Fund Financing Originator – Senior VP or Director - Corporate & Investment banking Un

Fund Financing Originator – Senior VP or Director

Societe Generale is one of Europe's leading financial services groups and a major player in the economy for over 160 years, we support 25 million clients every day with more than 126,000 staff in 65 countries.

Our Group draws on our European roots to develop our business internationally. Our unique geographic positioning enables us to connect Europe and Africa with major global financial centres in Asia and the Americas.

The Group combines financial strength, proven expertise in innovation and a sustainable growth strategy with the objective of creating value for all our stakeholders. We seek to be a trusted partner in the projects of those building tomorrow's world today.

Distribution & Credit Solutions (DCS) is a joint team between SG’s Global Banking (GLBA) and Markets (MARK) divisions. The DCS business arranges, advises and provides financing to clients of the bank (including corporates, financial institutions, asset managers, financial sponsors) across a wide range of Fund Finance and Securitisation products.

• Origination: covering structuring, origination, advisory and execution of fund finance and securitisation products for clients of the bank and for the bank’s own derisking solutions;
• Syndication: covering both debt capital markets and liquid products (corporate IG, leveraged loans and high yield bonds) and less liquid structured products (fund financing and real assets) managing the bank’s underwriting books;
• Credit Trading: covering flow, structured credit and loans with their respective financing under unified credit trading books under MARK supervision;
• Credit Sales: covering public credit sales, private sales in charge of banks and some institutional investors as well as asset specialists and credit-insurance under MARK supervision.

• Subscription lines for closed end alternative investment funds, primarily secured over investors’ uncalled capital commitments
• Asset Backed Loans (ABL) to credit funds, primarily secured over portfolios of debt obligations (broadly syndicated loans, middle market loans, infra loans etc)
• NAV lending to alternative investment funds, primarily secured over private equity and infra equity assets
• NAV lending to secondaries funds, primarily secured over portfolios of limited partnership investments in alternative investment funds
• Lending to asset managers, primarily secured over portfolios of hedge fund shares
• Arranging and advising on rated note feeder funds and collateralised fund obligations

The European Fund Financing Solutions team is seeking to hire a Vice President / Director to support the origination, structuring, execution and portfolio management of complex fund-level and asset-backed financing transactions across the alternative investment landscape.

The role will focus on asset-backed lending and structured fund finance solutions, including NAV-based facilities and rated fund structures, for leading alternative asset managers and investment funds across Europe.

The successful candidate will play a key role in growing the franchise across private credit, private equity, infrastructure, secondaries and hedge fund strategies, working closely with internal credit, legal, structuring and distribution teams.

• Originate, structure and execute fund-level and asset-backed financing solutions for European alternative asset managers and funds.
• Work with clients to understand financing needs and provide tailored solutions including structuring transaction deal terms.
• Develop and maintain relationships with GPs, fund CFOs, treasurers and investment professionals.
• Partner with coverage, capital markets and distribution teams to deliver integrated financing and structuring solutions.
• Prepare pitch materials.

• Review fund documents and asset portfolio
• Create term sheets
• Prepare borrowing base calculations in Excel
• Lead client due…