Head of Securitisation

JOB TITLE: Head of Securitisation & Non-Bank Financial Institutions Credit

LOCATION(S): London

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

Our continued commitment to helping Britain prosper means that as a colleague you can make a difference to customers, businesses and communities.

Together we have a key role to play in shaping the bank of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll continue to have opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

About this opportunity

As Head of Securitisation & Specialist Non-Bank Financial Institutions Credit, you'll get to inspire and lead the team of Credit Officers who look after this exciting and growing portfolio which includes Securitisation, Specialist Finance, Clearing Houses, Exchanges and Intermediaries. You get to design and deliver Sector Strategies, Credit Policies and Processes to help manage your portfolio. You'll support and constructively challenge the business to build a long-term business.

We're looking for a trusted business partner who can be a role model across FI Credit and build strong relationships with key partners. As a senior leader within the team, you will have great development opportunity in your role supporting the Credit and Business teams in resolving issues across all FI Credit sectors.

FI Credit is a fun and exciting place to work. We're a friendly bunch, very curious, and we love asking lots of questions. We love to challenge existing ways of working and are always looking for ways to simplify and automate things, so we can focus on what matters. We collaborate closely with Coverage and Product teams and see ourselves as business enablers. We're passionate about risk management, and we want to support our business partners to build a sustainable business with strong and long-term client relationships.

We're passionate about our people, and we have a huge focus on empowerment, career progression, learning & development, agility and work-life balance. As a deputy head of FI Credit, You will have the opportunity to contribute your knowledge and experience across all the portfolios in the team too, which includes Banks & Intra-group, Insurance, Fund Finance, Asset Managers & Wealth, Hedge Funds, and Sovereigns.

You'll be empowered to set the Sector Strategies and Risk-Appetite for your portfolio and lead regular portfolio monitoring and oversight discussions with our Coverage partners. You'll be trusted to take decisions with a sizeable, delegated credit authority. Please note, the holder of this position will act as a Material Risk Taker (MRT).

Experience wise, we're looking for someone who has:

• Significant experience across Securitisation, Specialist Finance, Clearing Houses, Exchanges and Intermediaries. multiple FI Credit sectors.
• Held senior Credit Authority in past roles and has formally led credit teams.
• Experience in leading reviews and meetings with regulators.
• Experience of presenting at Board level.
• An excitement for presenting at Town Halls and large colleague forums.
• Experience of structured performance management of team members.
• Sound knowledge of the key portfolio sectors that you'll be leading including sector trends, horizon risks and regulation.
• Excellent product knowledge of Securitisation lending structures and derivatives.
• Experience in negotiating lending, derivatives and Securitisation documentation.
• With the deputy head of FI credit role in mind, experience of past credit roles in Insurance, Financial Sponsors and Funds.
• Led client due diligence calls and managed work-out cases.
• Track-record in independent decision making and is able to communicate succinctly and efficiently in a clear and unambiguous manner.
• A passion for change, automation and simplification.
• A real excitement for supporting and promoting team members ensuring all team members have time for personal development, up-skilling and cross training.
• Great social skills and is keen to build trusted relationships with business partners.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual discretionary 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 leave policies

About working for us

We're focused on creating a values-led culture, and our approach to inclusion and diversity means that we all have the opportunity to make a real difference, together. We'll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

So if you have the skills we're seeking and you're looking for your next step, we'd love to hear from you.