Your Role and Working Environment:

A great opportunity has become available for a Vice President to join the Debt and Capital Advisory (D&CA) team in Brussels, Belgium. Our D&CA team is part of Corporate Finance, which includes Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Equity Capital Markets (ECM) and Financial Institutions (FI) Advisory. Our team strives to reach our overall Capital Market & Advisory (CMA) ambitions to improve client focus and advisory capabilities.  

Working in D&CA means working in a dynamic environment on very challenging transactions at the very heart of the ING organization. Together with the other members of your team, you will be involved in complex projects that have great impact and involve public (press) exposure for our clients.

Our Team:

As a D&CA VP, you will be a key member of a highly driven team. Our team plays a key role in the origination and execution of debt advisory, ratings advisory and transformational financings (loans, bonds, private placements, equity and hedging).  

You will work closely together with the members of our team within Brussels and other D&CA locations (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, Singapore, Hong Kong and New York), the sector/relationship coverage teams and various product specialists within ING including M&A, Global Capital Markets, Financial Markets (FM), Loan Syndicate, Lending, Sustainable Finance and Corporate Investments.

You will work as part of both independent debt advisory teams directly working for and on behalf of our clients, and as part of a multi-disciplined origination, structuring and execution teams for integrated financing solutions, where your role is to put the client interest first and ensure best-in-class delivery to meet and go beyond client expectations. Due to the complexity of the assignments and the international nature of the work and team, you will learn a lot. ING is seeking candidates that have relevant experience and are keen to progress their careers in Corporate Finance in a growing platform.

Responsibilities:

In this position, you will have a direct impact on important financial events for our clients, such as large (re)financings, investment programmes, M&A and financial restructurings. 

Your will:

· Jointly work with colleagues within Sector Coverage and Products on the marketing/co-origination and  execution of a wide range of financing, (debt) advisory and hedging solutions;

· Coordinating the preparation of presentations/pitch books regarding integrated debt (bonds, loans), (quasi) equity and hedging solutions;

· Assisting the deal captain in debt advisory processes;

· Have frequent client contact in marketing, structuring and execution phases of transactions;

· Oversee complex financial models and quality stamping/assuming responsibility for different output generated by junior staff (i.e. presentations, financial analysis and peer analyses);

· Develop creative solutions and enhance idea replication and knowledge sharing across the Corporate Finance platform and wider ING Wholesale Bank on the basis of an integrated multi-product approach

Candidate Profile:

The successful candidate thrives in a collaborative team environment, working closely with colleagues to achieve our ambitions.  

You have 6 to 9 years relevant experience, with a track record in a transaction-based environment.

You hold a Masters (post-graduate) degree.  

In-depth knowledge of the market and products within one (or preferably) more of the following products: Corporate Finance, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Loan Syndicate, Corporate Investments, Financial Markets.

You understand what is needed in the role: you have a proven track record in structuring, negotiating and executing transformational and/or complex (international) transactions and/or optimizing balance sheet and financing structures as well as providing strategic advice to clients. 

Experience in loan market execution and debt advisory or -coordination is a plus.

You have drive, proactiveness and a genuine curiosity in searching for commercial opportunities and enhancing the quality of analyses, pitches and executions of the team to realize the D&CA team’s ambitions.

You keep developing your personal commercial capabilities, keep aware of technological and regulatory changes that are impacting the industry and facilitate an innovative culture to bring about changes necessary to compete effectively.  

You have interest in developing your business origination skills and have an entrepreneurial mindset with broad market knowledge, client network and presence, and a very strong sense for client needs and you are renown as a trusted partner to clients.  

You are a true team player, who knows that combining the strengths from the various business lines will improve the client offering.

You are comfortable with data and have strong analytical and financial modelling skills.  

You are detail-oriented and accurate, managing multiple projects simultaneously and meeting tight deadlines.  

You show sound judgment and solid decision-making skills.  

Your communication skills (in English and Dutch and/or French) help you to create impactful results. You know how to ask the right questions and get the right information. Your presentation skills clearly convey the story and capture the critical elements to be credible, persuasive and influential.  

You demonstrate the capabilities and experience of leading, coaching and mentoring early career team members (such as Analysts and Associates) and are renown for effectively partnering with relevant stakeholders, including senior management in a high impact and value-added way.