Director, Credit Manager; Leveraged Finance

Director, Credit Manager (Leveraged Finance)

The Director, Credit Manager (Leveraged Finance) at MUFG is responsible for shaping credit strategies across various sectors while mentoring a team of credit professionals. Key requirements include extensive experience in managing complex leveraged finance portfolios and strong decision‑making under regulatory scrutiny.

As Director Credit Manager Leveraged Finance at MUFG in London, you will be entrusted with significant responsibility for shaping the future of credit management across multiple high‑impact sectors. Your day‑to‑day activities will involve mentoring a skilled team of credit professionals while exercising substantial delegated authority over major transactions, collaborating closely with relationship managers and origination teams, and engaging proactively with stakeholders across the business to drive strategic initiatives that enhance portfolio quality while ensuring rigorous adherence to compliance standards.

• Provide oversight and guidance to a team of credit professionals within the Leveraged Finance, TMT, and Consumer & Healthcare Credit Team by supporting their development and ensuring high standards of analysis.
• Exercise delegated credit approval authority up to USD
  75 million or make well‑considered recommendations to senior management on complex transaction files while maintaining vigilant portfolio monitoring in line with internal policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Make balanced, timely, and thoughtful credit decisions that align with MUFG’s risk appetite while acting as a senior counterpart to front line relationship managers and product origination teams.
• Engage proactively with front‑line colleagues on deal‑specific or strategic developments by offering expert guidance, direction, feedback, and identifying potential red flags or breaches of policy.
• Contribute actively to the development of divisional credit strategy for relevant products, sectors, countries, or regions, including supporting work to assess risk appetite and set appropriate limits.
• Manage and oversee a diverse portfolio of credit accounts within your areas of responsibility by providing advice and direction to ensure consistently high‑quality credit analysis and decision‑making.
• Develop deep knowledge of various industries, sectors, countries, players, financial structures, and legal frameworks relevant to Leveraged Finance, TMT, and Consumer & Healthcare credit while committing to ongoing learning.
• Demonstrate MUFG’s Risk Culture Pillars by taking accountability for identifying and mitigating risks; managing departmental risk; remaining curious; modelling effective risk partnerships; challenging existing practices; and embracing positive change.
• Represent the credit division at internal forums regionally and globally by sharing insights that influence decisions impacting your areas of specialism.
• Ensure full compliance with all internal risk management requirements, controls, procedures, policies, and applicable regulations through diligent personal conduct.

To excel as Director Credit Manager Leveraged Finance at MUFG you will bring extensive hands‑on experience managing complex leveraged finance portfolios within leading financial institutions, a proven record of exercising significant delegated credit approval authority under tight regulatory scrutiny, and exceptional analytical skills. You will communicate clearly and empathetically, guiding junior colleagues and engaging credibly with senior stakeholders across multiple functions.

• Extensive experience in leveraged finance credit management within major financial institutions or investment banks operating across EMEA markets.
• Proven track record of exercising significant delegated credit approval authority on large‑scale transactions while maintaining strict adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Exceptional analytical skills demonstrated through high‑quality report writing, portfolio oversight responsibilities, and sound decision‑making under pressure.
• Strong understanding of industry dynamics across TMT (Technology Media Telecom), Consumer & Healthcare…