Investment & Corporate Banking | Infrastructure & Project Finance | Digital Infrastructure - Associate

Project Finance Americas

Mizuho’s Project Finance platform is a global business and consistently top ranked in the Americas. Based in NY, the team provides a broad range of financial advisory, debt structuring and arrangement for large-scale, capital-intensive projects across the full infrastructure spectrum: oil & gas, renewables, conventional power transmission, data centers, and transportation for both greenfield and acquisition financing. The team is integrated within Investment Banking and supported by a full ecosystem across Mizuho to provide full service to our clients and retain top 10 status.

Mizuho’s Project Finance platform is a global business and consistently top ranked in the Americas. Based in NY, the team provides a broad range of financial advisory, debt structuring and arrangement for large-scale, capital-intensive projects across the full infrastructure spectrum: oil & gas, renewables, conventional power transmission, data centers, and transportation for both greenfield and acquisition financing. The team is integrated within Investment Banking and supported by a full ecosystem across Mizuho to provide full service to our clients and retain top 10 status.

• Support the structuring, underwriting and execution of non-recourse project finance transactions in the digital infrastructure sector, with a particular focus on data centers and related power infrastructure
• Prepare client marketing materials, financing proposals, transaction analysis and internal approval materials under the guidance of senior bankers
• Support senior bankers in maintaining relationships with developers, financial sponsors, infrastructure investors and strategic operators active across the digital infrastructure sector
• Support coordination across Mizuho’s capital markets, rates / derivates and ratings advisory teams to evaluate and execute financing solutions, including bank debt, private placements and USPP transactions, investment-grade project bonds, high-yield bonds and bridge-to-capital-markets structures
• Provide guidance to Analysts on transaction execution, financial analysis and internal processes

Support the day-to-day execution of transactions, including preparing marketing materials and financing proposals, developing financial analyses and models, reviewing legal documentation, conducting industry and transaction research, assessing key risks, preparing credit applications and coordinating internal and external work streams. The candidate will be expected to demonstrate sound judgment, ownership and attention to detail, with a primary focus on transaction execution, analytical quality and client service.

• Work alongside senior bankers to prepare proposals, pitches and other client materials
• Work in partnership with Investment Banking, the Financial Sponsors Group and relevant product teams to support the evaluation and execution of project finance opportunities across debt advisory, lending and capital markets
• Analyze financing alternatives across the bank and capital markets, including bank debt, private placements and USPP transactions, investment-grade project bonds and high-yield bonds, and support coordination with relevant product teams on structure, ratings strategy, investor positioning, execution timing and distribution
• Perform research and financial analysis, including industry and market analysis, comparable transaction analysis and cash flow modeling
• Prioritize responsibilities across multiple transactions and proactively coordinate with Analysts and the broader deal team
• Prepare credit applications for new transactions, support the credit process with the Credit Department and other internal stakeholders,…