- Join an organisation that has been proudly recognised and certified as a 2024 Great Place to Work for four years
- Hybrid work/life balance
- Play an impactful role in financing Australian exports and interests
Your New Role
Location: Sydney
Role Type: Full-time, Permanent
The Associate Director, Alternative Finance will play a key origination, execution and analytical role in equity, debt and mezzanine financing transactions.
The Investment and Business Financing business works with customers who require complex structured financing arrangements under key mandates including Critical Minerals, Indo Pacific Infrastructure and our core export credit agency function.
- Contribute to business growth, strategy and market engagement.
- Support the Director and other senior team members with originating, executing, structuring, and negotiating complex equity and equity-like transactions. This includes preparing investment/credit submissions, and board papers where required.
- Develop strategies for business, sector, and product development within the context of our mandate, our Board approved risk appetite, the needs of our customers and the external environment.
- Due Diligence, Structuring and Documentation
- Undertake and manage the necessary due diligence, risk mitigation and transaction structuring. You will also engage with internal and external counsel to ensure that appropriate legal documentation is successfully concluded and that financial close is achieved in a timely fashion.
- Relationship Management
- Assist the Director, Alternative Finance with managing client relationships and relationships with banks and other partners, developed through the negotiation and execution of transactions.
- Manage relationships and communication with key internal stakeholders including the Executive Credit, Legal and Portfolio Management.
- Legal, Risk & Compliance
- Work within EFA’s Risk Management Framework ensuring compliance with governance frameworks, policies and procedures and contribute to their continuous improvement.
- Ensure own activities comply with our mandate, Efic Act, Board delegations and with various legislative and international obligations relating to export credit agencies.
About you
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Strong investing and/or debt financing experience across a wide range of market segments, including institutional and corporate clients. There is also a preference for candidates with project and structured and equity financing experience in both the private and government sectors.
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At least 7 years’ experience in financial institutions with a background in transaction structuring, investment/credit analysis and familiarity with complex financing arrangements.
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Strong financial modelling, valuation and analysis skills.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent stakeholder influencing and management skills.
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Degree qualified in business, finance, accounting, business administration, law and/or relevant technical disciplines.
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Ability to undertake occasional domestic and international travel.
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Track record of investing or financing experience in mining & resources and/or energy & infrastructure transactions, with strong sector knowledge.
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Experience in growth equity investments would be highly regarded as would prior experience working with ECAs or other government financiers in comples transactions.
Even if you haven’t ticked every box but this role resonates with you, don't rule yourself out just yet, we'd love to hear from you!
Our Benefits and Culture
We are small enough to have an impact, BIG enough to make a world of difference and it starts with our people.
We support flexible working and pride ourselves in fostering a culturally diverse, honest, collaborative and supportive team environment. We are proud to be recognised certified as a 2024 Great Place to Work for the fourth year (including 2023, 2022 and 2020), recognised on the 2023 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list, as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces for Women 2022, and the Australian HR Awards 2021 Employer of Choice (NFP & Public Sector).
In line with our commitment to our people, we have a comprehensive array of benefits available to our employees:
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Generous leave provisions (e.g. Annual Wellbeing day) & leave purchase opportunities
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18 weeks paid parental leave for primary care givers
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Thorough induction onboarding program
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Fitness Passport along with other Health & Wellbeing initiatives
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Gender affirmation leave
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Income Protection Insurance
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Community volunteering
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and many more!
Our headquarters is based in Sydney CBD, and we have a national presence across Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide.
Eligibility
Australian Citizenship - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of application.
Security Clearance - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.
Sound like you? Apply!
Applications close: Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Interviews will occur in parallel, so please apply ASAP.
Enquiries: Careers@exportfinance.gov.au
To apply, please email your CV to Careers@exportfinance.gov.au
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We invite and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered on this occasion.
About Export Finance Australia
Export Finance Australia is Australia’s export credit agency.
We provide finance to support Australian export trade and overseas infrastructure development across the Pacific and Indo-Pacific. Through our loans, bonds and guarantees, we support businesses – from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to large corporates – foreign governments and infrastructure projects, to take on the world.
Working with banks, other government agencies and our partners, together we are helping drive international success for Australian businesses.
The reason our people join us, stay with us and grow with us is because they wholeheartedly believe in our purpose. They can see the impact we create for our customers.