Associate, Investment Grade Debt Capital Markets

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.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

EDUCATION

Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable

CERTIFICATIONS

Relevant regulatory certifications

WORK EXPERIENCE

Experience within a complex financial services environment providing investment-grade bond origination, debt capital markets execution, or syndicate coverage

Experience with structuring and pricing public and private debt issuances for corporate and sovereign clients

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

Proficient in investment-grade bond structuring, pricing, and execution across multiple currencies and formats

Comprehensive understanding of credit markets, rating agency processes, and investor dynamics

Solid understanding of regulatory frameworks governing public debt offerings, including disclosure and securities law requirements

Experience using financial modeling tools, deal management systems, and pricing analytics platforms

Well-developed understanding of issuer financing strategies and capital structure optimization

Proficiency in coordinating multi-stakeholder transaction processes

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

Communicates effectively

Identifies multiple paths to success using analytical and critical thinking as well as decision-making skills

Exercises sound judgment, prioritizes effectively, and strives for continuous improvement

Effectively collaborates with colleagues

Leverages available technology to drive efficiency and results

Understands and applies industry trends and best practices

Exhibits optimism, resilience, flexibility, and openness to others' ideas

Values learning as a lifelong professional objective

Engages inclusively and with intent

Always acts with integrity

RESPONSIBILITIES

Manages workstreams across live investment-grade bond transactions, from mandate through pricing and closing

Develops financing proposals, structuring recommendations, and pricing strategies for corporate and sovereign issuers

Creates client-ready pitch materials and tailored capital markets solutions reflecting issuer objectives and market conditions

Conducts detailed analysis of market windows, comparable transactions, and investor demand to inform execution recommendations

Evaluates structural alternatives including tenor, format, currency, and covenant packages

Documents transaction terms, internal approvals, and post-deal reviews in compliance with internal policies

Monitors primary market activity, new issue pipelines, and secondary trading levels relevant to coverage clients

Identifies origination opportunities through ongoing dialogue with coverage bankers and client analysis

Reviews offering documentation, marketing materials, and pricing memoranda for accuracy and completeness

Resolves transaction execution issues by working closely with internal and external counterparties

Recommends process improvements for deal execution and client coverage workflows

The typical base pay range for this role is $160K-$247K on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.