Vice President - Leveraged Finance jobs at Bank Of America in United States, New York

Responsibilities :

• Support the origination and execution of investment banking transaction mandates for large-cap corporate clients in the Consumer and Retail Sector, including buy and sell-side M&A, inclusive of cross-border transactions, as well as capital markets processes, including debt and equity offerings.
• Prepare materials for clients and participate in client meetings during the course of investment banking deal origination and execution.
• Lead due diligence processes for investment banking transactions in the Consumer and Retail Sector, such as buy and sellside M&A, inclusive of cross-border transactions, as well as capital markets processes, including debt and equity offerings.
• Prepare financial analysis, including detailed valuation analysis, such as LBO analysis, discounted cash flow, accretion and dilution, IPO proforma analysis, comparative company analysis, and sum of parts analysis in the Consumer and Retail Sector, including buy and sell-side M&A, inclusive of cross-border transactions, as well as capital markets processes, including debt and equity offerings.
• Oversee analysts and associates on client coverage, origination, and transaction execution teams.
• Draft and negotiate engagement letters, confidentiality agreements, and other documents related to investment banking transactions.
• Attend and oversee client meetings with prospective buyers in sell-side M&A processes, including management presentations and due diligence.
• Support internal transaction and capital commitment committee processes such as Fairness Committee, Equity Commitment Committee, and Leveraged Finance Committee.
• Global bank/bulge bracket investment banking transactions.
• Execute investment banking transactions and processes in a global firm environment, including both M&A and capital markets products.
• Prepare financial analysis, including detailed valuation analysis, such as LBO analysis, discounted cash flow, accretion and dilution, IPO proforma analysis, comparative company analysis, and sum of parts analysis.
• Conduct due diligence in connection with investment banking transactions.
• Prepare materials for clients and participate in client meetings during the course of investment banking deal origination and execution.
• Lead teams of junior investment bankers to execute transactions, prepare client materials, and manage transaction processes.
• Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Master's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related: and
• 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related Finance occupation.
• Must include 3 years of experience in each of the following:
• Global bank/bulge bracket investment banking transactions;
• Executing investment banking transactions and processes in a global firm environment, including both M&A and capital markets products;
• Preparing financial analysis, including detailed valuation analysis, such as: LBO analysis, discounted cash flow, accretion and dilution, IPO proforma analysis, comparative company analysis, and sum of parts analysis;
• Conducting due diligence in connection with investment banking transactions;
• Preparing materials for clients and participating in client meetings during the course of investment banking deal origination and execution; and,
• Leading teams of junior investment bankers to execute transactions, prepare client materials, and manage transaction processes.
• In the alternate, the employer will accept Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of progressively responsible experience.
• 10% domestic travel required, as necessary

If interested apply online ator email your resume toand reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER:BofA Securities, Inc.

This job is responsible for performing risk assessment and repayment capacity analysis (i.e., financial, borrower, industry, etc.) and preparing transaction justification for complex transactions with limited supervision. Key responsibilities include documenting credit analysis, independently assessing historic and projected borrower financial information, evaluating adherence to policy and procedure, providing loan structure analysis and recommendations, and monitoring portfolio performance. This job is responsible for analyzing and interpreting a client's credit worthiness, evaluating credit and industry risks, preparing risk ratings and writing annual review credit memorandums for Banc of America Public Capital Corporation portfolio. Key responsibilities include analyzing qualitative and quantitative data such as client's financials, projections, industry data, covenant compliance, and collateral appraisals to ensure compliance with the bank's risk appetite. Job expectations include completing regular monitoring and reporting tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates credit worthiness and provides analysis and decisioning on whether a client should receive a credit facility
• Partners with Credit Officers, Relationship Management, and Risk teammates to assess and deliver credit solutions
• Monitors the client's operating performance and financial condition, proactively identifying issues and opportunities
• Delivers financial modeling, loan structure, industry, economic, and other analyses to team members to support the loan decision-making process
• Ensures adherence to credit policies, guidelines, procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements
• Analyzes client's financial performance by comparing it to past performance, projections, and industry standards
• Reviews financial statements, assesses the client's compliance with financial covenants, and renews risk ratings, while recommending changes as warranted
• Evaluates transaction and relationship risk-adjusted profitability to facilitate the allocation of capital
• Builds projection models for the client (as needed) based on historical performance, industry forecasts, and other due diligence findings
• Completing comprehensive analysis on client financial statements
• Identifying and monitoring client and industry risk trends
• Modeling transaction and relationship profitability
• Reviewing legal documentation related to loans and derivatives
• Writing annual reviews memorandums and risk rating justification to summarize your analysis and conclusions.
• Monitoring rating agency actions and publicly available news relates & articles for impact on portfolio accounts.
• May assist in the underwriting, credit risk analysis, negotiation, and closing of new transactions or existing transactions, while adhering to all relevant policies and procedures

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2+ years of commercial credit underwriting related experience, preferably in a bank or large financial institution
• Robust understanding of corporate finance and accounting concepts, experience in municipal credit /public finance a plus.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
• Effective time management skills with ability to balance multiple competing priorities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in finance, accounting or economics

Skills:

• Attention to Detail
• Financial Analysis
• Underwriting
• Written Communications
• Analytical Thinking
• Credit Documentation Requirements
• Credit and Risk Assessment
• Financial Forecasting and Modeling
• Recording/Organizing Information
• Business Acumen
• Collaboration
• Collateral Management
• Loan Structuring
• Prioritization

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for risk management and trading activities with limited direction from more senior staff.

• Manage workflow from front to back, including quotes, hedges, trades and downstream processes to minimize operational risks while optimizing market risk.

• Work closely with sales across varying time zones to get the "right price" to the "right client" given risk tolerance and balance sheet constraints.

• Conduct profit and loss and risk reconciliation.

• Detailed collateral analysis of large data sets of loans in order to determine securitization structures.

• Responsible for valuing a range of collateral asset types from auto loans to student loans to equipment leases.

• Conduct securitization analysis for rating agency optimization.

• Trade securities and loans across asset-based finance with a focus on student loans and other consumer loans.

• Build cashflow models using industry-standard cashflow engines, including lntex Cal and lntex Dealmaker.

• Pricing asset-backed securities backed by consumer and commercial assets in order to advise issuers on pricing consumer and commercial ABS by analyzing collateral comparisons, historical performance, and investor demand.

• Use originating, structuring, distributing, and providing structural advice to issuer clients.

• Conduct financial modeling with a focus on rating agency methodologies for cash and synthetic securitizations to assist banks with valuing and divesting portfolios of consumer loans.

• Synthesize large data sets by applying statistical methods using polynomial regression analysis.

• Use lntex Cale, lntex Dealmaker, Bloomberg, and Collateral Analysis System to convert a loan tape of thousands of loans into a tradeable asset that can be easily valued.

• Perform consumer and asset-based whole loan pricing and securitization analysis.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Master's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or related: and

• 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related Finance occupation.

• Must include 3 years of experience in each of the following:

• Pricing asset-backed securities backed by consumer and commercial assets in order to advise issuers on pricing consumer and commercial ABS by analyzing collateral comparisons, historical performance, and investor demand;

• Using originating, structuring, distributing, and providing structural advice to issuer clients;

• Conducting financial modeling with a focus on rating agency methodologies for cash and synthetic securitizations to assist banks with valuing and divesting portfolios of consumer loans;

• Synthesizing large data sets by applying statistical methods using polynomial regression analysis;

• Using lntex Cale, lntex Dealmaker, Bloomberg, and Collateral Analysis System to convert a loan tape of thousands of loans into a tradeable asset that can be easily valued; and,

• Performing consumer and asset-based whole loan pricing and securitization analysis.

• In the alternative, the employer will accept a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of progressively responsible experience.

• 10% domestic and international travel required, as necessary.

If interested apply online at or email your resume to and reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER: BofA Securities, Inc.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and enhance the quantitative methodologies for IPV and associated Fair Value and Prudent Valuation Adjustments.

• Define Fair Value Hierarchy classification and justification, i.e. creating the framework for a given product, risk, or portfolio as appropriate.

• Work closely with Traders, Market Risk, Model Risk Management, Front Office Quants, Product Controllers, and Senior Managers on Valuation related matters.

• Communicate complex valuation matters to Senior Management, Auditors, and Regulators.

• Leveraging expert knowledge of financial markets, products, and quantitative background to critically evaluate the IPV results and support resolution of IPV differences.

• Support Front Office Model Governance through the review of model limitations and potential impact on Fair Value.

• Utilize input of market parameters (swap rates, spreads, cap/floor and swaption vols, exchange-traded securities across different currencies) to ensure accurate derivatives portfolio valuation, including Greeks, mark-to-market (MTM), and PnL attribution.

• Apply product knowledge of Interest Rate derivatives (Swaps, Swaptions, Bermudan Swaptions, CMS Swaps, CMS Cap/Floor) and market risk principles to assess valuation approaches and models.

• Track global financial markets, analyze market movements, conduct monthly valuation analysis, and ensure accurate curve marking and trade reconciliation.

• Utilize financial derivatives pricing models (Yield Curve Construction, SABR model) to evaluate model performance, calibrate to market data, and collaborate with model owners to address limitations.

• Conduct independent valuation validation, develop Fair Value Hierarchy Classification, and ensure compliance with valuation uncertainty controls.

• Implement Python-based automated solutions for valuation reports, fair value and liquidity valuation adjustments, and prudent valuation adjustments.

• Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Master's degree or equivalent in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Quantitative Finance, or related; and

• 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related Quantitative occupation.

• Must include 2 years of experience in each of the following:

• Utilizing input of market parameters (swap rates, spreads, cap/floor and swaption vols, exchange-traded securities across different currencies) to ensure accurate derivatives portfolio valuation, including Greeks, mark-to-market (MTM), and PnL attribution;

• Applying product knowledge of Interest Rate derivatives (Swaps, Swaptions, Bermudan Swaptions, CMS Swaps, CMS Cap/Floor) and market risk principles to assess valuation approaches and models;

• Tracking global financial markets, analyzing market movements, conducting monthly valuation analysis, and ensuring accurate curve marking and trade reconciliation;

• Utilizing financial derivatives pricing models (Yield Curve Construction, SABR model) to evaluate model performance, calibrate to market data, and collaborate with model owners to address limitations;

• Conducting independent valuation validation, developing Fair Value Hierarchy Classification, and ensuring compliance with valuation uncertainty controls; and,

• Implementing Python-based automated solutions for valuation reports, fair value and liquidity valuation adjustments, and prudent valuation adjustments.

If interested apply online at or email your resume to and reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform enhancement of pricing and risk models to incorporate new market or products features.

• Conduct quantitative analysis of the current markets trends and trading strategies.

• Perform numerical analysis of existing models and implementation and testing of performance enhancements; Investigate and improve high-frequency algorithmic trading strategies.

• Generate required documentation and testing to support model risk management ongoing model review and validation.

• Work with front office technology teams to integrate models into the trading and risk systems.

• Perform work required to support regulatory and compliance requirements such as Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review.

• Develop and maintain large and complex codebases using strong programming and technical skills in Python and database languages including SQL and KDB/Q.

• Research and model of capital market events including hedging and alpha strategies.

• Develop optimization libraries for risk hedging, trade sizing, and expected return maximization.

• Generate required documentation including new user guides, wiki/faq pages and unit testing framework to support model risk management's ongoing model review.

• Perform work to monitor trade volatility and portfolio stress testing to support regulatory and compliance requirements.

• Perform quantitative analysis using large financial datasets to identify current market trends, data engineering and architecture development for daily processes automation, and building visualization tools to interact with data and gather insights.

• Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Master's degree or equivalent in Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Computational Finance, Physics, Engineering (any), or related: and

• 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related Quantitative occupation.

• Must include 3 years of experience in job offered or related quantitative occupation. Must include 3 years of experience in each of the following:

• Developing and maintaining large and complex codebases using strong programming and technical skills in Python and database languages including SQL and KDB/Q;

• Researching and modeling of capital market events including hedging and alpha strategies;

• Developing optimization libraries for risk hedging, trade sizing, and expected return maximization;

• Generating required documentation including new user guides, wiki/faq pages and unit testing framework to support model risk management's ongoing model review;

• Performing work to monitor trade volatility and portfolio stress testing to support regulatory and compliance requirements; and,

• Performing quantitative analysis using large financial datasets to identify current market trends, data engineering and architecture development for daily processes automation, and building visualization tools to interact with data and gather insights.

If interested apply online at or email your resume to and reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER:BofA Securities, Inc.

Responsibilities

• Research or develop analytical tools to address issues such as portfolio construction/optimization, performance measurement, attribution, profit and loss measurement, and pricing models.

• Consult with traders or other financial industry personnel to determine need for new or improved analytical applications.

• Provide application and analytical support to researchers or traders on issues including valuations of data.

• Responsible for risk management and trading activities with limited direction from more senior staff.

• Manage workflow from front to back, including quotes, hedges, trades and downstream processes to minimize operational risks while optimizing market risk.

• Work closely with sales across varying time zones to get the ""right price"" to the ""right client"" given risk tolerance and balance sheet constraints.

• Generate replication strategies across asset classes and various equity index replications.

• Conduct profit and loss and risk reconciliation.

• Execute trades and hedging risks using market-making strategies for single stocks, ADRs, and ETF derivatives to facilitate workflow.

• Use Bloomberg to assess and hedge trading book risk and optimize profitability.

• Monitor and hedge FX and forward risk exposure, including stock borrow and dividends.

• Conduct securities market research to identify opportunities and dislocations.

• Assess macroeconomic risks in local and ADR markets to manage the trading book and provide market insights to clients.

• Execute trades and hedge risks using market-making strategies for single stocks, ADRs, and ETF derivatives to facilitate workflow.

• Use Bloomberg to assess and hedge trading book risk and optimize profitability.

• Monitor and hedge FX and forward risk exposure, including stock borrow and dividends.

• Conduct securities market research to identify opportunities and dislocations.

• Assess macroeconomic risks in local and ADR markets to manage the trading book and provide market insights to clients.

Required Skills & Experience

• Master's degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering (any), or related: and

• 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related Quantitative occupation.

• Must have 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related quantitative occupation. Must include 3 years of experience in each of the following:

• Executing trades and hedging risks using market-making strategies for single stocks, ADRs, and ETF derivatives to facilitate workflow;

• Using Bloomberg to assess and hedge trading book risk and optimize profitability;

• Monitoring and hedging FX and forward risk exposure, including stock borrow and dividends;

• Conducting securities market research to identify opportunities and dislocations; and,

• Assessing macroeconomic risks in local and ADR markets to manage the trading book and provide market insights to clients.

• In the alternative, the employer will accept a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of progressively responsible experience.

If interested apply online ator email your resume toand reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER:BofA Securities, Inc.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate on specific client and deal teams.

• Focus on financial and statistical analysis, development of client presentation, and structuring and execution activities.

• Assume business development and product advisory and specialist responsibilities.

• Responsible for primary coverage for a broad base of clients trading domestic and international markets, including Quantitative Funds, ETF fund managers, Asset Managers and Event Driven funds.

• Work with Portfolio Managers and Traders to actively manage their daily trading needs, which includes providing market color, generating pre-trade and post-trade analysis, and coordinating trading instructions with local desks.

• Coordinate trading in global Emerging, Developed and Frontier markets with our internal trading desks, as well as local brokers and partners in the region.

• Provide transaction cost analysis reports and review with client in order to provide best possible execution performance.

• Discuss trading strategy with sales team and clients based in the Americas, Europe, and Asia in order to provide best execution outcome.

• Understand how global equity markets operate, including liquidity, market structure, and stock exchanges to make informed decisions and execute trades in an efficient way.

• Leverage algorithmic trading strategies including VWAP, TWAP and smart order routing when accessing different trading venues including NASDAQ and NYSE.

• Use trading systems including Bloomberg, EMSX and Fidessa for analytics, trading and order management.

• Perform quantitative and statistical analysis using Python, VBA and R to automate manual processes to optimize trade execution and monitor performance.

• Analyze the factors of slippage, market impact, and timing risk, and effectively implementing strategies to minimize negative effects on trade execution and overall performance.

• Analyze global equity index benchmarks, how these indices can change over time and how these changes can affect global equity flows.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Business Administration, or related: and

• 4 years of experience in the job offered or a related Finance occupation.

• Must include 4 years of experience in each of the following:

• Understanding how global equity markets operate, including liquidity, market structure, and stock exchanges to make informed decisions and execute trades in an efficient way;

• Leveraging algorithmic trading strategies including VWAP, TWAP and smart order routing when accessing different trading venues including NASDAQ and NYSE;

• Using trading systems including Bloomberg, EMSX and Fidessa for analytics, trading and order management;

• Performing quantitative and statistical analysis using Python, VBA and R to automate manual processes to optimize trade execution and monitor performance;

• Analyzing the factors of slippage, market impact, and timing risk, and effectively implementing strategies to minimize negative effects on trade execution and overall performance; and,

• Analyzing global equity index benchmarks, how these indices can change over time and how these changes can affect global equity flows.

• 10% domestic or international travel required, as necessary.

If interested apply online ator email your resume toand reference the job title of the role and requisition number.

EMPLOYER:BofA Securities, Inc.