Director - Strategic Debt Finance Asset Management (“SDF AM

End Date:
Wednesday 09 September 2026 Salary Range £0 - £0

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Director Strategic Debt Finance Asset Management

London, Birmingham, Edinburgh or Manchester

Full-time

Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Strategic Debt Finance Asset Management (SDF AM), a specialist team responsible for managing a £3bn portfolio of highly leveraged and private equity-backed clients across a diverse range of sectors. As a Director, you'll lead a portfolio of complex client relationships, balancing risk management with the identification of opportunities to improve portfolio returns. You'll assess the sustainability of businesses, analyse cash flows and market dynamics, and provide insight that supports high-quality credit and investment decisions.

Working closely with Coverage, Strategic Debt Finance Origination, Leveraged & Structured Credit and Portfolio Management teams, you'll take the lead on annual credit reviews, lending requests and complex credit events, including covenant amendments, incremental facilities, bolt-on acquisitions and refinancing activity. You'll also present recommendations to senior stakeholders and risk forums, often within demanding time frames. Beyond portfolio management, you'll play a key leadership role within the team.

You'll coach and develop colleagues, lead strategic projects, contribute to portfolio reporting and build strong relationships with financial sponsors, advisers and banking partners. This is a highly visible role offering significant exposure across the Bank and the opportunity to shape outcomes for some of our most complex corporate clients.

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone, make change happen and challenge the status quo. Sound like you?

• 10 years’ experience in leveraged finance, with knowledge of LMA loan documentation.
• Strong experience analysing and interpreting financial information, with the ability to present complex information clearly and succinctly.
• Leadership experience, including managing and developing high-performing teams and contributing to wider strategic or portfolio initiatives.
• Shown experience leading highly leveraged Corporate and/or Private Equity-backed portfolios, with exposure to sponsor-backed structures.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging with senior internal stakeholders, clients, sponsors and regulators (e.g. PRA).
• Strong credit assessment capability, including analysis of cash flow, business models and complex capital structures.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a…