Head - Transaction Execution; Structured Real Estate Finance

Closing Date: 9th September 2026

Interviews will take place mid September.

As we are headquartered in Leeds our preference is to appoint to this location and priority will be given to applicants based within commuting distance of the Leeds office.

Any colleagues that are currently based in the London office can also be considered for this role.

The role of the Transaction Execution team is to project manage Complex Structured Real Estate lending transactions from Credit Approval through to completion. This will require working closely with borrowers, lender counter parties, legal advisors, valuers, monitoring surveyors, senior leadership and key internal stakeholders to drive transactions from initial term sheet through to completion, ensuring transactions are progressed in an efficient and concise manner.

This team has the appetite and resources to shape the future of housing investment in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose, whilst applying robust governance processes around capital allocation.

We will do this through the various interventions the National Housing Bank will offer including Loans, Equity and Guarantees products. These leverage wider investment to achieve outcomes that are a significant multiple of the Agency’s participation.

Working in a team with transaction execution specialists, focussing on Complex Real Estate transactions (both structured real estate and infrastructure lending), the Head of Transaction Execution will play a critical role in delivering the larger and more complex deals and initiatives within the Investments Directorate at Homes England. You will be joining a senior leadership team to help build a team of Transaction Execution specialists to support the Structured Real Estate Finance and Infrastructure teams, helping them to deliver their products.

This is a rare chance to shape the future Loans team into a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional Transaction Execution team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective completion of lending facilities and the have the opportunity to create an autonomous TE team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping our delivery processes, systematically improving the way we conduct due diligence and execute contracts. Working with Borrowers, internal stakeholders and Loans’ colleagues, you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective execution of Development Finance projects post-approval, followed by a streamlined handover to Portfolio Management. The role will support the design and delivery of key strategic projects within Loans.

There are some exciting and ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to our diligence process.

We value diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within our teams, and therefore welcome applicants from a broad range of backgrounds.

You will have extensive experience working in a real estate development lending environment, ideally focused on the residential/living sector. You will be able to navigate complex legal, financial and operational aspects of real estate lending. Your commercial mind set will enjoy problem solving and your strong attention to detail and ability to work as part of a team to deliver positive outcomes on Complex debt transactions will be invaluable.

You will have team management experience and strong project management skills. You will manage both your and your team’s deadlines and work collaboratively and constructively under pressure.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and proficient in managing stakeholders at all levels and your discussions will always be framed by a detailed understanding of the commercial and operational impacts of what we do as a wider Loans team. You will thrive on developing new ways of working as you seek out efficiencies, working in a collaborative way to contribute to the achievement of your…