Managing Director - Financial Institutions Credit

Exciting opportunity for a Managing Director - Financial Institutions Credit to join a leading UK Bank in London
The Opportunity
This role offers a rare opportunity to operate at the highest level of credit governance, providing independent judgement across a broad Financial Institutions (FI) portfolio, while helping shape the future direction of the platform.

• Sitting alongside FI Credit Sector Heads, you will provide horizontal sanctioning authority, ensuring consistency, discipline, and robust decision-making across all FI sectors.

Key Responsibilities
Credit Leadership & Sanctioning

• Act as a senior sanctioner across all FI sectors, exercising delegated authority on:
• New transactions
• Renewals and amendments
• Complex restructurings
• Provide independent judgement and constructive challenge to support sustainable growth
• Lead complex credit discussions across:
• Lending
• Structured finance
• Derivatives and traded products

Portfolio & Strategy

• Support the development and execution of portfolio strategy and risk appetite
• Lead portfolio reviews, thematic deep dives, and emerging risk assessments
• Drive consistency in underwriting standards across FI sectors

Platform & Transformation

• Contribute to the evolution of the FI Credit operating model
• Identify opportunities to:
• Simplify and streamline credit processes
• Enhance portfolio monitoring through automation and digitisation
• Support the development of scalable and forward-looking credit frameworks and policies

Governance & Stakeholder Engagement

• Represent FI Credit in senior governance forums and committees
• Engage with regulators, internal audit, and control functions
• Build strong partnerships across:
• Coverage
• Product
• Risk, Finance, and Legal

Leadership & Culture

• Coach and mentor senior credit professionals and emerging leaders
• Foster a culture of:
• Constructive challenge
• Collaboration and accountability
• Continuous learning and development