Analyst - Banking & Investments

National Wealth Fund; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the National Wealth Fund as an Analyst in Banking & Investments, where you will support infrastructure transactions and engage with key stakeholders. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary and the chance to work on impactful projects that help drive the UK's economic growth and Net Zero objectives.

Qualifications

• Some experience in infrastructure or corporate finance or adjacent areas.
• Excellent communication skills including strong written/report writing skills.
• Ability to prioritise tasks effectively including the management of competing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support origination, structuring and negotiating complex infrastructure transactions.
• Assist in identifying and screening potential projects for robust recommendations.
• Work closely in the due diligence process, including assessment of third-party due diligence.

Skills

Sound numeracy skills

Relationship building

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Task prioritization

MS Office proficiency

Job description

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Analyst - Banking & Investments

Apply locations City Centre, Leeds time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: July 9, 2025 (20 days left to apply) job requisition id JR100269

Shape the Future with the National Wealth Fund

At the National Wealth Fund, our mission is to swiftly and effectively mobilise trusted sector insights and investment expertise to unlock billions in private finance for projects across the United Kingdom. Providing £27.8bn of capital and an expanded mandate, we are ready to help the market invest with confidence, continue to drive forward the Government's growth ambitions.

We are looking for skilled and results oriented individuals who are motivated to help us build the National Wealth Fund into an industry-leading institution.

Job Purpose

About Us: The National Wealth Fund (NWF) is at the forefront of driving the UK’s economic growth and Net Zero objectives. This is an exciting time to join the new National Wealth Fund as part of a growing team, as the organisation takes on a new, broader role in delivering the UK’s economic growth and Net Zero objectives, building on the UK Infrastructure Bank’s leadership and experience to date.

Location: Hybrid working with a minimum of 3 days per week in the Leeds office

Salary: £35,000 – £42,500

Deadline to Apply: 8th July 2025. Early submission is encouraged, and applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis

Job Purpose: As an Analyst in the NWF Banking Team, you will deliver this mission by supporting origination, structuring and negotiating complex, bespoke infrastructure transactions. Alongside this you will work with colleagues across other functions in the Fund to ensure that transactions maximise impact, align with policy objectives and are managed soundly.

Core Responsibilities:

• Assist the team in external market engagement with investors, developers, banks and industry players by performing research, preparing agendas and taking meeting notes, to help build market presence and originate new opportunities.
• Assist the team in identifying and screening potential projects, working closely with the team and wider NWF functions to develop robust recommendations for the executive committee.
• Work closely with others in the deal team in the due diligence process, including assessment of third-party due diligence provided by technical, legal, and other advisors and help produce investment papers for approval.
• As skills develop, work closely with others in the deal team, to interrogate external and build internal financial models to enable the deal team to assess transactions with detailed sensitivity analysis to help determine the level of risk, viability and bankability of transactions.
• Working closely with Treasury and Finance colleagues, develop a technical understanding of NWF’s full product suite including, debt, equity and guarantees, to help deliver effective financing solutions that meet the Fund’s strategic objectives.
• Assist the Portfolio Team during the handover process with deal knowledge on closed projects to help manage the underlying risk of transactions.
• Develop positive working relationships with other functions in the Bank, interfacing in an open, constructive and collaborative manner. Ensure a co-ordinated approach across the Bank to internal due diligence, allowing deals to reach Investment Committee in a timely and efficient manner.
• Proactively commit to continual professional development and demonstrate a positive attitude towards gaining experience and knowledge by attending infrastructure conferences and from working closely alongside senior members of the wider team on transactions.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Financially astute with sound numeracy skills
• Confidence in building relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Commercially astute and skilled in understanding, digesting and analysing complex information and data as part of a due diligence process
• Excellent communication skills including strong written/report writing skills
• Some experience in infrastructure or corporate finance or adjacent areas
• Ability to prioritise tasks effectively including the management of competing deadlines.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office applications e.g. Excel, Word, Powerpoint.

A career with us offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact and work on cutting-edge technologies that will drive the UK’s future. We value diversity in our people and inclusion is at the heart of what we do.

We offer competitive benefits and unique learning opportunities from combining both private and public sector skills and experience. Please note, referencing and background checks are carried out for all roles here at the National Wealth Fund.

About us

The National Wealth Fund encourages a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people. Inclusion is at the heart of what the Fund does. Diversity in the Fund's people and their ideas will be vital to the National Wealth Fund's success. Appointments will be made on merit, with regard to maintaining the breadth of experience and expertise required and reflecting diversity in the broadest sense, to embrace different perspectives, characteristics and experience, as well as being broadly representative of the nations and regions of the UK.

Our roles are open to full-time, part-time or job-share applicants. Job-share applicants should supply individual CVs and a joint cover letter submitted with both applications.

As part of our standard hiring process, please be informed that a background check will be conducted for successful candidates in accordance with our company policy and industry best practices.Please note, that successful candidates will be offered a salary that is appropriate to their relevant experience and performance during the selection process.