Capital Markets Group – Loan Syndications, Originator VP

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career. Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded. A leading global financial institution is seeking a Vice President to join their Debt Capital Markets team in Singapore. This role offers you the opportunity to play a pivotal part in helping clients access global debt markets, while supporting senior originators and contributing to a sustainable, client-focused business across the region. You will be empowered to develop value-added relationships with key clients, work closely with relationship managers, and deliver high-quality support and product interface regarding capital markets financing opportunities. The organisation is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where your expertise is valued, and you are encouraged to collaborate across teams for both personal and professional growth. With flexible working opportunities and ongoing training, this position provides a platform for you to expand your network, enhance your skills, and make a meaningful impact within a supportive leadership structure. • Play a central role in origination, structuring, and execution of debt transactions for local, regional, and global capital markets, ensuring smooth deal processes from mandate to closing. • Build direct client relationships with a capital markets focus by providing high-quality support and product interface on financing opportunities across multiple debt products and currencies. • Benefit from flexible working arrangements, continuous training opportunities, and a knowledgeable team that values collaboration, inclusivity, and growth leadership. What you'll do: As Vice President, Debt Capital Markets based in Singapore, you will be responsible for driving origination efforts across the region by developing sustainable client relationships focused on flow-oriented primary market business. Your day-to-day activities will involve collaborating closely with relationship managers to provide comprehensive support on capital markets financing opportunities spanning multiple debt products and currencies. You will take ownership of structuring and executing complex debt transactions for issuance into diverse capital markets while managing all aspects of deal execution from due diligence through settlement. By partnering with distribution teams and other group entities globally, you will help deliver innovative solutions tailored to client needs. Your role also includes preparing impactful pitchbooks for client meetings, providing timely market updates, performing detailed analytical work for funding requirements, proactively creating trade ideas that address client needs, engaging directly with client teams for seamless execution, ensuring compliance standards are met at every stage of the process, and coordinating among stakeholders to guarantee successful outcomes. Success in this role requires a commitment to collaborative teamwork, attention to detail in analytical tasks, responsiveness to client enquiries in a risk-sensitive manner, and dedication to upholding the firm’s reputation. • Develop and maintain sustainable, client-focused primary market origination business for clients across South and Southeast Asia by leveraging strong interpersonal skills. • Work collaboratively with relationship managers to broaden overall relationships with core clients through high-quality support and product interface regarding capital markets financing opportunities. • Originate, structure, and execute debt transactions for issuance into local, regional, or global capital markets while coordinating all aspects of deal execution including due diligence, documentation, ratings, investor marketing, roadshow planning, settlement, and case studies. • Control workflow and operations across various debt products to ensure efficient delivery of services and maximise profitability by enhancing the customer franchise. • Partner with distribution and sales teams to deliver tailored products that meet client needs while advancing the business globally through cross-entity collaboration. • Prepare high-quality pitchbooks and materials for client meetings as well as follow-ups to ensure effective communication of proposals and solutions. • Provide regular market updates and pricing information for internal and external stakeholders to keep them informed of relevant developments. • Perform analytical work for client funding requirements including proactive pitching/marketing as well as responding to client RFPs with risk-sensitive solutions. • Engage with client working-level teams to build relationships that facilitate smooth execution of transactions while ensuring compliance with AML/KYC standards. • Coordinate between internal/external stakeholders and deal team members throughout the transaction lifecycle to protect and enhance the firm’s reputation. What you bring: The ideal candidate for the Vice President, Debt Capital Markets position brings extensive experience from banking or finance sectors—particularly within South or Southeast Asia—with proven expertise in debt capital markets origination or distribution. Your background should include substantial exposure to key ASEAN markets alongside strong analytical capabilities that…