Vice President, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance

Join us as a Vice President, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance

• Take on a new role in which you’ll be driving strategic conversations with our customers through your sector and capital structure expertise across all Western European geographies and products
• We’ll look to you to contribute towards the delivery of our Leveraged & Acquisition franchise for our Sponsor clients in the European market and identify opportunities to expand the scope and profitability of the franchise from existing or new relationships
• You’ll be able to really make this role your own, allowing excellent exposure for you and your work, driving and developing client relationships and internal visibility

What you'll do

Delivering a wide range of financing solutions to private equity clients, as well as sponsor-owned corporates across Europe, we act as the Centre of Excellence for the origination and delivery of complex and event-driven transactions for the European Leveraged Finance market. In this key role, you’ll be working on transactions with colleagues from Frankfurt, London, Paris and Amsterdam.

You’ll also provide support to senior originators in building and maintaining the business with a defined set of clients, while providing strong execution capability. Developing a strong network of relationships with coverage and credit management teams to grow our finance business, you’ll be identifying new opportunities to expand the scope and profitability of the franchise.

Through the course of your work, you’ll also be:

• Preparing first class analysis, pitch materials, term sheets, post transaction reviews and other documentation to support the origination effort
• Looking for opportunities to expand the scope and profitability of NatWest by identifying and originating new opportunities from existing relationships or developing new profitable relationships in a timely manner
• Focusing on originating, structuring and executing Leveraged Finance deals in the European market, working on transactions across a broad range of sectors and asset classes
• Developing a strong network of relationships with Coverage, Product, Credit and Portfolio Management in order to grow and sustain the Leveraged Finance business
• Developing a strong network of relationships across Structured Finance to enable all aspects of capability to be considered in the context of client requirements

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with great commercial skills to deliver appropriate solutions to clients that are profitable for the bank. With strong collaboration skills, you’ll have a track record of working with others to deliver complex transactions for clients and the ability to work effectively and engagingly with internal and external stakeholders.

You’ll also need:

• Experience in credit underwriting, financial modelling and financial statement analysis, with strong accounting skills and knowledge
• Strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to speak, write and read fluently in English
• The ability to be detail-oriented with exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• A practical understanding and application of risk management disciplines
• A proven ability to deliver to stretching transaction deadlines
• Experience of relevant legal policies, regulatory and statutory obligations and risk management

What else you need to know:

CVs must be submitted in English. German language skills are not a prerequisite, another European language, specifically French will be a plus.

To learn more about NatWest Bank Europe click here:  https://www.natwest.com/en/europe.html