Senior Director, ThinCats - Independent Sponsors

Overview

In this Senior Director role, you will originate and lead Independent Sponsor transactions within ThinCats, driving identification, structuring and execution of deals. You’ll own client and sponsor relationships, steer deal teams, and align with the bank’s appetite and standards to deliver equity certainty. You’ll shape risk-adjusted facilities for UK lower mid-market targets and contribute to origination profitability and ROE. This is a high-impact role in a specialist mid-market lending franchise, offering leadership and market-facing visibility.

Pay / Benefits

• Wellbeing and mental health resources (Headspace)
• Peppy fertility and menopause support
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym memberships
• Contributory pension and death in service

Responsibilities

• Maintain a senior sponsor network with co-investors, intermediaries and advisers in the UK lower mid-market
• Act as a trusted market face for inbound inquiries and outbound opportunities within the independent sponsor community
• Qualify opportunities against IS criteria and risk appetite, focusing on majority/control or significant minority with governance rights
• Structure, negotiate and execute large, complex IS debt facilities with rigorous risk assessment
• Analyse target businesses and financial models to design facilities that protect the Bank and meet sponsor needs
• Draft or supervise high-quality credit papers with clear recommendations and risk mitigation
• Lead client and sponsor diligence, credit approval, and completion in collaboration with Transaction Management
• Lead deal teams and mentor junior colleagues while maintaining senior relationships across Portfolio, Risk, Operations, Credit and Finance

Key requirements

• Exceptional analytical skills and strong grounding in financial models and statements
• In-depth knowledge of leveraged and acquisition finance structures, including legal documentation negotiation
• Judgement on equity certainty and syndication risk in deal-by-deal funded transactions
• Proven track record in commercial acumen, strategic thinking and executive-level reporting
• Thorough understanding of credit risk management, loan production and servicing
• Experience leading senior corporate leverage or IS cashflow debt transactions (preferably ~10 years in financial services, 5 years in leadership)

• Strong commercial acumen
• Strategic thinking
• Executive-level communication
• Financial modelling
• Leveraged and acquisition finance structures
• Credit analysis and risk assessment

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