Structured Lending, Analyst

**Summary**:
The Structured Lending team within our Commodities and Global Markets business in Sydney, is currently hiring several analysts/associates to join a growing team with an active pipeline of debt investment transactions across a variety of industries in Australia and New Zealand with ambitions to grow internationally. The team specialises in complex asset-secured deals and has specialities in bespoke structured lending and credit solutions including bank credit, receivables finance, private market securitisations and working capital and inventory financing solutions. The team also have an internal distribution capability. Target industries include energy, utilities, transport, logistics, sustainability and telecommunications. The team uses Macquarie’s balance sheet to invest in bespoke transactions that are originated and structured and managed in-house.

**Description**:
Located in Sydney, you will join a fast-growing team with an active pipeline of debt and equity investment deals across a variety of industries in Australia and New Zealand. Our team has team culture which is collaborative, flat-structured, entrepreneurial and fast-paced. Senior stakeholders have a deep commitment to team-members’ continuous learning, providing stretch opportunities at all stages of career development and to supporting rapid career progression where supported by performance.

As a high-performing and intellectually-curious structuring, and execution analyst you will be joining a team that balances a drive for growth with diligent and exacting transactional credit and investment analysis and research.

This opportunity offers you ownership of important workstreams. You will be involved in all aspects of the transaction life-cycle, including concept development, opportunity origination, deal structuring and execution and transaction management. This role is an excellent opportunity for high-performing individuals to rapidly accelerate their career progress and has substantial scope for progression.

**Your key responsibilities will include**:

- Supporting the delivery of commercial and transactional outcomes
- Working independently within a supportive team culture and framework to deliver consistent and high-quality analysis
- Developing and maintaining relationships with clients and internal stakeholders; and
- Solving complex financing problems and analysing principal investment opportunities.

You will have a degree in finance, law, STEM, actuarial studies, commerce or similar with high academic achievement. You will be a top-ranked performer in your current role with the following experience
- At least 1+ years of relevant experience in financial services, advisory/consulting or private equity, ideally with relevant acquisition, lending and/or structuring transactional origination/execution experience
- Strong financial literacy including ability to interpret financial statements and forecasts, and analyse and assess credit risk
- Strong financial modelling skills in Excel
- Some understanding of financial products - particularly structured debt
- Experience in client-facing delivery of transactions, projects, and business development
- Experience working on new product development and new markets in a client-focused setting; and
- Proven track record in executing transactions

**About Commodities and Global Markets**

Commodities and Global Markets provides clients with an integrated, end-to-end offering across global markets including equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities.

**Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths, and in combination with our inclusive environment, it enables us to deliver innovative and sustainable outcomes for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. From day one, you'll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If our purpose of ‘empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future’ is as inspiring to you as it is to us, please apply. With the right technology, support and resources, our people can work in a range of flexible ways.

**About Macquarie**:
A career at Macquarie means you’ll have the opportunity to develop and utilise new skills, explore interesting fields and do challenging work that will impact the lives of people around the world—whether it’s accelerating the green energy transition, helping sustain global food supplies, financing social housing projects or investing in essential infrastructure. At Macquarie, we’re empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future.

Our size and international presence means your work can take you anywhere—across business groups, disciplines, sectors and borders. With 19,200+ employees and offices in 34 markets around the world, we’re a truly global organisation.

You’ll be supported by a diverse team where the unique perspectives, ideas and experiences that all of our people brin