Structured Lending Assistant Director

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Let’s grow together!

A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re an experienced Structured Lending Assistant Director looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you!

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The Role

Let’s grow together!

A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re an experienced Structured Lending Assistant Director looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you!

We’re flexible, inclusive, committed to your wellbeing and passionate about you reaching your potential. Let’s grow together …

What You’ll Be Doing

• Assisting in the origination, evaluation, and structuring of structured finance opportunities
• Conducting comprehensive financial due diligence, including detailed analysis of financial statements, loan portfolios and key performance indicators
• Preparing high-quality credit proposals and supporting presentations for credit committee
• Monitoring portfolio companies' performance, identifying risks, and contributing to value creation initiatives across the portfolios
• Collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders, including advisors and management teams
• Supporting business development efforts by preparing marketing materials, structured finance sector analysis and engaging with potential clients

About You

What you’ll bring to the team

• Strong analytical skills, with an ability to work with and manage data sets, including company financial models, loan portfolios and performance history
• An understanding of debt structures and loan facilities plus an awareness of trends, emerging risks and other market developments across the UK financial services
• Ability to project manage, supporting multiple client relationships and transactions at their various stages of evolution through to completion
• Ability to review and negotiate structured finance term sheets and legal documentation
• Strong communication, presentation and writing skills to help manage new business presentations, term sheets and credit submissions

Qualifications

• Degree from a leading university or institution in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field
• Relevant structured finance experience, ideally from mid-market banks or direct lenders, rating agencies, or credit-focused roles in financial services

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel modelling and Power Point

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply . At Paragon, we value diversity and we’re excited to hear from passionate individuals like you! If you’re ready to contribute to the team, please apply.

Further information on the role can be found in the Purpose and Performance Profile (PPP), which is downloadable on this page.

Working hours

37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday - Hybrid role.

Inclusion

As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone. If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team.

About Us

What can we offer you?

• Generous Holiday Allowance:
  Starting from 27 days and climbing to 30, you alsoget to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave
• Share Save Scheme:
  Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate
• Profit Related Pay:
  We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
• Pension Plan:
  We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
• Family Friendly policies :
  We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for…