Assistant Manager, Aircraft Finance

About the role

AirAsia's Group Aircraft & Corporate Finance Assistant Manager manages and executes the airline's fundraising activities, reporting to the Senior Manager, Aircraft Finance / Head of Division. The role covers long-term funding, aircraft financing and capital markets, and supports the head of division on major transactions such as sales and leasebacks, M&A and asset divestments. The position is based in Kuala Lumpur (RedQ).

Key responsibilities

• Long-term funding: prepare RFPs, review letters of intent with the Legal Department, ensure timely debt servicing and covenant compliance, and prepare reports for management, the investment committee and the Board.
• Support aircraft and corporate finance transactions including sales and leasebacks, mergers and acquisitions, asset divestments and restructuring, liaising with investment, legal and tax advisers and ensuring regulatory compliance (LFSA, Bursa Malaysia, Bank Negara).
• Prepare financing cash flow projections, help draft the group budget and forecast, the long-term fleet plan, annual report disclosures and presentations on group performance.
• Analyse potential businesses and projects, and review financial rating modelling against Moody's, S&P and RAM methodologies.

Required profile

• Preferred degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Banking.
• At least four years of professional finance experience in a large corporation or financial institution, preferably in Corporate Finance, Credit Risk or Treasury.

Required skills

• Capital structuring and corporate finance: syndicated loans, debt capital markets (bonds/sukuk), equity raises, hybrid financing, sale-and-leaseback and structured trade finance.
• Capital allocation, cost of capital (WACC) monitoring and liquidity strategy.
• Negotiation with lenders, investment banks, credit rating agencies, aircraft lessors and legal counsel.
• Excel for 3-statement models, valuation and project finance models, and Google Workspace.