Director, Credit Manager (Leveraged Finance) in London

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career. Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

This pivotal role offers you the opportunity to shape credit strategy across high-profile sectors including Leveraged Finance, TMT, and Consumer & Healthcare within EMEA. As part of MUFG’s collaborative and supportive environment, you will play a key role in guiding a talented team of credit professionals, influencing strategic decisions, and ensuring robust risk management practices. The organisation is renowned for its commitment to professional growth, knowledge sharing, and fostering an inclusive culture where your expertise will be valued and your contributions recognised.

What you'll do:

• As Director Credit Manager Leveraged Finance at MUFG in London, you will be entrusted with significant responsibility for shaping the future of credit management across multiple high-impact sectors.
• Your day-to-day activities will involve mentoring a skilled team of credit professionals while exercising substantial delegated authority over major transactions.
• You will collaborate closely with relationship managers and origination teams to provide expert input on deal structuring and risk assessment.
• By engaging proactively with stakeholders across the business—both regionally and globally—you will help drive strategic initiatives that enhance portfolio quality while ensuring rigorous adherence to compliance standards.
• Your ability to foster knowledge sharing within your team will be crucial as you contribute to developing divisional strategies that support MUFG’s broader objectives.

Success in this role requires not only technical excellence but also strong interpersonal skills as you build relationships with colleagues throughout the organisation.

What you bring:

• Extensive experience in leveraged finance credit management within major financial institutions or investment banks operating across EMEA markets is essential for success in this role.
• Proven track record of exercising significant delegated credit approval authority on large-scale transactions while maintaining strict adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Exceptional analytical skills demonstrated through high-quality report writing, portfolio oversight responsibilities, and sound decision-making under pressure.
• Strong understanding of industry dynamics across TMT (Technology Media Telecom), Consumer & Healthcare sectors—including familiarity with financial structures unique to these markets.
• Excellent interpersonal abilities enabling you to guide teams effectively while building trusted relationships with front line managers as well as product origination/distribution businesses.
• Commitment to continuous professional development evidenced by ongoing learning about new industries/sectors/countries/players/legal frameworks relevant to leveraged finance credits.
• Demonstrated capability in contributing strategically at divisional level—assessing risk appetite; setting limits; influencing policy; representing interests at internal forums regionally/globally.
• Deep appreciation for compliance culture—ensuring personal conduct aligns fully with all relevant controls/procedures/regulations/policies at all times.
• Ability to model MUFG’s Risk Culture Pillars: accountability for risk identification/mitigation; curiosity; partnership-building; willingness to challenge status quo constructively; openness towards positive change.

What sets this company apart:

MUFG stands out as one of the world’s most respected financial groups—renowned for its stability heritage innovation commitment towards responsible banking practices. Employees benefit from an inclusive workplace culture where diversity is celebrated collaboration encouraged every voice heard regardless background or tenure. The bank invests heavily in professional development offering access cutting-edge training resources mentorship programmes designed accelerate career progression whilst supporting personal growth ambitions outside work too. Flexible working arrangements generous pension contributions comprehensive wellbeing initiatives further underscore MUFG’s dedication creating supportive environment where everyone can flourish long-term.

What's next:

If you are ready to take your career in leveraged finance credit management to new heights within a truly global institution we encourage you apply now! Apply today by clicking on the link provided—your next exciting chapter at MUFG awaits.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements. MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.