Associate Director, Financial Sponsors | S3 | Debt Finance | Manchester

Country: United Kingdom

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Santander are looking for an Associate Director to join our Financial Sponsors team based in Manchester.

As an integral member of the Financial Sponsors business, you will also be part of the wider Structured & Specialist Finance Group which sits within Santander Corporate & Commercial Banking (‘CCB’).

Financial Sponsors focus is primarily debt-led, delivering bespoke funding solutions to Private Equity owned businesses, mainly for complex and event-driven opportunities, across both new and existing CCB clients.

The difference you’ll make:

• Structuring complex funding solutions, including detailed financial modelling, reviewing due diligence reports, modelling / negotiating financial covenants.
• Displaying appropriate technical, legal and credit / debt structuring and risk skills, and being able to apply them across a wide range of sub sectors and borrowers.
• Forming and maintaining relationships with management teams and KBIs to win new business introductions both as part of a Deal Team and independently.
• Understanding of all deal administration processes and the ability to manage these with minimal supervision.
• Proficient use of risk identification & mitigation techniques and work within approved credit processes and appetite frameworks.
• People management responsibilities for Early in Career population and Associates.
• Take responsibility for key strategic initiatives / projects within the team and / or wider Structured & Specialist Finance.

What you’ll bring:

• Established technical skills encompassing credit analysis and financial modelling.
• Relevant experience in a Structured Finance or Corporate Finance environment.

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Accountancy qualifications or similar are preferred, but not essential.
• Origination skills and the capability to build a network.
• Experience of stakeholder management with the ability to consistently work to tight deadlines and project manage numerous workstreams.
• Understanding of, and ideally experience in, negotiating legal documentation.

What else you need to know:

This role is primarily based at our Manchester (Landmark) office.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in the office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed.  We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services

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What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email. You can contact us at [email protected].