AVP - Transaction Management

Join us as a Transaction Manager at Barclays in the Corporate and Investment Bank. The Transaction Management team is a highly regarded team of loan specialists focusing on negotiation of lending products in the Wholesale Lending team. You will be given a high level of responsibility and autonomy in structuring, negotiating, and executing debt products for corporate and investment banking clients from across a large variety of market sectors and geographic jurisdictions. This includes negotiating term sheets, facility agreements and other finance documents and overall project management of debt transactions. You will lead negotiations directly with clients to meet their requirements and secure necessary approvals, manage external and internal stakeholders, and ensure transactions are smoothly handed over for booking and funding.

The successful candidate will receive bespoke training and extensive support to develop and apply market-leading structuring and deal management capabilities. An ideal candidate is a confident communicator with an interest in loan products, an eye for detail and eagerness to gain deep expertise and technical skills in the loan market. You will be given ample opportunity and support to grow in the role and trained to carefully review each opportunity for structural, legal, credit, and regulatory risks, but also to make practical market leading commercial decisions on a daily basis. The team is proud of its extensive training resources and capabilities and open to upskilling a talented candidate with ambition and potential.

This role is based in London.Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Purpose of the role

To negotiate and execute lending transactions (acquisitions, general corporate purposes, refinances and material amendments) and where relevant provide co-ordination services to the borrower.  

Accountabilities

• Negotiation of terms and coordination of lending transactions, including syndicated loans, structured finance deals, and other corporate lending activities. 
• Ensure documented terms reflect internal signoffs and meet Barclays’ key policies and procedures, across credit risk, pricing, portfolio, legal, sanctions, reputational, compliance and operational considerations.  
• Minimise risk of impairment and financial loss, negotiating terms that provide Barclays and the lenders generally with appropriate protections during the life of the loan and in any enforcement scenario.   
• Drive market standards including adherence to key LMA and other market principles, avoiding contagion risk and slippage of terms away from established principles.
• Maintenance of accurate records of transactions and regular reporting for internal and external stakeholders.   
• Identification of areas of inefficiency in the transaction process and developing solutions to improve efficiency and monitor the impact of process improvements.   

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. Complex information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.