Lease Pricing Specialist

JOB SUMMARY

• Provides analytical support to Global Leasing client teams (including Global Vendor Finance) throughout the sales process for a broad range of structured asset-finance transactions (including US True Leases, finance leases and loans) across a broad range of asset classes and markets.
• Responsible for integrating tax, accounting, credit, and other financial constraints in lease optimization models.
• Prepares pricing and other economic analyses for clients and coordinates with internal functional groups to finalize client pricing for funding and booking.
• Works independently with limited direction.
• May also be required to work on occasional strategic analytic assignments and/or the development of analytical tools to support the Global Leasing business.

• 3+ years of proven experience with cashflow analysis and/or financial modeling in Leasing, Structured Asset Finance, Project Finance or other similar fields.
• xpertise in use of Excel and/or specialized tools for cash flow optimization and analysis.
• A good understanding of leasing or related asset finance products and technical expertise in associated technical elements such as taxation, accounting, or regulatory capital calculations.
• Strong analytical skills with strong business acumen in the commercial banking industry.
• Confidence to challenge inefficient solutions and pro-actively
  ** escalate
  * * any concerns to the team.

• Proficiency in Ivory Super Trump and/or Warren & Selbert ABC, or similar is preferred.
• Coding skills are highly beneficial, but not essential.
• Demonstrated experience working with Accounting, Tax, Credit, Operations or Documentation functions in the Leasing / Structured Asset Finance / Project Finance or similar sector.
• Bachelor's Degree – Mathematics, Theoretical Science, Economics, Accounting, Finance, or other business concentration with Mathematical/Computational bias preferred.

• Evaluate transaction economics (using a number of pre-tax and after-tax analytical metrics), price new transactions for both hold and sell, and model transactions around internal metrics and/or syndication market; use creativity to optimize cash flows/structures; advise on tax and other technical aspects of lease structuring and analysis; prepare presentation materials for internal and external presentation; prepare associated pricing exhibits for transaction documentation;
  
  and review/develop documentation as needed.
• Act as an analytical consultant and provide economic expertise and structuring solutions to the Leasing team, external clients, and management (both informally, and within formal transaction review / approval forums); provide support in identifying, analyzing and working through commercial, structural, tax and accounting issues; and be point of contact for Credit, Risk, Finance, Tax, and Operations on economic/tax/ structural/accounting questions or issues.
• Develop and maintain analytical models as needed.