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Santander are looking for a Director to join our highly regarded Financial Sponsors team based in our Bristol office.

As an integral member of the Financial Sponsors business, you will also be part of the wider Structured Finance Group which sits within Santander Corporate & Commercial Banking (‘CCB’).

Financial Sponsors focus is primarily debt-led, delivering bespoke funding solutions to Private Equity owned businesses, mainly for complex and event driven opportunities, across both new and existing CCB clients.

The difference you’ll make:

• Forming and maintaining relationships with management teams, sponsors, advisers and other KBIs to drive advocacy of San UK in the market and help win new business introductions.

• Structuring complex funding solutions, including detailed financial modelling, instructing / reviewing due diligence reports, modelling / negotiating financial covenants

• Displaying expertise technical, legal and credit / debt structuring and risk skills and (where appropriate) being able to apply them across a wide range of sub sectors and borrowers.

• Understanding of all deal administration processes and the ability to manage these with minimal supervision.

• Identifying & mitigating risk techniques, working within approved credit processes and appetite frameworks, managing exceptions appropriately.

• Managing, instructing and negotiating term sheets and facility documentation with an extensive understanding of the key legal processes underpinning transactions.

• Demonstrating a client-centric approach, working collaboratively with other areas of SAN UK to deliver CCB strategy, and maximise cross-sale opportunities.

What you’ll bring:

• Technical ability (credit analysis and financial modelling) to structure financial sponsor or leveraged finance transactions.

• Proven track record of completing Structured Finance Transactions

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Origination skills, ideally with an existing network and / or the capability to build the network.

• Stakeholder management with the ability to consistently work to tight deadlines and project manage numerous complex workstreams.

• Managing, instructing and negotiating legal documentation

• Accountancy qualifications or similar PQ’s would be helpful but are not essential.

What else you need to know:

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.

By working this way, we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.

This role is based in Bristol and our current expectation is at least 2 days in an office every week.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year

• £6,000 car allowance per year

• Company funded individual private medical insurance

• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments

• Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover

• Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk or call 0870 414 9080.