Job Description

Analyst – Acquisition Finance

The Opportunity

ING Acquisition Finance (AF) NL & DACH is looking to hire an Analyst. This is a challenging opportunity for a dynamic professional to join the AF team in Amsterdam.

The AF team is part of Capital Markets & Advisory (CMA) and supports financial sponsors by providing various debt instruments to either acquire new businesses (‘leveraged buy-outs’) or to refinance/recapitalise their existing portfolio companies. The financing provided by the AF team is of a highly structured nature, usually taking the form of senior secured loans, but also often involving (subordinated) second lien debt and high yield bonds, and with the financings typically including undrawn, committed working capital, and/or capex and acquisition lines. Many of the transactions are underwritten and subsequently sold down to the institutional market, which implies frequent co-operation with, among others, ING’s Loan Capital Markets, High Yield Debt Capital Markets, Agency and Ratings Advisory teams.

Part of a global team of 100+ professional across ten locations in EMEA, USA and APAC, the AF NL & DACH team originates and executes leveraged transactions for financial sponsor-owned clients located in the Benelux and DACH, with >€25m EBITDA. ING AF is consistently ranked among the top EMEA / Benelux leveraged finance banks, with AF Netherlands being elected the Best Acquisition Finance Provider in the Netherlands by the M&A community for 6 years in a row.

Role & Responsibilities

As an Analyst, your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing the financial modelling and structuring of newly originated transactions and discussions with the client around transaction documentation;
• Preparation and efficient processing of internal credit applications;
• Assisting the portfolio team in managing the existing portfolio of AF transactions, processing clients’ amendment and waiver requests, preparing of annual credit reviews and achieving internal approvals;
• Assisting to ensure compliance with all with regulatory requirements including performing KYC related tasks;
• Monitoring of market developments and identifying origination opportunities; and
• Assisting in the preparation and delivery of marketing pitches.

Your work environment:

You work in a professional, deal-driven environment with small and highly committed deal teams. The AF NL & DACH team consists of 24 FTE including origination and portfolio. Key attributes of the team are creativity, diversity and complexity that make this business an area particularly suited for team players with strong analytical skills, tenacity, eye for detail and commercial drive combined with an ability to perform under tight deadlines.

Who we are looking for?

AF is seeking an ambitious professional with a university degree.

Profile (criteria):

• 0-3 years of working experience with strong credit and financial modelling skills, preferably with a lending or advisory background;
• Ability to identify the key issues (including legal aspects) in transaction structures and propose alternative solutions;
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills;
• Accuracy and high quality orientation;
• Strong commercial intuition;
• Fluency as well as strong writing skills in English;
• Demonstrated ability to function in a team environment; and
• High level of self-motivation, initiative and process management skills.

What do we offer ?

• Transaction driven, dynamic and fun working environment;
• Steep learning curve with continuous opportunities for self-development;
• Ability to work with top global Private Equity funds;
• Exposure within the broader ING organisation to a.o. Loan Capital Markets, High Yield Debt Capital Markets, Sectors, Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, and various execution teams;
• An informal and close-knit team with various social events;
• 28 vacation days; and
• Competitive renumeration package

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life and reward our people with a generous benefits offer and employment conditions.

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