Head of - Transaction Execution (Structured Real Estate Finance)
Homes England National Housing Bank
Salary: 69,831 - 95,055
Location: Hybrid 50/50. New Headquarters are in Leeds. Colleagues can be based in any of our offices: Leeds, London, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Northstowe.
Homes England is launching the National Housing Bank, a new government‑backed investment platform to accelerate housing delivery across England.
With 16bn in capital, it will unlock private investment, support regeneration and accelerate housing delivery across the UK. Joining now offers a rare opportunity to shape a major new national investment platform from the ground up.
Essential to lead a team of highly skilled individuals alongside Transaction and Portfolio Managers and external professional advisors to ensure timely and effective contracting of complex real estate debt transactions (structured real estate and infrastructure lending) to support the delivery of new homes.
Responsibilities
To project manage Complex Real Estate transactions from credit approval through to Completion
Management of transaction workflow through close liaison with team heads.
Instruction, preparation, negotiation, review and execution of transaction documentation and associated due diligence to time and budget and in accordance with agreed term sheets, policy standards and credit approval conditions, using sound commercial judgement and delegated authorities as appropriate.
Effective management of internal and external stakeholders, counterparties and advisor relationships to ensure transactions progression and effective risk management.
Review due diligence reports produced by external advisors and ensure Homes England's position is protected by providing feedback to advisors and liaising with internal stakeholders where appropriate.
Candidate Profile
Degree level qualification or equivalent experience. Ideally, direct work experience in a relevant field as a banker, legal advisor, surveyor or accountant, or similar.
Direct experience of executing complex real estate finance debt facilities including development finance and experience in negotiating relevant contracts and assessing the funding structures to mitigate financial risk for the lender.
Excellent communication skills. Proven leadership capability. Familiarity and understanding of professional property reports, security and legal documentation (including LMA style legal documents and RCFs), valuation methodologies and practices and the ability to challenge where required - good familiarity with risk mitigating strategies as well as an excellent understanding of the range of investments across the equity and debt capital spectrum.
Demonstrates strong commercial judgement and negotiation skills with the ability to identify and articulate the risk implications of proposals, enabling balanced and informed decision‑making.
Why Join?
Help build a new national investment institution
Work on complex housing and regeneration transactions
Deploy 16bn of government‑backed capital
Hybrid 50/50 working across multiple national locations
Defined benefit pension and strong public‑sector benefits
Right to Work in the UK is required.
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