BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking – Leveraged Finance – Summer Internship

Who we are

BNP Paribas is
a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73
countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in
Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic
Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and
financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate
& Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate
clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital
markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions.

Business Overview
of BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking – Leveraged Finance

Global Banking focuses on 3 main business areas:
Corporate Clients Group, the gateway of BNP Paribas’ integrated offer, which
manages all the interactions between the Bank and its corporate clients; Capital Markets, operates across debt
and equity; and Transaction Banking, which deals with Cash management,
Transactional FX, Deposits, Trade financing and Supply Chain Solutions.

Debt
Markets EMEA’s mission is to serve the bank’s corporate
and private equity clients, by originating (jointly with Coverage),
structuring and executing all debt transactions (corporate facilities and
event-driven transactions). Debt Markets is structured around:

·      
Leveraged Finance and Leveraged and
Infrastructure Telecom & Media Financing

·      
Investment Grade Finance (Debt Capital Markets &
Loan Capital Markets)

The Leveraged Finance team is responsible for the origination,
structuring, underwriting and execution of:

·      
LBO and Corporate Leveraged financings (including
both Institutional TLBs and HYBs)

·      
Integrated financing solutions to midcap and
sub-investment grade corporate clients

·      
Portfolio monitoring of clients under LBO

Working together with other
BNP Paribas teams (including M&A, Syndication, Rating) across Europe as
well as with external partners.

Primary
Responsibilities of the Intern

As a full member of the team,
working closely with analysts, associates, VPs and directors and with the
benefit of an intensive on‐the‐job technical and professional
training, the intern will have the opportunity to work in a solid and
leading investment banking reality and be able to participate and contribute
end-to-end to all steps of the transactions:

• Client pitches (new LBO / corporate acquisitions,
  refinancing, recap, A&E)
• Credit analysis on new transactions; including:
  • Market &
    company analysis, understanding main industry trends, competitive landscape, company
    profile and performance
  • Contribution to main
    risk analysis and financial projections modelling 
  • Internal credit
    memo write-up, mainly focusing on: company presentation, market overview, group
    performance, business plan and projections
• Take part in the follow-up of existing transactions /
  portfolio management, including:
  • Update of
    financial results, ratios calculations and performance analysis
  • Annual and
    quarterly reviews as well as amendment requests

What we expect from you

• Education: Master degree in Finance, Economics,
  Business Administration, accounting and Financial Management, Master degree in
  Management Engineering (Specialization in Finance)
• Behavioral skills: strong analytical skills and
  attention to details; good communication and organizational skills;
  collaborative approach; team spirit and ability to adapt; proactivity and
  problem solving attitude; strong interpersonal skills.
• Technical skills: Fluent English and Italian (written
  and spoken); solid knowledge of financial analysis; very good skills on
  PowerPoint and Excel
• Prior experience in investment banking is appreciated

Contract type and
Remuneration

The offer will be a full time 10-weeks
internship and it is dedicated to all students or recent graduates (twelve or
less months after graduation).

The Company provide a monthly
monetary contribution.