Director, Bond Syndicate

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

• Responsible for AUD bond execution and AUD bond origination support to MUFG’s broader Capital Markets Group (“CMG”)
• Contribute to MUFG’s broader CMG business which operates globally across Investment Grade, Specialised Finance and Leveraged Capital Markets (“LCM”)
• Work closely with the other Regional and Global DCM functions within CMG, GCIB coverage and product teams, distribution teams, external bond issuers and bond investors

• Manage the AUD bond syndicate function, responsible for executing all AUD primary bond issues, for MUFG’s global CMG clients
• Determining pricing, assessing market liquidity, defining and executing distribution strategy in support of the relevant debt origination function
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of investor requirements in terms of risk appetite, structure and pricing in order to support origination teams in pitching for AUD bond business
• Maintain a strong understanding of AUD bond and macro market fundamentals
• Collaborate with MUFG distribution teams, other regional and global syndicate teams to optimise financing solutions to meet client needs and roll out MUFG’s originate to distribute strategy
• Work in partnership with origination colleagues across all regions to develop and broaden the overall relationship with core clients by providing high quality support and product interface with regards to capital markets financing opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and build relationships throughout MUFG to establish a peer network to ensure appropriate engagement and support to develop, secure and maximise product opportunities, gather relevant information and help to ensure effective inter-departmental collaboration
• Develop a practical understanding of all core systems and procedures within CMG with a view to implement efficiencies and improvements where possible
• Work collaboratively with AUD credit sales to develop and deepen relationships with core investor clients in support of MUFG’s bond distribution platform
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with counterparts in other banking institutions as well as financial sponsors to maximise market profile, origination opportunities as well as deal efficiency and collaboration opportunities
• Manage information flow and deal execution process through its different stages from initial investor marketing, execution strategy, bookbuild and launch/pricing

• 10 years’ work experience in AUD Bond Markets (experience in AUD Bond Syndicate will be viewed upon favourably)
• Bachelor and/or Masters Degree(s) in Commerce, Finance or business-related fields
• Analytical background with attention to detail
• Ability to work in teams as well as autonomously
• Resourceful and ‘can-do’ attitude with ability to work well with internal and external parties
• Commercial perspective and approach with a strong understanding of AUD bonds markets