HSBC Global Services Limited
Vice President - Leveraged & Aquisition Finance

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Associate Director, Leveraged and Acquisition Financing
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We’re one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Leveraged and Acquisition Financing.
HSBC’s Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (LAF) team to originate, underwrite and syndicate event-driven and flow financing solutions for corporate and financial sponsor clients. This role sits at the centre of acquisitions, refinancings and recapitalisations across capital markets and bank funding structures including High Yield bonds and Institutional Term Loan B.
You’ll partner closely with a Managing Director or Director on transactions and manage Analysts and Associates across execution. Success means structuring and delivering well-governed financings, building a sustainable deal pipeline and strengthening client relationships across the platform. You’ll work with stakeholders across Global Banking & Markets and the wider Group while ensuring outcomes align to HSBC’s purpose, values and risk standards.
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As an HSBC employee in the UK, you’ll have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
In this role you’ll:
- Originate, underwrite and syndicate (as appropriate) leveraged and acquisition finance solutions for corporate and financial sponsor clients
- Structure debt financing for acquisitions, refinancings and recapitalisations across capital markets and bank funding markets
- Evaluate due diligence, develop financing models and prepare CAC/TRM and other credit submission materials
- Participate in governance forums including CAC, CSRRC and Credit Committee (as applicable)
- Execute transactions including negotiating key commercial terms in financing documentation and coordinating execution workstreams
- Prepare marketing materials and support syndication activity in partnership with LAF Syndicate as transactions evolve
- Manage transaction reporting including income, work-in-progress updates, complete deal folders and maintenance of inside or confidential registers
- Manage Analysts and Associates on transactions and support their development and training needs
To be successful in this role you’ll meet the following requirements:
- Able to demonstrate the relevant level of technical knowledge and experience of Leveraged Finance solutions
- Demonstrate experience structuring debt financing across capital markets and bank funding solutions including High Yield bonds and Institutional Term Loan B
- Well-developed commercial experience in originating and evaluating new business opportunities
- Very good communication skills to work with various sources of information to produce easily digestible reports and presentations and other marketing media
- Possess very good stakeholder management skills, coupled with a professional confidence that engender the view of a ‘Trusted Partner’ across a varied internal and external audience
- Demonstrate really good time management, planning and organisational skills with the ability to managing multiple tasks often with conflicting priorities
- Have a firm understanding of the Risk and Control and Regulatory governance of Corporate and Investment Banking


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