Head - Transaction Execution (Structured Real Estate Finance)

Homes England is launching the National Housing Bank, a new government-backed investment platform to accelerate housing delivery across England. With £16bn in capital, it will unlock private investment, support regeneration and accelerate housing delivery across the UK. Joining now offers a rare opportunity to shape a major new national investment platform from the ground up.

Helping to lead a team of highly skilled individuals alongside Transaction and Portfolio Managers and external professional advisors to ensure timely and effective contracting of complex real estate debt transactions (structured real estate and infrastructure lending) to support the delivery of new homes.

Responsibilities of the role holder will primarily relate to documentation and delivery of transactions in accordance with relevant risk approvals, policies and other standards, including focus on the legal and specialist diligence aspects of the transaction. The Transaction Execution ('TE') Head will be expected to ensure consistency of execution standards and appropriate management of execution risk across a portfolio of complex new real estate development loans and amendments originated by the transaction management team.

Responsibilities include:

• To project manage Complex Real Estate transactions from credit approval through to Completion.
• Management of transaction workflow through close liaison with team heads.
• Instruction, preparation, negotiation, review and execution of transaction documentation and associated due diligence to time and budget and in accordance with agreed term sheets, policy standards and credit approval conditions, using sound commercial judgement and delegated authorities as appropriate.
• Effective management of internal and external stakeholders, counterparties and advisor relationships to ensure transactions progression and effective risk management.
• Review due diligence reports produced by external advisors and ensure Homes England's position is protected by providing feedback to advisors and liaising with internal stakeholders where appropriate.

Candidate profile:

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience.
• Ideally, direct work experience in a relevant field as a banker, legal advisor, surveyor or accountant, or similar.
• Direct experience of executing complex real estate finance debt facilities including development finance and experience in negotiating relevant contracts and assessing the funding structures to mitigate financial risk for the lender.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven leadership capability.
• Familiarity and understanding of professional property reports, security and legal documentation (including LMA style legal documents and RCFs), valuation methodologies and practices and the ability to challenge where required - good familiarity with risk mitigating strategies as well as an excellent understanding of the range of investments across the equity and debt capital spectrum.
• Demonstrates strong commercial judgement and negotiation skills with the ability to identify and articulate the risk implications of proposals, enabling balanced and informed decision-making.

Why join?

• Help build a new national investment institution.
• Work on complex housing and regeneration transactions.
• Deploy £16bn of government-backed capital.
• Hybrid 50/50 working across multiple national locations.
• Defined benefit pension and strong public-sector benefits.

Right to Work in the UK is required.