Growth & Structured Finance Director

Lloyds Bank plc; Park Central; Hybrid; GBP 97,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in the UK is seeking a Growth & Structured Finance Director to join their dynamic team. This role involves managing debt facilities for SME & Mid Corporate clients and requires strong leadership and financial analysis skills. The position offers flexible working options and a comprehensive benefits package, including a generous pension contribution and annual bonuses, making it an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact in the finance sector.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Flexible working options

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Outstanding financial analysis and credit skills.
• Extensive experience in cashflow lending and debt origination.
• Strong communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Originate, structure, and implement complex debt facilities.
• Lead and support the development of Relationship Directors.
• Develop relationships with debt advisors and the professional community.

Skills

Financial analysis

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Job description

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Growth & Structured Finance Director

Apply locations Birmingham X and Y Foundry Building 6 Brindley Place Bristol Harbourside London 33 Old Broad Street time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: June 13, 2025 (13 days left to apply) job requisition id 134047

End Date

Thursday 12 June 2025

Salary Range

£97,665 - £114,900

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

Flexible Working Options

Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working, Job Share, Reduced Hours

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

Job Title:Growth & Structured Finance Director

Location:Birmingham, Bristol or London

Salary: Circa £115,000 DOE

Hours: Full time

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at our above offices.

About This Opportunity:

Our Commercial Banking division has business clients across a wide variety of sectors - from small businesses to multinational corporations. We have an exciting opportunity to join our highly successful Growth & Structured Finance team providing outstanding support and having a real impact for SME & Mid Corporate businesses across the UK. The Growth & Structured Finance team has been growing since established in 2023 and is a meaningful part of our strategy for 2025 and beyond.

We're looking for a Director to join our team to help originate, structure, and implement more complex/leveraged debt facilities for SME & Mid Corporate clients and prospects. The team will transact a range of funding requirements which will vary in complexity including MBOs, Mergers & Acquisitions and funding for growth especially where the bank does not see lending covered in full by traditional assets.

Within a strong team of successful professionals, this is a phenomenal opportunity for someone to join a high performing team. As a senior colleague within the Commercial Banking Coverage business, you'd be a key part of our market presence, developing key business opportunities and representing the Group with Senior Stakeholders across the professional community.

What you’ll be doing:

• Promote high quality deal execution by over-seeing an efficient client, credit and diligence/legal process for successful deal completion through the in depth understanding of the client and the request.
• Leadership responsibilities include acting as a role model and supporting the learning and development of Relationship Directors/Managers across the Commercial Banking Coverage business, providing regular constructive feedback and assisting development.
• Internal networking and relationships with colleagues in the Coverage business, Specialist Commercial Banking Clients, Credit and Client Products will be a key contributor to the team’s success.
• Developing and demonstrating good relationships with debt advisors and the professional community is a key part of this role.
• Influencing and crafting our overall proposition to market, driving investment in the right direction and providing long term support for our customers.

Why Lloyds Banking Group:

If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you’ll need:

• Outstanding financial analysis and credit skills
• A background in the corporate finance market with significant experience of cashflow lending, debt origination and structuring
• Experience of optimally operating within the SME segment (£5m-£50m turnover businesses).
• Strong communication, leadership and project management skills
• Can evidence a strong external network and presence in the marketplace

About working for us:

Our ambition is to be the top tier UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need

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

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• 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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?Apply today and find out more.

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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