Sponsor Finance Associate

Job Locations US-CO-Greenwood Village
ID
2024-5042
Category
Credit & Relationship Managers
Type
Full Time

Benefits Overview

A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. When you choose a career with CoBank, you make a difference by standing for something that matters. In order to be the best, we hire the best!

 

Remarkable Benefits Offered by CoBank

  • Careers with a purpose. Stand for something!
  • Time-Off Packages- over 15 days of vacation, 10 paid sick days and 11 paid holidays
  • Competitive Compensation & Incentive
  • Hybrid work model: flexible arrangements for most positions
  • Benefits Packages, including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
  • Robust associate training and development with CoBank University
  • Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10k per year
  • Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
  • Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
  • Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of diversity and inclusion
  • Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards

Job Description

Provides support for the marketing of sponsor finance products, including loan syndications and other debt placements. Responsible for analytical support of CoBank's sponsor finance transactions. Prepares offering memoranda, transaction marketing proposals, and competitive pricing analyses. Tracks various internal and external sponsor finance activities and metrics.

Essential Functions

1. Provides transaction support to MDs on sponsor finance team.
2. Assist in the development and preparation of marketing materials, including presentations, and support of calling on clients and new business development.
3. Support origination, structuring and underwriting of food/ag related transactions for financial sponsor backed transactions.
4. Associate is expected to attend and participate in client meeting and contribute to building and maintaining client relationships.
5. Prepare and deliver client presentations, draft marketing materials and participate in due diligence and underwriting process.
6. Prepare and assemble internal and external marketing presentations, pitches and other and analytical work including LBO models, comparable companies and precedent transactions.
7. Provides competitive pricing and structure analysis, including peer comparisons.
8. Maintain various databases and tracks transaction and comp metrics.
9. Support underwriting team as needed with analytics, capital modeling and ability to research and analyze data and comparable company’s financial statements and forecasts.
10. Collaborate with a wide variety of other teams, including Capital Markets, Risk, Legal and sector teams.

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree required

Work Experience

2 years experience in leverage finance at a private credit firm or commercial or investment-banking environment. Plus credit training and experience with lev fin. Financial modeling coursework, training or experience - required.
1. Knowledge of credit and financial analysis, including cash flow analysis, balance sheet analysis, profitability, liquidity, and solvency analysis.
2. Excellent financial modeling, financial statement analysist and accounting skills/knowledge.
3. Formal credit training preferred.
4. Leverage finance background not required but a plus.
5. Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), taxation, legal forms of organizations, and business law.
6. Knowledge of financial modeling techniques and preparation of pro forma financial statements.
7. Knowledge of typical credit underwriting policies, procedures, processes, and documentation.
8. Knowledge of Farm Credit System or background in food/agriculture is a plus.
9. Strong time management and organizational skills.
10. Resourceful self-starter with the ability to work autonomously, as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
11. Strong customer service orientation, with the ability to work effectively with external customers.
12. Strong analytical, decision making and problem-solving skills.
13. Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills.
14. Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build consensus, and build and maintain effective working relationships with management, associates, customers, and other stakeholders at all levels.
15. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel), with advanced ability to use spreadsheets and database applications.

Physical Exertion Details

Sedentary Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Travel Requirement Details

Occasional Travel occurs infrequently (typically, once a month or less).

About CoBank

The typical base pay range for this role is between $86,961 - $120,919. Compensation may vary based on individual job-related knowledge, skills, expertise, and experience. This position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program driven by organization and individual performance.

The listed salary, other compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. CoBank reserves the right to adjust compensation for all positions and to modify or discontinue benefits programs at any time in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law.

 

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 76,000 farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

 

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

We are committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all applicants, including qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability, or are assisting an applicant with a disability, and require accessibility assistance or would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the application process, including completing an application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please submit a request by emailing recruiting@cobank.com. Include your contact information and specific details about your requested accommodation.

 

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

 

CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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