HELP!!! Leveraged Finance Internship BNP vs ING

Here's the BNP internship description, the ING is the typical Lev Fin one. 

CIB - GLOBAL BANKING - LEVERAGED FINANCE PORTFOLIO ANALYST

Main activities:

• Participation in the analysis and follow-up of LBO portfolio:

• Work on internal credit paper and presentation to analyse: sector risks, companies' and peers' performance, leverage level, quotations on the secondary market. 

• Involvement in annual credit file review:

• Preparation of industry research;
• Financial and counterparty risk analysis;
• Financial projections modelling.

• Take part in the follow-up of risks through the elaboration of a quarterly review on the portfolio transactions' performance:

• Update of financial results and ratios calculations;
• Performance analysis

• Participation to pitch to client (new LBO transaction, refinancing, extension, restructuring)

• Presentation of company (products, markets, risks, SWOT, cash-flow generation);

• Presentation of proposed financing structures;

• Liaising with M&A department.

Benefits:

This internship is a great opportunity to enhance both capacities and knowledge in corporate finance as well as LBO financing, within the Leveraged Finance team of one of Europe's top bank in this field.

This internship will help:

• Consolidate technical skills (financial analysis, risks analysis) in a demanding environment, under time and performance pressure.
• Confirm interest in investment banking and Leverage finance while working for a top-ranked team within Europe's leading LBO players.

Profile:

• Top-tier Business Schools and Universities with major in Finance, HEC, ESSEC, ESCP, 

• Preferably a gap year internship or an end of studies internship.

Skills & knowledge:

Technical skills

• Having significant experience (i.e. long internship min 6 months) in finance, investment banking (e.g.: credit analyst, structured finance analyst, modelling etc.), private equity, audit or transaction services
• Good Knowledge in finance and accounting, modelling skills appreciated
• Strong analytical and technical skills

• Fluency in French and good "professional" English (written as well as spoken)

• Proficient with Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access

Soft skills
- Rigorous, autonomous, willing to learn and entrepreneurial
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work accurately, achieve deadlines is important for this role