Analyst, UK & Ireland Corporate Coverage

London, England, United Kingdom

7/2/2025

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Overview Of The Department/Section

The UK & Ireland Corporate Coverage team is responsible for managing corporate relationships, generating cross sell in conjunction with product teams, managing the portfolio and performing associated tasks. The team has been structured so that it provides industry focus and client coverage across key geographies. Industry coverage for this role spans General Industries, Healthcare, Consumer & Retail.

Main Purpose of the Role

To provide support to enable effective business promotion and management of existing and prospective client relationships within the UK & Ireland team

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities involve, but are not limited to, the following:

• To provide transaction and marketing support in connection with the delivery of corporate and investment banking products to meet existing and new customer needs
• Preparing pitch books, account plans, briefing notes, capital committee submissions, business rationales for credit applications and internal reports; with responsibility of ensuring highest level of quality content.
• Maintain and manage external relationships independently
• Producing call reports and pursuing the follow-ups from those meetings
• Actively liaising with local and regional teams to pursue opportunities for our clients in MUFG’s international network of 50 countries
• Regular interaction with internal product offices, risk, legal and compliance departments
• Liaising with and negotiating loan documentation with clients/product partners/agent banks, with guidance from the senior bankers
• To lead the coordination of credit applications. Associated processes include but are not limited to liquidity applications, compliance documentation/ KYC, business rationales, return analyses and overall quality control
• To diligently update client data and records on the bank systems and liaise with middle and back office to ensure this is done
• This position involves management information data collection, analysis and timely reporting
• To assist in the establishment of reports and general projects as they arise as directed by management
• From time to time, the Analyst may be asked by management to work on initiatives relevant to the UK & Ireland Corporate Coverage business and / or projects with a wider scope when required
  
  

Work Experience

Essential:

• Basic banking knowledge
  
  

Preferred:

• Time spent in a coverage role
• Some evidence of transaction experience useful
  
  

Skills And Experience

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential

• Must be numerate
• Good written and spoken English skills essential
• Excellent relationship building and communication skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
  
  

Preferred:

• Understanding of credit/risk
• Understanding of relevant product areas (DCM - Loans and Bonds, FX, derivatives, Trade Finance, Working Capital Solutions, Cash Management)
• General / basic understanding of coverage / corporate banking
  
  

Education / Qualifications:

Essential

• Degree level educated or equivalent qualifications
  
  

Preferred

• Relevant professional qualification
  
  

Personal Requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• Strong numerical skills
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• A proactive, motivated approach
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
• A structured, organised and logical approach to work
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills [Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams]
  
  

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.