • Prepare pitching materials and deal structuring.
  • Lead efforts to originate and drive deal pitches, coordinating the preparation of term sheets and mandate letters, and successfully securing client mandates through proactive engagement and negotiations.
  • Leading the end-to-end transaction execution process, covering due diligence, credit and internal approvals, legal documentation and financial close.
  • Actively involved in the full spectrum of internal underwriting and credit approval activities, encompassing pre-deal name checks, market and credit clearances, credit risk evaluations and preparation of materials for formal credit approvals.
  • Coordinating on all other internal compliance and operational clearance for syndication deals, e.g. KYC and counterparty clearance etc.
  • Manage the syndication, book-building and financial close process and responsible for delivering the successful syndication closing.
  • Mentoring and guidance to junior members in the team.

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and external auditors.
• Ensure operational and risk compliance.
• Ensure compliance with applicable policies and procedures of the group.

Key Requirements

• At least 10 years experience in credit related fields.
• At least 5 years of relevant syndication (sell-side) experience.
• Regional loan syndication experience is an added advantage.
• Experience in structured lending, such as leverage finance, special situations financing is an added advantage.
• Familiar with corporate names active in syndication and/or club financing.
• Corporate loans and credit structuring skills.
• Have relevant loan syndication networking contacts and resourceful in building and discovering new market contacts and opportunities.
• Knowledge on standard market terms and syndication operating procedures in running syndication deals.
• Familiar with the APLMA networking platform.
• Effective interpersonal skills required in managing extensive engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently whilst actively fostering and contributing to a strong team-oriented culture.
• Public speaking skills and event management skills for organizing roadshow events.
• Mandarin and/or Bahasa speaking skills is an added advantage to deal with Chinese, Malaysian or Indonesian companies and customers.