Mid-Cap Leveraged Finance Director

NatWest Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in the UK is seeking a Director for its Mid-Cap Leveraged Finance Team. The role involves driving originations and executing leveraged finance transactions while managing stakeholder relationships across the UK and Western Europe. Candidates must possess strong leadership skills, extensive knowledge of the UK leveraged finance Mid-Market, and proven people management abilities. The position offers a hybrid working environment and is ideal for seasoned professionals looking to make an impact in a collaborative and high-performance team.

Qualifications

• Extensive contacts across the UK private equity market.
• Track record of working with teams to achieve business success.
• Practical experience across sponsor leveraged finance transactions.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth and market coverage for the MCLF business.
• Originate and execute high-quality transactions.
• Work closely with institutional lending partners for solutions.
• Achieve MCLF’s objectives and financial budgets.
• Lead and coach junior colleagues.

Skills

Extensive knowledge of the UK leveraged finance Mid-Market

Leadership experience

Experience in strategic thinking

People management ability

Understanding of credit risk and structuring

Job description

Join us as a Director in NatWest’s Mid-Cap Leveraged Finance Team

• You’ll be a senior member of NatWest’s Mid-Cap Leveraged Finance (MCLF) Structured Finance team, operating across the UK and Western Europe
• We’ll look to you to drive deal origination with coverage of Mid-Market private equity sponsors, and lead execution of sponsor leveraged finance transactions, managing all external and internal stakeholders, deal teams and processes
• This is a senior position, requiring a seasoned Director with strong sponsor leveraged finance experience and an established network of contacts across the UK private equity market
• This is an opportunity for you to join a high flow, leading bank franchise in the UK sponsor leveraged finance Mid-Market, and a collaborative team with a strong culture and an established track record of high performance

What You'll Do

As a Director, you’ll be one of the senior leaders driving the MCLF business and strategy forward, owning client and advisor relationships, driving deal flow and transaction execution within risk appetite, and developing juniors

Day to day you’ll be responsible for:

• Driving growth, market coverage, and market profile of the MCLF business
• Originating high quality transactions and delivering best-in-class structuring and execution, whilst leveraging the bank’s broader platform and collaborating effectively with teams across the bank to deliver client solutions across financing, banking, and risk management
• Working closely with MCLF’s institutional lending partners to deliver client financing solutions more effectively
• Actively driving achievement of MCLF’s objectives and financial budgets, with a continued focus on driving sustainable growth and attractive risk‑adjusted returns
• Leading, managing, coaching and enabling junior colleagues to develop to their full potential

The Skills You'll Need

It’s important that you have extensive knowledge of the UK leveraged finance Mid‑Market, with strong contacts across the market. You’ll display good leadership experience and will have a track record of working with others to build business success

You’ll also need to demonstrate:

• Experience in strategic thinking and external marketing
• Proven people management ability, delivering results through others
• A strong understanding of credit risk, structuring and documentation in a sponsor leveraged finance context, with extensive practical experience across transactions
• The ability to strongly contribute to the delivery of stretching financial team targets

Hours 35

Job Posting Closing Date: Job Posting Closing Date is not yet published.

Ways of Working: Hybrid