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Associate Director (AD) - Financial Sponsors Coverage

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Description

We are seeking an Associate Director (AD) - Financial Sponsors Coverage to join our Corporate Financing Group in UKC. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a newly formed team serving fast-growing corporates and their dynamic shareholders.

The successful candidate will support the Head of Financial Sponsors in managing relationships with mid-market Private Equity funds, identifying revenue growth opportunities, and driving sustainable lending activity.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Relationship management: develop a relationship-based approach to deepen connections with selected Sponsors
  • Revenue growth: identify, define, and drive sustainable revenue growth from Sponsors' portfolio companies
  • Collaboration: support proactive collaboration across frontline teams to enhance customer relationships
  • Pipeline development: identify, define, and drive a pipeline of opportunities
  • Portfolio insight: create situational awareness across the UKC PE-owned portfolio companies

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Experience covering a portfolio of clients within a financial institution
  • Understanding of debt structures and product needs of mid-market and large corporates
  • Proven ability to analyze and interpret financial statements
  • Confidence communicating with senior internal stakeholders and Sponsor contacts

Desirable skills include:

  • Higher education degree or suitable professional qualification
  • Lending experience within a financial institution
  • Demonstrable understanding and interest in the Private Equity Mid-Market

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Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • higher education degree
  • lending experience
  • Private Equity Mid-Market knowledge
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