Syndicate - Securitised Products & Alternatives Director

Join us as a Director on the Securitised Products & Alternative Syndicate desk

• In this key role, you’ll be responsible for leading the team in charge of syndication and execution of deals acrossour Securitised Products and Alternatives Syndicate business
• Interface directly with key issuer and investor clients to deliver positive customer outcomes and long-term sustainable value
• Hone your existing expertise and learn about a wide variety of asset classes and transaction structures
• Take on a role with great visibility and the chance to make a real difference for our business

As a SP&A Director, you’ll be acting as an agent for the placement of Securitised and asset backed risk for both Nat West Group as well as external clients. The role will cover a broad range of assets including mortgages, auto finance, levered loans, credit cards and SME exposures.

For our Alternatives syndicate, you’ll be acting as an agent to place risk in assets such as real estate, infrastructure and quasi-governmental secured and unsecured bonds as well as taking a key role in the distribution of the Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) transactions, a key tool for managing capital within the group.

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Linking with our origination, structuring, trading and sales teams to originate, warehouse, structure and distribute risk into our account base
• Supporting end-to-end deal execution activities, including roadshows, book building and both private and public deal execution
• Utilising your understanding of asset classes and investor appetite to help structure the risk into market acceptable tradeable securities
• Engaging directly with both issuers and investors to deliver strong outcomes for our customers and build long term relationships
• Providing pricing updates and market intelligence
• Supporting senior team members in the assumption and management of underwriting and distribution risk

We’re looking for someone with a good understanding across a broad range of asset classes, including mortgages, real estate, leveraged finance and fund finance, alongside an understanding of liquidity across these asset classes. You’ll need to be comfortable with assessing, underwriting and managing different risk profiles.

Ideally, you’ll already have an understanding of market dynamics, pricing and the key investor base, along with a good understanding of how these securities are structured.

In addition, you’ll demonstrate:

• An understanding of the competitive market dynamics of asset classes, including active lenders in junior, mezzanine and senior financing
• An understanding across a range of asset backed structures including ABS, CLO, SRT and Forward Flow
• A wider understanding of debt financial markets, including repo, derivatives and debt solutions
• The proven ability to lead a small team and adhere to the highest standards of compliance, sitting between the public and private sides