Associate / senior associate acquisition finance

Job Description

• Permanent opportunity to join Westpac’s Acquisition Finance & Originations team
• Sydney based, full time position
• Established career path and progression opportunities

How will I help?Westpac Institutional Bank provides financial solutions to corporate, institutional, and government clients. We are seeking a highly motivated Associate or Senior Associate to join our Acquisition Finance & Originations team. This role is ideal for professionals with strong credit risk assessment skills and a keen interest in working on transactions involving private equity sponsors and leveraged borrowers.

You will also:

• Support the origination and execution of financing transactions, primarily involving private equity sponsors and borrowers with higher than usual financial leverage
• Assess the credit risk in such transactions and possess a strong analytical background and will look to develop credit analysis skills
• Ensure the effective delivery of financial products while utilising internal systems efficiently to meet the needs of both borrowers and internal stakeholders
• Work closely with external parties including private equity sponsors, borrowers and external advisors as part of due diligence process and collaborate internally with Credit, Internal Legal, Relationship Management and Portfolio Management
• Assist Directors and Associate Directors in executing new financing opportunities and material changes to financing arrangements with existing customers
• Perform due diligence and prepare high-quality credit risk analyses, including financial modelling
• Partner with relationship, syndications, agency, and risk teams to ensure seamless deal execution
• Support sector and portfolio reporting for the team

What’s in it for me?You’ll play a significant part in the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we’ll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You’ll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

What do I need?

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial concepts clearly
• Self-motivated team player, possess strong initiative, drive and customer service values
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills combined with an understanding of key business drivers
• Strong cash flow modelling and credit writing skills
• Ability to work to tight timetables in a deal driven environment

What’s it like to work there? We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other’s passions, and transforming success stories to create better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.

We’ll empower you to shape your career path. Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you’re in control of where you start and how you’ll grow.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.

Hear from some of our people and their experiences working with us.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac, we’re all about creating a supportive culture and ensuring our workplaces, branches, products, and services are accessible and inclusive for everyone, our customers, employees, and the wider community. If you’re interested in discussing workplace flexibility, please feel free to mention it in your application.

We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, veterans and reservists, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email ***************@westpac.com.au .

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We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates, including those with disabilities or specific accessibility needs. For further information and additional contact details visit the "People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements" page on our website https://www.westpac.com.au/about-westpac/inclusion-and-diversity/Inclusion-means-everyone-matters/disability-and-accessibility/