Vice President Structured Finance and Asset Backed Securities
Alantra is an independent global mid-market financial services firm providing investment banking, asset management, and private capital services to companies, families, and investors operating in the mid-market segment. The Group has over 650 professionals across Europe, the US, Latin America, and Asia.
Its Investment Banking division provides independent advice on M&A, debt advisory, financial restructuring, and capital markets transactions, having advised on more than 650 deals for a total value of c.€88.5bn in the last four years. Alantra’s senior bankers and execution teams offer a global understanding of industry sectors combined with strong local relationships with the companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and financing institutions in each of its markets.
In Alternative Asset Management, Alantra offers its client unique access to a wide range of investment strategies in five highly specialized asset management classes (private equity, active funds, private debt, energy, and venture capital). As of 30 June 2023, assets under management from consolidated businesses stood at €2.2bn, while assets under management from Strategic Partnerships, in which Alantra holds a significant stake, were at more than €13.7bn.
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Job Description:
Alantra Overview:
Alantra is a global alternative asset management, investment banking, and credit portfolio advisory firm focused on providing high value-added services to companies, families, and investors operating in the mid-market segment. The Group has over 555 professionals across Europe, the US, Latin America, and Asia.
In Alternative Asset Management, Alantra offers its clients unique access to a wide range of investment strategies (direct investments, fund of funds, co-investments, and secondaries) in six highly specialized asset management classes (private equity, active funds, private debt, infrastructure, real estate, and venture capital) as well as private wealth management services. As of October 15, 2020, assets under management in direct investments stood at c.
€2.4bn, while funds raised since inception in funds of funds, co-investments and secondary funds stood at €10.8bn.
Its Investment Banking division provides independent advice on M&A, debt advisory, financial restructuring, and capital markets transactions, having advised on over 300 deals for a total value of €33bn in the last two years. Alantra’s senior bankers and execution teams offer a global understanding of industry sectors combined with strong local relationships with the companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and financing institutions in each of its markets.
Alantra’s FIG Portfolio Advisory team is the leading portfolio advisory unit in Europe, having strong local presence across the UK, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Brazil and dedicated to transaction execution, structuring, pricing, modelling and data enhancement in relation to credit portfolios and banking platforms. The team has advised on over 90 transactions for a total volume of over €62bn in the last two years.
For more information, visit www.alantra.com
Structured Finance and Asset Backed Securities (SFABS) overview:
Alantra is established as the best in class, independent advisor in Structured Finance and Asset Backed Securities (SFABS) to banks, non-bank lenders and corporates across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Our approach builds on a deep understanding of the underlying assets to be securitised (or funded) and market leading analytical capabilities gained as a leading credit portfolio advisor. Our experience spans the full range of credit assets from distressed loans to performing corporate receivables to real estate owned assets. The team bring extensive market knowledge and placement capabilities across the credit spectrum and provide independent and unconflicted advice to our clients.
The SFABS team comprises more than 15 senior professionals leveraging c. 50 specialist credit modellers dedicated to Securitisation and Structured Finance transactions, and our global FIG footprint, including local knowledge from its in-country credit experts.
Since joining Alantra, the Alantra FIG team have advised on completed securitisation transactions with c. €15bn of GBV in the last 2 years, including some of the first and largest transactions ever executed in the UK, Greece, Cyprus, Spain and the Americas, leading them to be named Advisor of the Year in SCI’s Non-Performing Loans (NPL) Securitisation Awards 2022. Additionally, SCI has named Project Galaxy “Transaction of the Year”, the second largest rated NPE securitization in Europe. The team has also demonstrated its ability to optimise funding and capital for banks and non-bank lenders across Europe, sourcing and completing successful financings for loan originators across a diverse range of asset classes, including asset finance (Project Juniper) and development loans (Project landmark). The solutions encompass, inter alia:
Bespoke senior and mezzanine financing facilities.
Sourcing commitments of junior, equity and growth capital. Arranging forward flow transactions.
Structuring rated and unrated ABS transactions for deleveraging, capital and funding purposes. Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) transactions to reduce regulatory capital requirements.
Pricing, valuation and options analysis in relation to the above. Role Description:
Currently we are looking for a Senior VP or Director with 5-7 years of experience in Secured Finance and Asset Backed Securities, with experience in all types of securitizations and synthetic. Fully committed, Hardworking and committed with the team and the relevant project.
Requirements:
Strong analytical skills.
Native in Spanish.
English as a second language with fluent speaking and writing.
Strong communication skills.
To be based in Madrid (but could be currently in London or Milan looking to go back “home”).
Experience in synthetic, important, and all types of securitizations.
Candidate needs to be fluent in securitisation regulation.
Focused on the Iberian market but he/she should be able to cover other countries.
Previous experience in the sector.
Strong and independent modelling capabilities: python modelling a plus.
Good relationship with rating agencies.
Able to independently read legal documentations.
Valuation capabilities will be needed.
Strong interest in the FIG sector.
Cooperative and with strong capabilities working with a Team