Director, Credit Manager (Leveraged Finance)

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About the Role

MUFG, a globally respected financial institution, is seeking a Director Credit Manager Leveraged Finance to join their London-based team. 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.

With exposure to complex transactions and the chance to represent the credit division at both regional and global forums, this position provides an exceptional platform for career advancement within one of the world’s leading banks.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership and Mentorship: Join MUFG’s highly regarded EMEA Credit Team in a senior leadership capacity, overseeing critical portfolios in Leveraged Finance, TMT, and Consumer & Healthcare sectors while collaborating with top-tier professionals across the region.
• Continuous Learning and Development: Benefit from a culture that prioritises continuous learning, professional development, and knowledge sharing—empowering you to expand your industry expertise and influence divisional strategy on a global scale.
• Inclusive Work Environment: Enjoy working in an inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives, encourages proactive risk management, and supports flexible working opportunities tailored to help you thrive both professionally and personally.
• Credit Management and Oversight:
  • Provide oversight and guidance to a team of credit professionals within the Leveraged Finance, TMT, and Consumer & Healthcare Credit Team by supporting their development and ensuring high standards of analysis.
  • Exercise delegated credit approval authority up to USD75 million or make well-considered recommendations to senior management on complex transaction files while maintaining vigilant portfolio monitoring in line with internal policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Strategic Collaboration:
  • Make balanced, timely, and thoughtful credit decisions that align with MUFG’s risk appetite while acting as a senior counterpart to front line relationship managers and product origination teams.
  • Engage proactively with front line colleagues on deal-specific or strategic developments by offering expert guidance, direction, feedback, and identifying potential red flags or breaches of policy.
• Divisional Strategy Development:
  • Contribute actively to the development of divisional credit strategy for relevant products, sectors, countries, or regions—including supporting work to assess risk appetite and set appropriate limits.
• Portfolio Management:
  • Manage and oversee a diverse portfolio of credit accounts within your areas of responsibility by providing advice and direction to ensure consistently high-quality credit analysis and decision-making.
• Industry Knowledge and Compliance:
  • Develop deep knowledge of various industries, sectors, countries, players, financial structures, and legal frameworks relevant to Leveraged Finance, TMT, and Consumer & Healthcare credit while committing to ongoing learning.
  • Demonstrate MUFG’s Risk Culture Pillars by taking accountability for identifying and mitigating risks; managing departmental risk; remaining curious; modelling effective risk partnerships; challenging existing practices; and embracing positive change.
• Internal Representation:
  • Represent the credit division at internal forums regionally and globally by sharing insights that influence decisions impacting your areas of specialism.
• Compliance:
  • Ensure full compliance with all internal risk management requirements, controls, procedures, policies, and applicable regulations through diligent personal conduct.