Senior Director - Acquisition Finance, Strategic Finance in London

Acquisition Finance is our UK-wide Leverage Finance proposition supporting event driven transactions for owner-managed and private-equity backed businesses. This Senior Director role sits within our London origination team, with a specific focus on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector. You’ll be responsible for driving growth by sourcing and delivering complex debt-led transactions across a range of high-growth, innovation-driven businesses.

Leveraging your network across TMT-focused private equity sponsors, corporates and debt advisors, you will identify new lending opportunities and lead the origination process from end-to-end through structuring, credit report writing through to approval, negotiation and completion. This role within our Acquisition Finance team is focused on deal origination and is a specialist lending role under Strategic Finance, with a particular focus on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector.

The successful candidate will be required to leverage their market insight across TMT subsectors and external key business introducers (KBIs) network to originate and deliver debt-led transactions that generate strong income and returns within our risk and regulatory framework. We are a well-established and respected lender in the leverage finance market, with a strong and proven track record of supporting UK businesses with funding for acquisitions, refinancing, recapitalisations and growth. The team has extensive experience in executing deals and works closely with all stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes and build long-term relationships.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected. For this job, you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part-time, you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at our London office.

If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be focused on speaking to and building relationships with key business introducers from the across the market (private equity, debt advisory, corporate finance) with an emphasis on those active in the TMT sector, to identify and generate new lending opportunities.
• Reviewing information memorandums to screen new lending opportunities, carefully selecting the right opportunities to progress, working closely within a deal team to ensure that transactions are well structured and in line with risk appetite will all form key elements of this role.
• You’ll be leading a deal process from inception to completion, including preparation of skilled and diligent credit papers, leading conversations and negotiations with internal and external stakeholders, analysis and interpretation of complex financial statements, management information and financial models, and overseeing legal documentation.
• Alongside this, you’ll stay informed, knowledgeable and connected to the market, particularly across TMT subsectors, keeping up to date with trends and using this insight to find and shape new lending avenues and opportunities.

About you

As a minimum, you’ll have:

• Sector experience within TMT with an understanding of key value drivers, business models (SaaS, digital infrastructure, telecoms) and associated lending considerations.
• Proven experience originating and delivering acquisition finance and/or corporate transactions from initial sourcing through to completion.
• Excellent credit and financial analysis capabilities, including the ability to interpret financial information and produce high-quality lending proposals.
• A demonstrable track record of managing complex deal processes, including negotiations, due diligence, and legal documentation.
• An established network of external contacts (private equity, debt advisors, corporate finance) with the ability to extract new business opportunities from these relationships.
• Deep knowledge of UK-financial markets and corporate finance structures, with up-to-date understanding of lending and risk considerations.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and deliver outcomes.
• The ability to manage multiple transactions simultaneously, delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining quality and compliance with risk standards.

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind.
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand.
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development.
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

• 30 days holiday, pro rata.
• Access to private medical insurance.
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement.
• Access to an annual performance-related bonus.
• Training and development to help you progress your career.
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death.
• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year.

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. We forge our own path at Nationwide. As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us. At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society. We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.