Director, Corporate Banking, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure - Dublin, Ireland

Scotiabank; Dublin; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank in Dublin seeks an experienced Director to lead the Corporate Banking, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure portfolio across France, Germany and Benelux. You will manage senior client relationships, structure complex financing terms and drive cross-border opportunities in a dynamic international platform.

The role combines credit leadership, deal execution, and strategic business development within an inclusive, high-performance culture.

Qualifications

• Strong credit analysis and transaction structuring experience.
• Experience managing relationships with corporate clients across Europe.
• Ability to lead complex financing transactions and due diligence.
• MBA/CFA/CA or equivalent financial background.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop relationships with PUI clients across Europe.
• Lead transaction execution and negotiate terms.
• Prepare credit recommendations and seek adjudication.
• Mentor junior team members and collaborate with product partners.

Skills

Corporate Banking

Credit analysis

Relationship management

Business development

Financial modelling

Education

MBA, CFA, CA designation or equivalent

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

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Title: Director, Corporate Banking, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure - Dublin, Ireland

Requisition ID: 247096

The salary range provided is an estimate based on current market data and internal benchmarks. It does not constitute a formal offer or guarantee of compensation. Actual pay may vary depending on factors such as experience, qualifications, location, and internal equity. All compensation decisions are subject to the Bank’s policies and approval processes.

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Director, Corporate Banking, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure

Dublin | Corporate & Investment Banking

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine corporate banking expertise, credit leadership, and business development within a leading international banking platform?

We’re seeking an experienced and commercially driven Director to join our Corporate Banking team in Dublin, managing a portfolio of Power, Utilities, and Infrastructure (PUI) clients across France, Germany and Benelux.

As a senior relationship manager, you’ll develop existing and prospective client relationships, identify new business opportunities, and lead the structuring and execution of complex financing transactions.

This is an exciting opportunity for a banking professional who enjoys building strategic relationships, leading complex transactions, and collaborating across product areas to deliver tailored solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a key member of the Corporate Banking team, you will:

• Manage and develop relationships with existing and prospective PUI clients across Europe.
• Identify new business opportunities and support client marketing, pitches, and portfolio growth.
• Structure, analyze and conduct due diligence on transactions of varying complexity.
• Lead transaction execution, including negotiating commercial terms, conditions, and legal documentation.
• Prepare credit recommendations and oversee submissions for adjudication by Global Risk Management.
• Manage and monitor client accounts, including annual reviews, amendments, waivers, and restructuring requests.
• Collaborate with product partners across Investment Banking, Debt Capital Markets, Global Loan Syndications, Foreign Exchange, and Global Transaction Banking.
• Guide and develop junior team members, including mentoring and performance management responsibilities where applicable.

Why This Role?

This role offers the opportunity to combine senior-level relationship management, credit expertise, and transaction execution within a collaborative international environment.

You'll gain

• Ownership of an established portfolio of PUI clients.
• Exposure to complex lending and financing transactions across Europe.
• Opportunities to originate new business and expand strategic client relationships.
• Broad exposure to Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Capital Markets products.
• The opportunity to deepen your expertise across key PUI sub-sectors.
• Collaboration with senior banking and product professionals across a global platform.
• Opportunities to mentor and develop junior banking professionals.
• A high-performing and inclusive environment that supports continued professional growth.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for an experienced, client-focused banking professional who combines strong credit and transaction expertise with commercial judgment and a results-oriented mindset.

You will ideally bring:

• Strong Corporate Banking, credit analysis, or related financial services experience.
• Proven client relationship management and business development capabilities.
• Strong financial accounting, credit analysis, and financial modelling skills.
• Experience structuring transactions, conducting due diligence, and preparing credit recommendations.
• Good knowledge of lending products, credit processes, and legal documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, and relationship-building skills.
• An MBA, CFA, CA designation or equivalent financial background or relevant experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills; French language capability would be an asset.

Join a Global Platform

This is an opportunity to join a leading Corporate & Investment Banking franchise where you’ll manage important client relationships, lead complex transactions and help drive growth across the Power, Utilities, and Infrastructure sector.

Based in Dublin, Ireland, you’ll work within an international Corporate Banking platform and collaborate with colleagues and product specialists across Europe and globally. The position may also involve moderate international travel.

If you’re commercially driven, analytically strong and excited by the opportunity to shape client strategy within an international PUI portfolio, we’d love to hear from you.

Build strategic relationships. Lead complex transactions. Drive growth across the Power, Utilities, and Infrastructure sector.

Inclusion and Belonging

We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various voluntary Employee-led Resource Groups (ERGs), that are open to all, and span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.

Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations

• We value the unique skills and experiences everyone brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank is consistently working to prevent and remove barriers to accessibility so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• We value the unique skills and experience each person brings and are committed to an inclusive, accessible environment. Accommodations, such as accessible interview sites, alternate formats, ASL interpretation, or assistive technology, are available upon request. Please let us know at any time during the recruitment or interview process if you require an accommodation.

Location(s): Ireland : Leinster : Dublin

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas.

Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.

We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.