Senior Associate, Project Finance

Job Description

• Opportunity to join Westpac's Institutional Bank: PFI Asia-Pacific Bank of the Year (2022)
• Established career path and progression opportunities
• Melbourne CBD Based – Hybrid (WFH 1-2 days per week)

Continue building your best future by joining Westpac as an
Associate / Senior Associate, Project Finance.
As an Associate / Senior Associate, you will be a part of the Project Finance team, which supports the origination and execution of Project Finance transactions. The Westpac Project Finance team is considered a leader in financing renewable energy projects and infrastructure and PPP transactions within the Australian market. The role offers the opportunity to work on high profile nation-building infrastructure projects and to work on transactions that support the growth of Australia's renewable energy and transition metals sectors (in line with Westpac's Net Zero Banking Alliance commitment).

You will support the origination and execution of Project Finance transactions by evaluating the credit quality of complex debt transactions across the Power & Renewables, Infrastructure & PPP and Natural Resources sectors.

To succeed in this role, you'll bring a strong mix of technical capability, commercial insight, and collaborative energy. If you're ready to
own it
and
make an impact,
here's what will help you succeed:

• Proven understanding of project finance or complex debt transactions and financial models to compile credit papers, RFP submissions, assist with loan structuring, pitches and sector research and business development materials.
• The ability to support the development and maintenance of a comprehensive investor/bank network in the Asia-Pacific market, with a focus on delivering safely and acting upon well-understood risks and tailored solutions.
• Ability to collaborate workstreams with relationship managers, syndications, risk, financial markets, portfolio teams and other internal/ external stakeholders, delivering real value for our clients by leaning intoshared knowledge, data insights and Group expertise.
• A curious mindset, strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex financial concepts clearly. These skills may have been developed during your time in a consulting firm, from Corporate / IB experience in a major bank.

Why join the WIB Project Finance team?
We're obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner and we're looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we're committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we're already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates
• Flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Ongoing opportunities to 'give back' to the community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.
• In addition to working within a market leading Project Finance team, you'll work on interesting deal flows, build broad networks internally and externally, and come together in office 3-4 days a week. You'll be scaffolded to grow and enabled to build your expertise with a market leader

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