Position Overview:
Jefferies’ Leveraged Finance team is seeking a Vice President. This role is based in New York, NY and entails direct involvement in execution, origination, and client-facing responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the structuring, underwriting, and execution of leveraged finance transactions for corporate and financial sponsor clients (leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, project financings, unitranche & mezzanine financings, refinancings, recapitalizations).
- Oversee critical components of due diligence, credit underwriting, and legal documentation review, including commitment papers, credit agreements, and indentures.
- Prepare and present marketing materials, client pitch books, investor presentations, and participate in due diligence meetings.
- Foster and develop client relationships across sponsor and corporate networks; actively participate in client meetings with CEOs, CFOs, private equity firms.
- Collaborate seamlessly across internal teams—including Managing Directors, Associates, Analysts, and sector bankers—on cross-functional deal execution.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: 5+ years of leveraged finance experience—preferably with exposure to energy, power or grid/infrastructure related deals (power, infrastructure, oil & gas, energy transition or project finance). Strong track record in credit underwriting, financial modeling, covenant structuring, and deal execution.
- Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, credit analysis, accounting, valuation methodologies (LBOs, cash flow forecasting).
- Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Excellent written and verbal abilities, with strong presentation and negotiation skills.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier university or an MBA / advanced degree.
- Personal Attributes: High attention to detail and sound judgment; ability to steer multiple complex transactions simultaneously; self-motivation with an entrepreneurial, team-oriented mindset.
- Location: Must be based in or willing to relocate to New York, NY.
