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Join us as a Director in the Financial Sponsors structuring team – part of the Large Corporate Lending (“LCL”) team.
The Large Corporate Lending team are at the heart of the delivery of the UK Corporate Banking’s asset growth agenda. We support Large and Mid-Corporate Coverage colleagues with the ability to originate and structure lending opportunities (within our own risk appetite) that meet our clients’ desire to utilise debt finance to facilitate their own growth ambitions.
As a Director in the Financial Sponsors structuring team you will be responsible for originating, structuring and executing medium to large transactions backed by Financial Sponsors. You will be responsible for leading the transaction, management of the overall deal process, liaising internally with Coverage, Transaction Management, Credit, Portfolio Management and externally with the client, Financial Sponsor and their advisors.
You will be responsible for reviewing complex business lending opportunities to assess the suitability vs Barclays’ risk appetite (including the UKC FS mandate); involving interrogation of management’s business plans and seeking to assess and identify the risks contained within whilst using lateral thinking to establish whether / how the specific risks identified through due diligence are mitigated.
You will also be responsible for building and analysing often sophisticated financial models to assess serviceability of the proposed debt structure. This requires an assessment of the reasonableness of the assumptions used, a critical review of the financial covenants, and identifying appropriate sensitivities to test borrower’s resilience to downside scenarios. You will also need to ensure all deals comply with Barclays Leveraged Lending policies and carry out the associated tests and recording of results.
You will support the head of Financial Sponsors in driving business development activity through both partnership with Coverage and maintaining close relationships with the key Debt Advisory community, debt funds and Financial Sponsors.
The candidate should be able to demonstrate experience of having led deals earlier in their career to deliver debt transactions
Credit skills, and debt finance experience as well as an understanding of the end to end lending journeys in UKC with particular awareness of the characteristics of borrowers and transactions in the financial sponsor mid-market
Geographically mobile with the ability to spend time travelling to client and colleague sites
The ability to spot early variances in the performance of a business, identify solutions, and drive those solutions into execution
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
To manage debt relationships with high-value corporate clients and potential clients Provide support to the bank's senior management team in setting strategic direction and, managing debt structuring risk across the organisation.
Collaboration with account managers to structure, recommend and fully implement relevant debt products and services to existing and potential clients.
Management of debt structuring, including oversight of colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness..
Relationship management of debt structuring stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third party services.
Management of debt structuring risk, including identification of potential risks, development of strategies to mitigate those risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s debt structuring and compliance functions..
Monitoring the financial performance of each transaction completed as well as the wider debt structuring department, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.
Conducting thorough market research to understand market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to identify market opportunities.
Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave. Employment type Full-time
Industries Banking and Financial Services
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