Corporate Lending Middle East, Senior Analyst
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About the Role
BBVA seeks a Senior Analyst to support origination, structuring, and execution of corporate lending transactions for corporate and financial institution clients across the Middle East.
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Responsibilities
- Support corporate lending transactions across all stages of the deal lifecycle, including credit analysis, due diligence, pitch preparation, term sheet development, financial model review, loan structuring, and documentation
- Conduct market, industry, and company research to generate insights that support credit, pricing, and structuring decisions
- Maintain and analyze precedent and comparable transaction data to support market intelligence, deal origination and strategic decisions
- Prepare and present proposals to business and credit committees for deal approvals
- Draft, review, and coordinate loan and syndication documentation, including term sheets, mandate letters, facility agreements, fee letters, and information memoranda
- Collaborate closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure smooth and timely transaction execution
- Manage transaction closings, including documentation execution, internal loan booking, and preparation of case studies and post deal analyses
- Prepare management presentations and pipeline activity reports
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, audit standards, filing requirements, and documentation procedures
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or a related discipline
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in execution and structuring of syndicated corporate loans or a related role within corporate or investment banking
- Good understanding of the Middle East syndicated loan markets and industry best practices
- Hands on experience in corporate loan origination and execution, with familiarity with loan documentation
- Strong credit, financial modeling and risk analysis skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Bloomberg, LoanConnector
- Fluent in spoken and written English
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Overview
- BBVA’s Corporate Lending Middle East team is seeking a motivated Senior Analyst to support origination, structuring, and execution of corporate lending transactions for corporate and financial institution clients across the Middle East region.
- Based in Abu Dhabi, the role is embedded within the regional platform and plays an integral role in the delivery of live transactions across the full transaction lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Support corporate lending transactions across all stages of the deal lifecycle, including credit analysis and due diligence, pitch preparation, term sheet development, financial model review, loan structuring, and documentation.
- Conduct market, industry, and company research to generate insights that support credit, pricing, and structuring decisions.
- Maintain and analyze precedent and comparable transaction data to support market intelligence, deal origination and strategic decisions.
- Prepare and present proposals to business and credit committees for deal approvals.
- Draft, review, and coordinate loan and syndication documentation, including term sheets, mandate letters, facility agreements, fee letters, and information memoranda.
- Collaborate closely with internal teams – including Coverage, Risk, Loan Syndicate and Sales, Legal, Compliance, Tax, Sustainable Finance, Operations – as well as external stakeholders such as clients, partner banks and legal counsel.
- Manage transaction closings, including documentation execution, internal loan booking, and the preparation of internal and external case studies and post deal analyses.
- Prepare management presentations and pipeline activity reports.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, audit standards, filing requirements, and documentation procedures for all completed transactions.
Qualification & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in execution and structuring of syndicated corporate loans or a related role within corporate or investment banking.
- Preference for existing experience and familiarity with the GCC region, in terms of borrowers and hands on deal executions.
Knowledge & Skills
- Good understanding of the Middle East syndicated loan markets and industry best practices.
- Hands on experience in corporate loan origination and execution, with familiarity with loan documentation.
- Strong credit, financial modeling and risk analysis skills.
- Well organized, able to prioritize multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
- Excellent analytical, presentation and communication skills.
- Meticulous, detail oriented, and accountable.
- Proactive self starter with commercial awareness and a client focused mindset.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Bloomberg, LoanConnector.
- Willingness and aptitude to learn new technologies, including AI tools.
Languages
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
- Proficiency in Arabic is a plus.
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