Overview of Division/Department

Mizuho's Project Finance Team has more than 220 full-time professionals covering all regions and across all industries, with years of experience in the advising, structuring, arranging, closing, and distributing complex multi-sourced project finance transactions throughout the world.


Company Profile
MIZUHO BANK, LTD (MIZUHO) IS A FULLY-INTEGRATED UNIVERSAL BANK WITH A GLOBAL PRESENCE OFFERING A COMPLETE SUITE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT IS COMPLEMENTED BY A LARGE COMMERCIAL BANKING BALANCE SHEET AND A DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM PROVIDING ONE-STOP SOLUTIONS.


Job Responsibilities
The person will be responsible for providing expert advice and knowledge to clients on Project Finance transactions within the energy space. The role specializes in originating, advising and structuring Project Finance transactions for specific large-scale projects for corporates and government clients. Sectors of coverage include, but not limited to, oil, gas (including natural gas, LNG, LPG, FLNG, FPSO, FSO etc.), new energy (such as hydrogen, ammonia, CCS etc.), petrochemical, metals and mining.

Job responsibilities include:

• Assist in business development and origination for the bank by bringing in and managing relationship with new and existing clients, to generate targeted sales and profit objectives
• Provide expertise and specialized financial advisory and solution to new and existing clients with deep industry knowledge in the overall energy space
• Cultivate, maintain and develop good business relationship with banks and ECAs
• Maintain awareness of the conditions and issues surrounding the business (e.g. industry, country, regulatory, financial, etc.) in which the customers or potential projects operate.
• Develop Project Finance financial models. Coaching of junior members on financial modelling and to function as checker on financial models built by other team members.
• Provide financial advisory and debt arrangement services to customers.
• Conduct due diligence of projects, coordinating with technical consultants, market consultants, legal counsel, accountants, etc.
• Negotiate with customers on financing terms and conditions.
• Preparation of presentation material, financial proposals, and term sheets.
• Conduct documentation negotiations.
• Prepare credit applications, call memos and other internal reports related to business promotion.
• Solve problems arising in course of execution of business opportunities.
• Maintain and develop good relationship with HO and relevant branches/offices to facilitate execution of new transactions.
• Support and assist management on strategic direction for new business areas.

Job Requirements

Assist in business development and project finance transactions origination for the bank to generate targeted sales and profit objectives.

Maintain and develop good business relationship with existing and potential customers, and ECAs. Cultivate and enhance business opportunities with customers/ECAs.

Maintain awareness of the conditions and issues surrounding the business (e.g. industry, country, regulatory, financial, etc.) in which the customers or potential projects operate.

Provide financial advisory and debt arrangement services to customers.

Conduct due diligence of projects, coordinating with technical consultants, market consultants, legal counsel, accountants, etc.

Negotiate with customers on financing terms and conditions.

Preparation of presentation material, financial proposals, and term sheets.

Conduct documentation negotiations.

Maintain and develop good business relationship with other banks in the market. Obtain/exchange information on potential business opportunities.

Prepare credit applications, call memos and other internal reports related to business promotion.

Solve problems arising in course of execution of new business opportunities.

Maintain and develop good relationship with HO and relevant branches/offices to facilitate execution of new transactions.

Develop Project Finance financial models. Coaching of junior members on financial modelling and to function as checker on financial models built by other team members.