Director, Private Equity Coverage - Financial Sponsors

Lloyds Bank plc; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in London is seeking a Director for Private Equity Coverage to manage relationships with top private market fund managers. The role involves delivering financial targets and developing new business opportunities within a hybrid working environment. Candidates should have extensive experience in financial sponsorship and strong analytical skills. Join a team focused on innovation and inclusivity in a dynamic financial landscape.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

Share schemes including free shares

30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• In-depth experience working with financial sponsors.
• Excellent product knowledge in a multi-product role.
• Strong risk management and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with leading private market fund managers.
• Deliver financial targets including revenue growth.
• Develop a pipeline of new business opportunities.

Skills

Communication

Risk Management

Analytical Skills

Job description

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Director, Private Equity Coverage - Financial Sponsors

Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: May 30, 2025 (13 days left to apply) job requisition id 135183

End Date

Thursday 29 May 2025

Salary Range

£0 - £0

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE:Director, Private Equity Coverage - Financial Sponsors
LOCATION: London
HOURS:Full time
WORKING PATTERN:Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least three days per week, or 60% of your time, in the office.

About this opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Director, Private Equity Coverage to join our Financial Sponsors (FS) team based in London. FS is a market-leading private markets fund finance franchise which operates in a growing global market

Our team is responsible for managing the Bank’s relationships with some of the world’s leading private market fund managers and the funds they manage. These managers operate across private equity (including direct LBO, fund of funds and secondaries), private debt, private infrastructure, and private real estate asset classes. Clients are headquartered in the UK and internationally and invest in real world operating businesses and projects.

Key accountabilities:

• Comprehensive relationship coverage to originate and deliver the full Lloyds product suite to Private Equity clients including debt, risk management and cash solutions
• Deliver financial targets, including revenue growth and profitability.
• Lead the strategic dialogue both internally and externally in line with the activity plan to drive new business with clients.
• Leverage internal and external networks to develop a pipeline of new business opportunities
• Ensure continuous evaluation of all client relationships to prioritise activity on most attractive targets, exiting low value names where appropriate.
• Develop a strong working relationship with Risk and maintain strong risk discipline in managing client relationships to deliver sound and profitable business.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What we need from you?

• In-depth experience working with financial sponsors coupled with an extensive network within this space
• Excellent product knowledge and experience working in a multi-product role.
• Specialist credit and sector knowledge with a passion for delivering excellent client experiences whilst identifying ways to grow income, balance sheet and market share.
• Excellent communication and customer management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across different teams and hierarchies.
• Strong risk management and analytical skills are crucial.

And any experience of these would be useful

• Private equity experience would be highly beneficial.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!

This role is considered Certified under the Senior Manager and Certification Regime as either requiring mandatory qualifications or being deemed as a role capable of providing ‘significant harm’ to customers. Due to this, successful candidates will be subject to enhanced levels of vetting, and required to complete a fitness and propriety attestation on commencement in role. Colleagues performing this role will be required to be complete a fitness and propriety attestation on an annual basis and will also be subject to additional routine criminal and credit checks

As a certified colleague your details will be published on the FCA’s Financial Services Register

This role has been identified as a Client-dealing function under SYSC 27.8.18R as defined in the FCA Handbook

The Person(“P”) performs the client-dealing FCA certification function for a firm if:(1)P is carrying out any of the activities in the table in SYSC 27.8.19R; and(2)those activities will involve P dealing with:(a) a person with or for whom those activities are carried out; or(b) the property of any such person;in a manner substantially connected with the carrying on of regulated activities by the firm.

If you manage certified colleagues this role will be identified as Manager of certification employees under SYSC 27.8.13R as defined in the FCA Handbook(1) The function of managing or supervising a certification employee, directly or indirectly, is an FCA-specified significant-harm function.(2) A function in (1) is not an FCA certification function for that firm if it is performed by an SMF manager of that firm.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

About Us

With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.

Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.

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