# Debt Financing Manager

**Company:** [Tetra Maritime](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/aCYF6mx9KXBHoKCgWT46pD.md)
**Location:** Lagos, Nigeria
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Finance

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Debt Financing Banker to originate, structure, and execute debt financing transactions for corporate, institutional, and sponsor clients. The successful candidate will play a key role in advising clients on capital structure decisions, leading debt issuance processes, and managing relationships with borrowers, lenders, and investors across the debt capital markets. Maritime and Oil & Gas upstream will be the primary debt capital market.

Core Responsibilities

-   Originate and develop new debt financing opportunities for maritime across leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, investment-grade debt, private placements, and structured credit products.

-   Structure debt transactions tailored to client needs, balancing cost of capital, covenant flexibility, and market conditions.
-   Lead due diligence processes, including financial modeling, credit analysis, and risk assessment for prospective borrowers.
-   Prepare and present pitch books, offering memoranda, credit presentations, and rating agency materials.
-   Coordinate with legal counsel, rating agencies, and internal risk/credit committees to progress transactions from mandate to close.
-   Manage the full transaction lifecycle: marketing, investor roadshows, pricing, allocation, and closing.
-   Build and maintain relationships with corporate treasurers, CFOs, private equity sponsors, and institutional investors.
-   Monitor market conditions, credit spreads, and macroeconomic trends to advise clients on optimal timing and structuring.
-   Collaborate with syndicate, sales, and trading desks to ensure successful distribution of debt offerings.
-   Mentor junior bankers and analysts, reviewing financial models and transaction materials.
-   Ensure all transactions comply with internal risk policies and relevant regulatory requirements.

## Requirements

-   Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field
-   5+ years of experience in debt capital markets, leveraged finance, corporate banking, or credit-related investment banking roles
-   Strong financial modeling, valuation, and credit analysis skills
-   Deep understanding of debt instruments (term loans, revolvers, mezzanine debt, private credit)
-   Proven track record of executing debt transactions from origination through closing
-   Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior clients and committees
-   Strong knowledge of capital markets regulations and documentation (credit agreements, indentures

Preferred

-   MBA or CFA designation
-   Series 79 and 63 licenses (or equivalent, if applicable in jurisdiction)
-   Experience with leveraged buyouts, project finance, or asset-based lending
-   Existing network of institutional investor and sponsor relationships

Skills

-   Financial modeling and credit analysis (Excel, Bloomberg, Capital IQ)
-   Deal structuring and negotiation
-   Relationship management and business development
-   Project management across multi-workstream transactions
-   Attention to detail under tight deadlines
-   Team leadership and mentorship