Energy Advisory & Project Finance Analyst

Job description

Environment

People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.

Mission

Description of the Business Line or Department

In the Energy Advisory and Project Finance (APF) team, we help energy projects get the funding they need to get off the ground. As countries and clients around the world navigate the energy transition, we provide advice and source funding to help them expand.
For over 20 years, we have been at the forefront of project finance, advising and lending to multi-billion dollar projects, and working on many of the deals highly publicised in the press and, importantly, consistently recognised by our clients. We expect this to continue, with a number of large deals expected to close in the coming years.
The London and Paris teams operate as a single team and cover clients and projects across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. We also have teams globally in the US, Asia, and Australia. In providing our advice and funding, we collaborate with specialists across the range of energy subsectors in which project finance is utilised including thermal and renewable power generation, LNG, oil and gas pipelines, petrochemicals, refining, and fertilizers.
In addition to our core project finance advisory and lending business, we can support clients with a full spectrum of capital solutions through the wider Global Banking and Investor Services division drawing on colleagues experience in M&A, Equity Capital Markets, Private Placements, Debt Capital Markets, and Project Bonds.
We were recently awarded ‘Bank of the Year, Europe 2017' and ‘Global Advisor of the Year 2016” by Project Finance International Last year we also won the Golden Trophy for “Corporate and Investment Bank: Energy, Infrastructure, and Transport Sector”.

Summary of The Key Purposes Of The Role

The role of the position of Analyst, in the Advisory and Project Finance Team, is to assist in the origination and execution of project finance debt advisory and arranging roles in the Energy sector (including oil & gas, petrochemicals and power, including renewables).

Summary of Responsibilities

Transaction support to the relevant deal team leader on advisory and arranging mandates, to include:
• Build and runn financial models as necessary
• Review and structuring of project documentation
• Review of due diligence reports
• Credit analysis and assistance with preparation of credit applications
• Preparation of presentations to clients and other banks
• Manage admin requirements including internal pricing, client on-boarding, permanent supervision etc
Origination and marketing support including:
• Research (including working with the bank's information resources)
• Preparation of marketing documentation and participation in presentations.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of client relationships i.e. visiting clients with senior bankers to deliver pitches
• Liaise with other banks to explain deal structures and aid in sell down and syndication of loans
• Keep up with industry trends
General support, as required, within Energy Project Finance, including contribution to effective teamwork within the global team and with other groups in the bank.

Desired profile

Profile

Competencies

Skills and experience of a successful candidate
• One to three years experience in a related field such as banking or the energy industry
• Direct experience with project finance not a pre-requisite but beneficial
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills most likely honed within a scientific-based degree such as Physics, Engineering, or Economics
• Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills in English
• Strong interest in the energy industry
• High level of interpersonal skills
• Ability to work accurately and efficiently under pressure
• Cashflow or valuation modelling experience
• Fluency in a second language is an advantage, but not a requirement
Behaviour attributes of a successful candidate
• Innovative
• Self-starting
• Resilient
• Team focussed
• Committed

If you feel you have the required experience and qualifications, then please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, and we will manage your application. At Societe Generale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender reassignment.