Associate Director, Strategic Debt Finance
London
Full time


Posted Yesterday
154520
End Date

Friday 10 April 2026
Salary Range

£0 - £0
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JOB TITLE: Associate Director, Strategic Debt Finance - Permanent and FTC positions available
SALARY: Competitive package available
LOCATION: London
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least three days per week, or 60% of our time, at our office site.
There is a permanent and 6 months secondment/FTC position available. You can select your preference when submitting your application.
Summary
The successful candidate will be integral part of the Large Cap leverage finance team supporting origination, assessing and executing structured debt for private equity owned and sub-investment grade corporate clients in all end market segments.
What you’ll be doing:
*Origination of leveraged debt transactions for private equity owned clients and sub-investment grade corporate clients
*Transaction focus on syndicated loan products and HY bond products
*Excellence in execution of deals ensuring alignment with internal partners, contributing to the business plan, ensure products are appropriately priced and that activity is aligned to the goals and values of the Group
*Research future opportunities, analysing complex data to support client interaction and product offering
*Establish and support senior team members relationships with sponsors and advisors in order to enhance the Bank’s reputation and propose procurement of new business
*Maintain and build relationships with internal stakeholders
*Prepare credit/investment committee applications, modelling, internal reports and marketing material
*Manage the documentation and due diligence process for transactions
*Always to undertake the duties of this role in accordance with the requirements of the company’s Regulators, including FCA’s Principles for Business
Why Lloyds Banking Group?
We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re crafting finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!
What you’ll need:
*Knowledge of the leverage finance sector, ideally 4+ years of experience
*Evidence of relevant execution experience across leveraged deals
*Ability to establish relationships with clients and advisors in order to originate new business
*Demonstrable high levels of attention to detail, numeracy and communicate effectively
*Familiarity and ability to deal with complex financial models (strong Excel skills are required)
*Report and presentation writing skills with strong written and verbal communication skills
*Strong knowledge of the regulatory and compliance requirements
We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.
This is a place for you:
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
*A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
*An annual performance-related bonus
*Share schemes including free shares
*Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as
*Discounted shopping
*30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
*A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental
Ready to make an impact? Apply today.
This role is considered Certified under the Senior Manager and Certification Regime as either requiring mandatory qualifications or being deemed as a role capable of providing ’significant harm’ to customers. Due to this, successful candidates will be subject to enhanced levels of vetting, and required to complete a fitness and propriety attestation on commencement in role. Colleagues performing this role will be required to be complete a fitness and propriety attestation on an annual basis and will also be subject to additional routine criminal and credit checks
As a certified colleague your details will be published on the FCA’s Financial Services Register
This role has been identified as a Client-dealing function under SYSC 27.8.18R as defined in the FCA Handbook
The Person ("P") performs the client-dealing FCA certification function for a firm if:(1) P is carrying out any of the activities in the table in SYSC 27.8.19R; and(2) those activities will involve P dealing with:(a) a person with or for whom those activities are carried out; or(b) the property of any such person;in a manner substantially connected with the carrying on of regulated activities by the firm.
If you manage certified colleagues this role will be identified as Manager of certification employees under SYSC 27.8.13R as defined in the FCA Handbook(1) The function of managing or supervising a certification employee, directly or indirectly, is an FCA-specified significant-harm function.(2) A function in (1) is not an FCA certification function for that firm if it is performed by an SMF manager of that firm.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the...