Financial Sponsors Associate

End Date

Salary Range

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Job Description Summary

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Financial Sponsors Associate

LOCATIONS: London

HOURS: Full-Time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least three days per week or 60% of your time, at one of our London office sites.

About This Opportunity

Lloyds Bank Financial Sponsors (FS) is a market-leading private markets finance franchise, which operates in a growing global market. Our team is responsible for co-ordinating the Bank's relationships with the world’s leading private market fund managers, who operate across private equity, private credit, private infrastructure and private real estate asset classes. The team is also responsible for the direct origination and execution of fund financing solutions for our clients.

As an Associate, your role is essential in managing and coordinating existing and new relationships the Private Credit and Real Estate asset classes and providing the necessary support in driving the strategy forward. Your responsibilities include working with the wider team to identify new opportunities that support the clients across Lloyds' products and propositions.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting a team in improving the economic relationship with the client portfolio in a “Client First” manner, through origination of new business opportunities from the existing client base, as well as new relationships

• Supporting the ongoing development and implementation of clear asset class strategies for Private Credit and Real Estate including collaborating with stakeholders to develop and deliver clear strategic Client Account Plans

• Working with internal product partners to deliver the Bank's capabilities, as well as working alongside colleagues to identify and deliver new fund level financing opportunities and collaborating in the execution, including delivering investment committee papers inline with the asset class strategy

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you'll need:

• Market/Sector/Product Understanding – An understanding of private markets, investing strategies and financing requirements is an absolute must

• Collaboration – A proven team player, as strong collaboration is required across the Bank to maximise results for clients and drive growth

• Drive and Motivation - A driven self-starter with motivation to help shape and grow the business

• Building Relationships – Evidence of building and growing long term relationships with clients and internal stakeholders

• Communication –Solid communication skills, evidenced within a banking/financial services background. You'll need to be engaging with ideas and contributing to discussions

• Process Management – Ability to support the management of lending and operational end to end processes.

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• Working with Private Market clients

• Existing relationships with clients in these asset classes

• Knowledge of credit risk in the fund finance market

About Working For Us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

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. Which is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident, so if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, please just let us know.

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.