Join us as a Director in NatWest’s Mid-Cap Leveraged Finance Team
- You’ll be a senior member of NatWest’s Mid-Cap Leveraged Finance (MCLF) Structured Finance team, operating across the UK and Western Europe
- We’ll look to you to drive deal origination with coverage of Mid-Market private equity sponsors, and lead execution of sponsor leveraged finance transactions, managing all external and internal stakeholders, deal teams and processes
- This is a senior position, requiring a seasoned Director with strong sponsor leveraged finance experience and an established network of contacts across the UK private equity market
- This is an opportunity for you to join a high flow, leading bank franchise in the UK sponsor leveraged finance Mid-Market, and a collaborative team with a strong culture and an established track record of high performance
What You'll Do
As a Director, you’ll be one of the senior leaders driving the MCLF business and strategy forward, owning client and advisor relationships, driving deal flow and transaction execution within risk appetite, and developing juniors
Day to day you’ll be responsible for:
- Driving growth, market coverage, and market profile of the MCLF business
- Originating high quality transactions and delivering best-in-class structuring and execution, whilst leveraging the bank’s broader platform and collaborating effectively with teams across the bank to deliver client solutions across financing, banking, and risk management
- Working closely with MCLF’s institutional lending partners to deliver client financing solutions more effectively
- Actively driving achievement of MCLF’s objectives and financial budgets, with a continued focus on driving sustainable growth and attractive risk-adjusted returns
- Leading, managing, coaching and enabling junior colleagues to develop to their full potential
The Skills You'll Need
It’s important that you have extensive knowledge of the UK leveraged finance Mid-Market, with strong contacts across the market. You’ll display good leadership experience and will have a track record of working with others to build business success
You’ll also need to demonstrate:
- Experience in strategic thinking and external marketing
- Proven people management ability, delivering results through others
- A strong understanding of credit risk, structuring and documentation in a sponsor leveraged finance context, with extensive practical experience across transactions
- The ability to strongly contribute to the delivery of stretching financial team targets
Hours
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02/02/2026Ways of Working:HybridNatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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