In this role, you will:

• Proactively and frequently be involved in the UK M&A market, acting as a senior ambassador for HSBC and originating appropriate debt financing opportunities.
• Lead or assist in negotiations, discussions, pitches with Sponsors, M&A advisers, clients and prospective clients and alongside team members share significant experience of managing complex often international transaction processes
• Work closely as part of a team to structure and deliver robust credit facilities for proposed transactions, identifying and mitigating key risks that will secure and protect the bank while meeting client needs.
• Manage and lead deal teams and work closely with other Leveraged Finance or other business teams to ensure transactions are appropriately resourced and deadlines and key milestones are met
• Set expectations, share best practice and manage, monitor, coach and develop the junior members of the team and others to ensure that they maximise their performance, meet the required standards, and continuously develop their capabilities and experience.
• Encourage constructive cross-country and cross-business teamwork that enables delivery of the financial growth plan for the UK business, whilst promoting and demonstrating the values of HSBC and its Charter. 

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience working in a Leveraged Finance or similar environment
• Experience in either advising or providing financing in M&A transactions, particularly those involving private equity investment.
• A developing network of contacts and associations with the M&A market, private equity or corporate clients.
• Experience of using various credit analysis techniques, insight into lending and extensive business knowledge to lead and shape and negotiate complex lending solutions
• A comprehensive understanding of risk management and proven experience of ensuring own/others' compliance with relevant regulatory processes
• A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, managing other team members and utilising appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success

The base location of this role will be Landmark Building, St Peter’s Square, Manchester.

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.  HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

When joining HSBC Commercial Banking UK, you will become a valued member of our team, we take the time to get to know you and there will be many tailored development opportunities along the way to support your career to grow as much as you want. We can offer you a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption pay, and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution. But this is only the start, we work closely with our colleagues to understand their life balance needs and we support them with several schemes and initiatives. We can’t wait to tell you about our ways of working, wellbeing agenda and our healthiest human system!