OVERVIEW:

The Director, Head of Debt Issuer Services is a key leadership role, reporting to the MD Corporate Markets Europe and will be based on a hybrid basis from either our central London office, or our city centre office in Leeds. This means you’ll need to be within a commutable distance to enable you to be in the office with your colleagues each week.
The role holder will lead and support the team who execute bondholder identification assignments and complex bond transactions as they support investment banks, law firms and restructuring advisors, with an emphasis on Bond ID’s, liability management and debt restructuring, working with international corporate and sovereign debt issuers.
The Director will provide leadership, mentorship and direction to the team, building and shaping the D.F. King Debt Intelligence strategy, ensuring we deliver a great client experience and successfully deliver all projects.

• Demonstrable experience working within Financial Markets, specifically debt capital markets
• A strong understanding of DCM corporate actions and processes of European clearing systems
• Previous experience of corporate actions, debt restructuring and investor communications
• Demonstrated ability to think commercially, meet commercial objectives and anticipating client and customer requirements, ensuring you and the team deliver the best possible outcomes
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, ensuring strong, confident communication
• Confidence, self-motivation, flexibility, conscientiousness and a can-do attitude
• Strong relationship building skills with an ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, colleagues, clients, investors and intermediaries
• Proven leadership experience within a Financial Services environment
• Additional languages would be advantageou