Financial Sponsors Group, Director / MD

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London, England
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
The role involves managing relationships with financial sponsors, driving client engagement, supervising portfolio management, and mentoring junior staff, with a focus on strategic opportunities and cross-selling.
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Department Overview:
The Financial Sponsors Group (‘FSG’) is a global team covering ING’s largest financial sponsor (private capital) relationships by income and exposure. Our primary responsibility is to manage these relationships, coordinating across products and geographies to explore and maximise cross-buy opportunities. This involves regular interaction with Leveraged Finance, Corporate Finance, Fund Finance, Financial Markets, Transaction Services and other Sector teams. Added to this, FSG has a secondary portfolio management function with responsibility for allocation and performance of capital, as well as tracking share of wallet and leading reciprocity discussions. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities of Role: 
Client coverage:

  • Undertake banker role for FSG clients with ability to have strategy discussions with senior stakeholders

  • Drive selected client relationships with stakeholders on client side on a portfolio of clients to be allocated

  • Liaise laterally and vertically with stakeholders, peers and juniors to drive the client dialogue, owning the relationship with the client

  • Identify and drive cross-buy opportunities

  • Support commercial and credit committee applications

  • Organize and set up internal deal teams to drive and coordinate origination

Portfolio and data management:

  • Supervise and contribute to account planning and performance reviews in order to allocate scarce resources in the right relationships and optimize portfolio management with the objective to deliver on KPIs

  • Helping to create a centre of excellence of financial sponsor activity

  • Contribute to KYC onboarding and remediation efforts as part of overall client relationship

Internal Management: 

  • In close cooperation with Acquisition Finance and Corporate Finance, help to set the strategy for, and drive the execution of, ING’s business with your clients

  • Mentor junior team members

Candidate Profile
Experience/Knowledge:

  • Knowledge of relevant financial sponsor product suite with appetite to develop in particular fields

  • Preferably network of existing relationships within financial sponsor universe

  • Minimum 10 years experience primarily in investment or corporate banking, as well as Financial Markets and Transaction Services

  • Credit risk experience

Personal Competencies:

  • Commercial savviness to trace opportunities in client universe and build relationships with client counterparts

  • Energy to drive transactions and result orientation

  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and multiple stakeholder environment

  • Entrepreneurial mindset and tenacity

ING’s purpose is ‘Empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business’. Every ING colleague is given the opportunity to contribute to that vision. We champion self-reliance and foster a collaborative and innovative culture. The Orange Code is our global manifesto for how we stay true to our purpose and our tradition of reinvention and empowerment. It is made up of ING Values (we are honest; we are prudent; we are responsible) and ING Behaviours: (you take it on and make it happen; you help others to be successful; you are always a step ahead)  

For us, success will only be achieved if we act with Integrity.

Some companies see diversity as a box to be ticked. We see it as fundamental to our success and we encourage a proper work/life balance.  At ING, you will be judged on your performance in line with the Orange Code. And that’s a promise.

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Top Skills

Corporate Finance
Credit Risk Management
Financial Markets
Investment Banking
Transaction Services
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The Company
Amsterdam, North Holland
65,710 Employees

What We Do

ING is a pioneer in digital banking and on the forefront as one of the most innovative banks in the world. As ING, we have a clear purpose that represents our conviction of people’s potential. We don’t judge, coach, or tell people how to live their lives. However big or small, modest or grand, we empower people and businesses to realise their vision for a better future. We made the promise to make banking frictionless, removing barriers to progress, and make people confident in their financial decisions. As a global bank we have a huge opportunity – and responsibility – to make an impact for the better. We can play a role by financing change, sharing knowledge, and innovating. Being sustainable is in all the choices we make—as a lender, as a partner and through the services we offer our customers

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