Project Finance Investment Banking - Director - Energy and Infrastructure

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? 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.The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.MUFG is an expert in project finance, supporting clients in acquiring, building, or recapitalizing assets areas including the energy, natural resources, transportation, social infrastructure, digital infrastructure and power sectors. We have one of the most active project finance businesses in the world and have consistently been ranked the #1 overall project finance bank in the Americas since 2009.The project finance team actively originate, structure, and execute debt project financing transactions. Project finance transactions include bank loan arranging, senior notes placement or bookrunning, institutional loan bookrunning, and project finance advisory services. Transactions often also involve interest rate and currency derivatives. The team works closely with dedicated partners in MUFG’s debt capital markets and global markets teams to seamlessly deliver debt financing and risk management solutions for clients across markets.This position will be responsible for originating and structuring financing for specific large-scale energy and infrastructure projects for corporate and government clients or long-term alternative energy related projects. Financing structures will vary depending on client requirements. We are seeking a seasoned manager with extensive product knowledge and expertise. Role is balanced between day-to-day high level operational execution and development of the strategic direction of the relevant Infrastructure area.Responsibilities:Conduct marketing activities for project finance, identifying and sourcing lending and non-lending (cross selling) opportunities that conform to MUFG’s business opportunities.Conduct credit analyses and due diligence on new business opportunities Guide the deals through closing and ensure a smooth transition to the portfolio group.Refer business to MUFG USPerform related duties and participate in special projects as required by MD.Qualifications:10+ yrs project finance experience in leading the origination and structuring of deals placed in the commercial bank market, institutional loan market and 144A/USPP marketExperience should include the natural resource (midstream, LNG, petrochemical, refining) and new energies (alternative fuels, carbon capture) sectorsLeading project finance advisoryA Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.Familiarity with the “big picture”, anticipating workflow rather than acting reactively.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Capacity to consistently communicate professionally, tactfully, and effectively with clients, third-party advisors, and colleagues.Demonstrated ability to work under pressure in a high-intensity environment and effectively manage/prioritize and deliver on multiple streams of workflow while maintaining a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy in all respects.The typical base pay range for this role is between $295K - $325K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role will be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.MUFG Benefits SummaryWe will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.SummaryLocation: New York, NYType: Full time