Director, DCM Origination - TMT&E

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GENERAL FUNCTION:  Leadership role in directing teams working on capital-raising transactions.  Develop relationships with senior executives both inside the bank and at our clients and prospects.  Lead and participate in pitching, managing and closing complex financial transactions. Extensive travel is required along with excellent presentation skills, both oral and written.

Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined.  Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience.  While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external clients focused on the delivery of advice and analysis to those clients around key strategic, corporate finance, and capital markets issues and opportunities.
• Work as a part of a team with the Relationship Managers and Capital Markets Specialists to deliver solutions that generate capital markets revenue from a targeted list of clients and prospects.
• Manage and prioritize a pipeline of opportunities generated from the coverage of a specified geography or universe of Relationship Managers.
• Provide leadership in the evaluation and execution of complex capital markets transactions crossing multiple product lines.
• Work with Senior Commercial Bankers, the Strategies Group, and other members of the Commercial Leadership team to provide training and resources around the effort to identify and address  major capital markets opportunities in their geographies.   
• Create and deliver high value-added financial analysis and strategic advice to targeted high-priority prospects and clients.
• Provide leadership around the creation and delivery of capital markets presentation materials.
• Lead a DCM deal team in the structuring, underwriting, approval and execution of the relevant DCM product with a solution orientation (rather than a product orientation).

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for providing employees timely, candid and constructive performance feedback; developing employees to their fullest potential by providing challenging opportunities; developing the appropriate talent pool to ensure adequate bench strength and succession planning; recognizing and rewarding employees for accomplishments.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED:

• 10+ years of experience in Investment Banking or Capital Markets; TMTE exp is preferred
• Strong credit underwriting skills.
• Proven track record of success in originating, structuring, and closing complex financial transactions.
• Leadership experience and history of involvement in key decisions around a growing financial services business.
• Excellent presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Strong mentoring and leadership skills.   
• Expertise in one or more industries.
• MBA or functional equivalent.
• Securities Industry Essentials (SIE), Series 63, and Series 79 licenses required.

At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.

Compensation for this position is largely incentive-based. Incentive compensation is combined with either a base salary or a draw to determine total cash compensation, and incentive compensation is based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance. More information can be obtained upon request.

Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner. 

Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.