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Paragon Banking Group PLC London, United Kingdom

Paragon Banking Group PLC London, United Kingdom

About The Role

Let's grow together!

A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you're an experienced Structured Lending Assistant Director looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we're looking for you!

We're flexible, inclusive, committed to your wellbeing and passionate about you reaching your potential. Let's grow together ...

What you'll be doing

• Assisting in the origination, evaluation, and structuring of structured finance opportunities
• Conducting comprehensive financial due diligence, including detailed analysis of financial statements, loan portfolios and key performance indicators
• Preparing high-quality credit proposals and supporting presentations for credit committee
• Monitoring portfolio companies' performance, identifying risks, and contributing to value creation initiatives across the portfolios
• Collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders, including advisors and management teams
• Supporting business development efforts by preparing marketing materials, structured finance sector analysis and engaging with potential clients

About You

What you'll bring to the team

• Strong analytical skills, with an ability to work with and manage data sets, including company financial models, loan portfolios and performance history
• An understanding of debt structures and loan facilities plus an awareness of trends, emerging risks and other market developments across the UK financial services
• Ability to project manage, supporting multiple client relationships and transactions at their various stages of evolution through to completion
• Ability to review and negotiate structured finance term sheets and legal documentation
• Strong communication, presentation and writing skills to help manage new business presentations, term sheets and credit submissions

Qualifications

• Degree from a leading university or institution in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field
• Relevant structured finance experience, ideally from mid-market banks or direct lenders, rating agencies, or credit-focused roles in financial services

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel modelling and PowerPoint

Even if you don't meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply . At Paragon, we value diversity and we're excited to hear from passionate individuals like you! If you're ready to contribute to the team, please apply.

Further information on the role can be found in the Purpose and Performance Profile (PPP), which is downloadable on this page.

Working hours

37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday - Hybrid role.

Inclusion

As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone. If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team.

About Us

What can we offer you?

• Generous Holiday Allowance: Starting from 27 days and climbing to 30, you alsoget to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week's leave
• Share Save Scheme: Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate
• Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
• Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
• Family Friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment
• Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more
• Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year
• Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover

Be flexible

We promote flexibility around how and where we work so that you can achieve a healthier work-life balance. We operate hybrid working, splitting our week between the office and home.

Be yourself

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome diversity and care about inclusion. That's why we want you to be your whole self at work. We believe an inclusive workplace is good for each of us, great for our customers and better for our business. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Network meets regularly to share challenges, experience, and ideas to build a more equal, diverse, and inclusive business.

Be heard

We listen to your point of view, with our People Forum and regular employee surveys making sure you can use your voice and influence our future.

Be well

We will give you access to a range of tools and resources to support your wellbeing. This will include a digital GP service via our free Employee Assistance Programme, access to our Wellbeing team to connect you with the help you need to get more out of life and our Vitality at Work programme to provide you with discounted gym membership, fitness equipment and another multitude of wellbeing services.

Be better

We want you to reach your potential and, as a Platinum Investors in People employer, we'll encourage you to learn and develop by building a personalised development plan together with your manager.

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