CIB, Structured Finance Strategy & Business Development Analyst
Santander · Madison, WI · 2 days ago
Finance$90k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Analyst will support the Structured Finance business with a focus on strategy, business development support, market intelligence, and transaction analytics.
Responsibilities
- Maintain structured finance pipeline, prepare summaries for senior management, and support opportunity prioritization, client targeting, and sector activity monitoring.
- Track structured finance market activity (pricing/terms, structures, competitors, league tables, relevant comparables) using Infralogic and other sources; synthesize key takeaways.
- P&L, balance sheet, distribution activity, and RWA/capital analysis and forecasting, partnering closely with product teams and support areas to deliver integrated analysis and actionable insights.
- Develop and maintain forward-looking strategic plan across the business and product portfolios, delivering rigorous analysis and clearly defined strategic levers to achieve growth and performance objectives.
- Build polished presentation materials, capability decks, and internal readouts; ensure accuracy, clean storylines, and executive-ready formatting.
- Improve recurring reporting and content production through templates, automation, and the thoughtful use of AI tools.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in structured finance, project/infrastructure finance, leveraged/structured lending, credit, capital markets analytics, or a closely related banking role; or 2+ years of experience in a business development, strategy or finance role at an investment bank.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Strong PowerPoint skills.
- Hands-on experience with: Dealogic/Infralogic, FactSet and/or Capital IQ, and Bloomberg.
- Practical experience using AI tools to accelerate research, summarize information, and streamline workflows.
Qualifications
- Exposure to structured finance subsectors (e.g., infrastructure, renewables, transportation, digital infrastructure, fund finance, asset-based/structured lending).
- Experience with internal banking processes (credit approval support, diligence tracking, coordination across risk/credit, legal, syndications/capital markets partners).
- Power Query / Power Pivot, basic VBA, or other productivity enhancements.
- Established work history or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education.
- Experience in Microsoft Office products.
Skills
No specific skills are listed for this role.
Benefits
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Pay
The base pay range for this position is $90,000.00 USD to $125,000.00 USD annually.
Schedule
The schedule for this role is not specified in the job posting.