Associate Director - Lender Coverage

8193 Barclays Bank PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays Bank PLC in London seeks an Associate Director - Lender Coverage to provide loan market insight and expertise to clients and colleagues across Corporate Debt Finance. You will keep close to developments in primary and secondary loan markets, support pricing and structuring discussions, and bring lender and investor feedback into informed client conversations.

Working with Directors and product partners, you will identify and develop lending opportunities, analyse maturity profiles,

Qualifications

• AVP/Analyst level experience in Lender Coverage or Debt Finance.
• Strong financial statement analysis and synthesis skills.
• Experience with loan syndication and capital markets transactions.
• Ability to apply digital tools to complex market analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide loan market insights to clients and colleagues.
• Develop market updates, pricing support and structuring discussions.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams across Coverage, Debt Finance, Credit, Legal and Trading.
• Identify refinancing opportunities and support handover to execution teams.

Skills

Lender Coverage

Debt Finance

Leveraged Finance

Credit Markets

Financial Modeling

Education

CFA/ACCA

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description Purpose of the role

To raise capital and manage the financial risk of clients in collaboration with multiple financial institutions, including financial advisory services, identification of market opportunities, research, economic analysis.

Accountabilities

• Development and maintenance of strong relationships with corporate and institutional clients to understand their financing needs and objectives and to develop fixed income syndicated capital market offerings.
• Development and maintenance of complex financial models to assess the value of assets, companies, or securities and identify the most appropriate structuring of capital raising initiatives, including loan, bond or derivatives syndications.
• Identification, assessment, and management of risks associated with syndicated fixed income capital markets transactions and development of risk mitigation strategies in alignment with regulatory requirements, including the increase in complexity and potential conflicts of interest.
• Research, financial data analysis and continued development of market insights and investment recommendations.
• Collaboration with cross functional and cross institution teams to ensure successful execution of syndicated fixed income capital market transactions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are:

• L - Listen and be authentic
• E - Energise and inspire
• A - Align across the enterprise
• D - Develop others

OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as an Associate Director - Lender Coverage, where you’ll play a key role in providing loan market insight and expertise to clients and colleagues across the business. Working alongside the Director of Lender Coverage, Relationship Directors and product partners, you’ll help identify and develop new lending opportunities while supporting the continued growth of our Corporate Debt Finance franchise. You’ll keep close to developments across the primary and secondary loan markets, using your knowledge of pricing, comparable transactions, liquidity and investor appetite to provide clear and relevant market insight. You’ll produce client‑facing market updates, support pricing and structuring discussions, and bring together lender and investor feedback to help shape informed conversations with clients. You’ll also help us stay ahead of future financing opportunities by analysing client maturity profiles, refinancing windows and covenant headroom. From identifying refinancing and amend‑and‑extend opportunities through to preparing analysis and supporting the handover of mandates to execution teams, you’ll work closely with colleagues across Coverage, Debt Finance, Credit, Legal, Sales and Trading to deliver a joined‑up, high‑quality client experience. Alongside your client and market responsibilities, you’ll support the delivery of Loan Market Updates and presentations, sharing your knowledge across the business and helping strengthen debt‑market capability across Corporate Banking.

To be successful in this role, you will have the following:

• Experience at AVP or Analyst level within Lender Coverage, Debt Finance, Leveraged Finance, Credit, Debt Capital Markets or Debt Advisory
• Working knowledge of corporate and leveraged loan markets, including credit, underwriting, syndication and documentation
• Proven ability to analyse and interpret financial statements and to research internal and external market data sources
• A solid ability to collect, interpret and communicate complex data clearly and concisely
• An ability to apply AI tools to practical analysis and to improve team processes, in line with approved Barclays processes
• Desirable skills include: Higher education degree or suitable professional qualification (e.g. ACCA, AMCT, CFA)
• Lending or loan syndication experience within a financial institution
• Demonstrable interest in corporate and leveraged loan markets, including sponsor-backed borrowers
• You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills

This role will be based in London.

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