Senior Associate – Leveraged Finance

Bank of America

. Play a key role supporting origination, structuring, and deal execution, working on a broad scope of assignments within Leveraged Finance including acquisition financing and refinancing transactions.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeNew York City • New York, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $175,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Play a key role supporting origination, structuring, and deal execution, working on a broad scope of assignments within Leveraged Finance including acquisition financing and refinancing transactions.
Lead deal execution, and function as the key point of contact for the group, communicating with deal team members and clients, including industry groups, syndicate/sales professionals, corporate executives, private equity clients and bank/bond investors.
Lead the credit committee approval process, including due diligence, credit analysis and communication with the Risk team.
Work with internal and external legal counsel regarding the preparation of documentation for syndicated loans and high yield bonds.
Work closely with senior and junior bankers and expected to make an immediate contribution.
Supervise and train junior personnel.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent degree and/or work experience.
MBA degree, or equivalent, is preferred.
3-6+ years of experience in Leveraged Finance, or a related field.
Strong quantitative/analytical skills.
Distinguished communication skills.
Leadership skills and ability to think strategically and creatively.
Professional maturity and experience to interact directly with clients.
Ability to manage several projects at once and work effectively as an individual and as part of a team.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Discretionary incentive eligible
Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
This role is currently benefits eligible.
We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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Hard Skills & Tools

credit analysisdue diligencedeal executionacquisition financingrefinancing transactionssyndicated loanshigh yield bondsquantitative skillsanalytical skills

Soft Skills

communication skillsleadership skillsstrategic thinkingcreative thinkingprofessional maturityproject managementteamworksupervisiontraining

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMBA degree