• Associate Director opportunity to join the market leading Funds/Financial Sponsors coverage team
• Work with a high performing team and propel your career
• Permanent opportunity based in Sydney

Our people are customer obsessed. They prioritise the needs and satisfaction of the customer above all else.  Our mindset fosters innovation and creates strong, lasting customer relationships as we strive to be the most customer centric company in Australia and New Zealand. 

The Role:

As Associate Director you’ll be responsible for supporting the relationship management and strategic direction of a large portfolio of high-profile Fund/Financial sponsor clients. You’ll benefit from the support of a large team to deliver bespoke debt and non-debt financial solutions to the bank’s client base and work collaboratively with other areas of the bank to enhance ancillary business and to maximise shareholder value.

Each day, you’ll go above and beyond to: 

• Support the Client Director, responsibility for the client relationship management of a portfolio of clients across the Funds Management sector in Australia. This includes joint responsibility for the overall financial performance and returns of the client portfolio
• Build client advocacy for NAB
• Collaborate and work closely with key product teams, including Infrastructure, Property, Markets, Transactional, Portfolio Management and Credit partners to deliver client outcomes and drive growth
• Lead the execution from a documentation point of view for any new Fund level debt financings
• Assist the Client Management & Execution team with complex credit submissions when required
• Be accountable for the credit risk quality of the portfolio; proactively manage risk and meet all policy and compliance requirements
• Structure and price new Fund level debt transactions

We’re looking for the best and brightest to deliver the best for our customers. You’ll need:  

• Detailed sector knowledge ideally gained across the Funds/Financial Sponsors sector, through relevant institutional banking experience (all sectors, including Funds, Property, Infrastructure will be considered) or across Portfolio Management with proven credit writing skills in those sectors.
• Proven track record of assisting the management of client relationships and driving client advocacy
• Proven track record of assisting origination ability that delivers revenue and returns
• Commercial acumen and highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Tertiary qualifications in business, law or engineering, Corporate/Institutional banking experience

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