Job Description

Overview of Division/Department

Our Project Finance Team (PFT) is responsible for the project finance business in Asia, excluding Japan. . The Agency section plays an essential role in performing the duties of the appointed agent role and works closely with the borrower, lenders and all parties to ensure that loan compliance requirements are met.

Company Profile
MIZUHO BANK, LTD. IS A SUBSIDIARY OF THE JAPAN-BASED MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (LISTED ON THE TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE AND NYSE) AND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. MIZUHO BANK, LTD. PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS FOR THE INCREASINGLY DIVERSE AND SOPHISTICATED NEEDS OF ITS CLIENTS WITH OFFICES LOCATED IN ALL THE MAJOR CITIES OF THE WORLD SUCH AS TOKYO, NEW YORK, LONDON, HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE.

Job Responsibilities

• Agency operations:

• Preparation / calculation for loan draw down and associated payments, P + I + fee payments, loan prepayments, reserves, etc. (role of Maker for own projects and Checker for team members projects)
• Maintenance of transaction records, contact lists, etc
• Safekeeping of securities - maintenance of up-to-date security records (eg: share registers, documentation log, obtaining confirmations from our custodian agents, etc.)
• Rate fixing
• Audit confirmations and
• Preparation / update of contact details
• Fixed deposit placements - verification of signatures, checking of availability of funds, rate fixing, confirmation of placement etc
• Remittance applications - ensure payment is approved and funds are in account and made some preliminary checks before forwarding to RDS
• Assist in account opening and CDD eg input in systems, etc
• MAS Return on Syndicated Offshore Facilities - Return A & Return B - preparation of submissions
• Preparation of statistical reports / assist in preparation of slides for presentations or bid proposals
• Administrative duties eg filing, archiving of documents, checking status of outgoing faxes, Preparing documents for dispatch via courier, post
• Assist in other duties assigned from time to time.

Job Requirements
1) A degree in Business, Accounting or Banking & Finance with at least 5 years of syndicated loan agency or project finance experience.
2) Confident, proactive, able to multi-task and work under pressure.
3) Strong communication, numerical and IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Power Point) are attributes which will help the candidate perform well in this role.

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