Senior Vice President, Investment Banking (Public Finance)

Senior Vice President, Investment Banking (Public Finance)

Responsibilities

• Develop new business through direct interface with prospective clients, vendors, and associations.
• Make presentations to management and boards of prospective clients as well as at state and national association meetings and conventions.
• Accompany senior and associate bankers on business development and client meetings and attend association meetings, trade shows, and conventions.
• Read and evaluate financial statements.
• Understand, analyze, and communicate sector‑specific operations issues.
• Coordinate the financing process with architects, contractors, market and financial feasibility consultants, lawyers, issuers and other professionals to facilitate the closing of the financings and the distribution of funds.
• Manage day‑to‑day aspects of the financing transaction process.
• Solicitation and negotiation of term sheets from commercial banks, as well as proposals from verification agents and trustees.
• Interface with rating agencies to secure investment grade ratings.
• Review legal documents to ensure appropriate delineation of key covenants and terms.
• Coordinating calls and information flow with working group and prospective investors.
• Draft pitch materials, RFP responses, information memoranda, and industry conference presentations.
• Prepare presentations to guide client management and boards of directors in determining the most appropriate financing structures for their projects.
• Post‑financing, work with client management and boards of directors to determine optimal investment and interest rate hedging strategies and assisting with continuing disclosure / investor relations and credit rating surveillance.
• Produce and / or supervise credit analysis and the compilation of credit enhancement and rating agency packages.
• Assemble credit information into a concise, thorough narrative report.
• Produce high quality, accurate and insightful work while meeting short deadlines.
• Review and analyze legal contracts such as applications, commitments, and loan and bond documents.
• Interface with clients to obtain necessary documentation and appropriately manage the closing process with a variety of capital sources.
• Serve as a senior investment banker on the Sims banking team and solicit clients that can utilize the array of services offered by Sims.
• Assist in training and mentoring of associate team‑members.

Requirements

Desired Qualities

Seniority Level

Executive

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Finance

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid paternity leave

Paid maternity leave

Disability insurance

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