Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has a longstanding presence in Italy. We serve corporations, financial institutions and financial sponsors active in the country, drawing on the combined expertise of our 75 plus Milan Branch team members and our business lines globally.
We accompany our clients on the strategic development of their businesses, providing M&A advisory, acquisition finance, capital raising in the debt and equity capital markets, strategic equity financing, project finance for the infrastructure and real estate sectors, and capital markets solutions and flow products for investment and hedging purposes across equity and fixed income asset classes. To all this we add our global leadership in green & sustainable finance to support our clients in evolving their activities towards a more sustainable footing.
For this position, you will provide support to the Head of Italy Portfolio and more specifically:- Assessing the credit risk of potential and existing Italian corporate clients through a qualitative and quantitative analysis of all financial data (annual reports, financial statements, business plans, credit/equity researches, etc.) oriented to draft credit applications and propose/revise internal ratings;
- Providing an independent and written credit analysis to support credit process and origination teams;
- Line by line management of the entire corporate portfolio, both for cash financings and other bank products by carrying annual reviews, covenant management, waivers or amendments, watchlists (in due time);
- Assisting in Portfolio Opinions on new proposed cash financings into ESG trajectory, with a strong focus on the portfolio greenification strategy of the bank, scarce resources management into Basel 4 and portfolio metrics assessment;
- Credit monitoring with a risk anticipation/optimization approach through proactive portfolio management (distribution via secondary sales and other alternative solutions of credit recycling);
- Periodic reporting on the Global Italian Portfolio with a centralized insight into all the assets split by Business Lines, with a complete analysis of key indicators on a current and forward-looking basis;
- Support for the French Real Estate Portfolio team - based in Paris - on Italian Real Estate files.
This position is only open to candidates who are eligible for the Business France V.I.E program:
- French or European Union citizens
- Between 18 and 28 years old
- To be from a country other than the host country
- Graduated
Bachelor's degree/Master of Science degree in relevant field (Finance, Economics, etc.).
Proficiency in IT applications (MS Office, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, FactSet, etc.).
Fluency in English and a good knowledge of Italian, both written and spoken.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Proactive attitude and natural inclination towards a cross-border/cross-functional team-based in a
collaborative environment.
