Director, Corporate Leverage

• Shawbrook is a specialist lending bank built for owner-managed businesses. In Corporate Leverage, we provide smart, flexible cashflow lending to support acquisitions and growth across the UK Lower Mid-Market.
• As a Director, you will operate at pace in a high-conviction, commercially dynamic environment: originating and leading complex transactions end-to-end, applying sharp credit judgement, and helping shape a growing franchise with visible impact.
• You will own deals end-to-end; from first approach and structuring through diligence, credit approval and legal completion; balancing pace and commercial ambition with disciplined risk management, robust documentation and strong stakeholder outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Originate With Intent

• Build and convert a strong pipeline, becoming the first call for advisors, investors and management teams when a cashflow deal needs to happen quickly.
• Generate opportunities through targeted outbound activity, market presence and disciplined relationship coverage.
• Apply front-end judgement: triage opportunities fast, qualify hard, and focus time on deals that fit appetite and deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns.

Lead Deal Strategy and Structuring

• Typical transactions include acquisition finance and growth capital for UK owner-managed businesses and investor-backed (non-PE) companies, typically with EBITDA of £1m–£10m+, using cashflow-based underwriting.
• Set the shape of each deal: structure facilities, covenant packages and protections that work for the client and remain robust in stressed scenarios.
• Own the commercial outcome on pricing, terms and structure, balancing growth ambition with disciplined risk/return.
• Get under the skin of businesses quickly: interrogate performance drivers, cash conversion, resilience and management capability.

Execute End-to-End With Momentum

• Lead transactions from first engagement through diligence, credit submission, negotiation and completion of legal documentation.
• Direct and quality-control outputs across diligence, modelling and analysis to ensure the work is decision-ready and anchored in the key credit risks.
• Work with a strong junior deal team who provide analytical support, credit materials and diligence coordination.
• Partner with the dedicated Portfolio team on material back-book activity, staying close to clients and supporting outcomes on amendments, waivers and key events.
• Drive momentum across internal and external stakeholders, including Portfolio, Risk, Operations, Credit, Finance, Legal and advisors, removing friction and keeping deals moving.

Build the Franchise and Raise the Bar

• Help set our agenda in Lower Mid-Market cashflow lending: where we play, how we originate, and the standards we hold in structuring and execution.
• Coach and develop colleagues, raising capability in commercial thinking, credit discipline and delivery quality.
• Contribute to a high-performance culture that is accountable, collaborative, direct and outcomes-focused.

Lead With Judgement on Risk, Governance and Conduct

• Put risk thinking at the front of the deal: spot the issues early, shape the structure and protections accordingly, and keep control of the key moving parts through to close.
• Drive disciplined pace: move quickly without cutting corners, and make clear calls when a deal needs tightening, re-shaping or walking away.
• Give Credit confidence: present a crisp view of the business, cash generation, downside scenarios, covenants and mitigants, with a clear recommendation.
• Maintain strong governance and compliance discipline throughout origination and execution: clear rationale, strong documentation, and no surprises.

• We value pace with discipline: direct communication, strong ownership, and a bias to action, without compromising risk standards.

Skills & Experience

• Proven deal leadership: Track record leading senior cashflow debt / leveraged finance transactions end-to-end, including structuring and legal negotiation.
• Origination credibility: Established network with SME investors and intermediaries/advisors, and the presence to win trust quickly with senior stakeholders.
• Sharp credit judgement: Confident interrogating financial statements, cash generation, resilience and downside risk; able to make clear, balanced recommendations.
• Commercial edge: Strong instinct for pricing, structure and terms; understands competitive dynamics and how to protect returns.
• High-pace execution: Comfortable running multiple complex workstreams, making decisions with imperfect information, and delivering outcomes.
• Influence and communication: Can land complex ideas simply for Credit and senior stakeholders, and externally with clients and advisors.
• Mentoring mindset: Enjoys raising capability in others and setting a high bar for quality.

Key attributes

• Proven experience in financial services, including proven experience in senior corporate leverage cashflow debt transactions.
• Demonstrable experience in structuring, executing and managing risk through to completion.

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity, Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
• Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns, mental wellbeing and more general queries around family, work, housing, and health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service

Your Lifestyle - It’s important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 27 days holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide
• Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
• Community support and charitable giving

Your Contribution - We’re focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done