Description
We are seeking an Associate Director - Lender Coverage to join our team in London. As an Associate Director, you will play a key role in providing loan market insight and expertise to clients and colleagues across the business.
You will work alongside the Director of Lender Coverage, Relationship Directors, and product partners to identify and develop new lending opportunities while supporting the continued growth of our Corporate Debt Finance franchise.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Keeping close to developments across the primary and secondary loan markets, using your knowledge of pricing, comparable transactions, liquidity, and investor appetite to provide clear and relevant market insight.
- Producing client-facing market updates, supporting pricing and structuring discussions, and bringing together lender and investor feedback to help shape informed conversations with clients.
- Analysing client maturity profiles, refinancing windows, and covenant headroom to help identify refinancing and amend-and-extend opportunities.
- Preparing analysis and supporting the handover of mandates to execution teams.
- Collaborating with colleagues across Coverage, Debt Finance, Credit, Legal, Sales, and Trading to deliver a joined-up, high-quality client experience.
- Supporting the delivery of Loan Market Updates and presentations, sharing your knowledge across the business and helping strengthen debt-market capability across Corporate Banking.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Experience at AVP or Analyst level within Lender Coverage, Debt Finance, Leveraged Finance, Credit, Debt Capital Markets, or Debt Advisory.
- Working knowledge of corporate and leveraged loan markets, including credit, underwriting, syndication, and documentation.
- Proven ability to analyse and interpret financial statements and to research internal and external market data sources.
- A solid ability to collect, interpret, and communicate complex data clearly and concisely.
- An ability to apply AI tools to practical analysis and to improve team processes, in line with approved Barclays processes.
Desirable skills include:
- Higher education degree or suitable professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, AMCT, CFA).
- Lending or loan syndication experience within a financial institution.
- Demonstrable interest in corporate and leveraged loan markets, including sponsor-backed borrowers.