Vice President, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance

NatWest Group

Jul 12

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Expert Level
Banking & Finance
Frankfurt

Requirements

The skills you'll need:
We’re looking for someone with great commercial skills to deliver appropriate solutions to clients that are profitable for the bank. With strong collaboration skills, you’ll have a track record of working with others to deliver complex transactions for clients and the ability to work effectively and engagingly with internal and external stakeholders.
You’ll also need:
Experience in credit underwriting, financial modelling and financial statement analysis, with strong accounting skills and knowledge
Strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to speak, write and read fluently in English
The ability to be detail-oriented with exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
A practical understanding and application of risk management disciplines
A proven ability to deliver to stretching transaction deadlines
Experience of relevant legal policies, regulatory and statutory obligations and risk management

Responsibilities

Delivering a wide range of financing solutions to private equity clients, as well as sponsor-owned corporates across Europe, we act as the Centre of Excellence for the origination and delivery of complex and event-driven transactions for the European Leveraged Finance market. In this key role, you’ll be working on transactions with colleagues from Frankfurt, London, Paris and Amsterdam.
You’ll also provide support to senior originators in building and maintaining the business with a defined set of clients, while providing strong execution capability. Developing a strong network of relationships with coverage and credit management teams to grow our finance business, you’ll be identifying new opportunities to expand the scope and profitability of the franchise.
Through the course of your work, you’ll also be:
Preparing first class analysis, pitch materials, term sheets, post transaction reviews and other documentation to support the origination effort
Looking for opportunities to expand the scope and profitability of NatWest by identifying and originating new opportunities from existing relationships or developing new profitable relationships in a timely manner
Focusing on originating, structuring and executing Leveraged Finance deals in the European market, working on transactions across a broad range of sectors and asset classes
Developing a strong network of relationships with Coverage, Product, Credit and Portfolio Management in order to grow and sustain the Leveraged Finance business
Developing a strong network of relationships across Structured Finance to enable all aspects of capability to be considered in the context of client requirements

FAQs

What is the main focus of the Vice President, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance role?

The main focus of this role is to drive strategic conversations with customers through sector and capital structure expertise, contribute to the Leveraged & Acquisition franchise for Sponsor clients in the European market, and identify opportunities to expand the scope and profitability of the franchise.

NatWest Group

A relationship bank for a digital world. We champion potential.

Finance

Industry

10,001+

Employees

1968

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate. As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these. Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence. One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025. We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.