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JOB TITLE: Associate, Strategic Debt Finance

LOCATION: London

SALARY: Competitive package available.

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 our London office

About This Opportunity

Our Commercial Banking division has a rich heritage of supporting businesses and the economic prosperity of the nation. Primarily focused on UK businesses and those with strong links to the UK. We provide customers with the support they need to help them grow, manage risk and improve efficiency.

Commercial Banking provides support to corporate clients through the provision of core banking products, such as lending, deposits and transaction banking services. Whilst also offering clients expertise in capital markets (private placements, bonds and syndicated loans), financial markets (foreign exchange, interest rate management, money market and credit) and private equity. This enables us to meet the varying and sometimes complex needs of all types of corporate clients.

You'll work as a product specialist in our Strategic Debt Finance team, providing support to senior colleagues, contributing to the overall business plan and income. You'll play an integral part of the deal team supporting origination, assessing and implementing structured debt for private equity owned corporate clients across both the mid and large cap markets.

What you’ll be doing:

• Origination of leveraged debt transactions for private equity owned clients across Corporate & Institutional Banking and Mid Corporate
• Prepare credit/investment committee applications, internal reports and marketing material
• Research future opportunities, analysing complex data to support client interaction and product offering
• Establish and support senior team members relationships with sponsors, corporate clients and advisors in order to enhance the Bank’s reputation and propose procurement of new business in line with agreed business plans
• Excellence in execution of deals ensuring alignment with internal and external partners, contributing to the business plan, ensure products are appropriately priced and that activity is aligned to the goals and values of the Group
• Undertake the duties of this role in accordance with the requirements of the company's Regulators, including FCA's Principles for Business

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're crafting finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!

What you’ll need:

• Knowledge of the leverage finance sector.
• Familiarity and ability to deal with sophisticated financial models (strong Excel skills are required)
• Strong report and presentation writing skills and ability to communicate effectively at all levels and across different audiences

About working for us!

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.