Associate Director

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As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK‑based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay, and support when you return to work, as well as a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

HSBC UK Leveraged Finance is a national business consisting of almost 150 colleagues, covering c.350+ clients and a diverse range of Private Equity (PE) relationships. The business is a market leader with four key areas of expertise:
Origination, Execution, Financial Sponsor Coverage & Client Coverage. The customer base is varied and can range in size from a turnover of typically £100m to more than £2bn. The team is sector agnostic, but most customers are categorised by their private equity ownership. Lending money to support PE firms with leveraged buyouts is often complex and therefore subject to sophisticated financial modelling, structuring and downside sensitivities.

HSBC UK Leveraged Finance (LF) is seeking an experienced individual to join them as an Associate Director.

The role of the Associate Director is to assist in the origination and lead the execution of bespoke lending solutions that support and enhance investment and acquisitions made by private equity firms (Sponsors) in UK‑headquartered companies.

The Leveraged Finance team will originate the financing opportunity, structure the facilities, oversee the due diligence process, obtain necessary internal approvals including credit approval, and negotiate legal documentation that வெ enables the arranging of debt financing to support a private‑equity‑led investment or acquisition.

• Proactively and frequently be involved in the UK M&A market, acting as a senior ambassador for HSBC and originating appropriate debt financing opportunities.
• Lead or assist in negotiations, discussions, pitches with sponsors, M&A advisers, clients and prospective clients, and share significant experience of managing complex, often international transaction processes.
• Work closely as part of a team to structure and deliver robust credit facilities for proposed transactions, identifying and mitigating key risks that will secure and protect the bank while meeting client needs.
• Manage and lead deal teams and work closely with other Leveraged Finance or other business teams to ensure transactions are appropriately resourced and deadlines and key milestones are met.
• Set expectations, share best practice and manage, monitor, coach and develop junior members of the team and others to maximise performance, meet required standards, and continuously develop capabilities and experience.
• Encourage constructive cross‑country and cross‑business teamwork that enables delivery of the financial growth plan for the UK business, whilst promoting and demonstrating the values of HSBC and its Charter.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience working in a commercial banking environment is essential.
• Experience advising or providing financing in M&A transactions, particularly those involving private equity investment, with a network of contacts and associations in the M&A market.
• Experience of using various credit analysis techniques, insight into lending and extensive business knowledge to lead and shape complex lending solutions.
• A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, managing teams and utilising appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success.
• Both spoken and written communication skills with experience of analysing and summarising high volumes of business and transactional information under significant time pressure, while adapting style and approach to the audience.
• Experience of using relevant software packages, i.e. Microsoft…