Senior Director - Growth Finance, Strategic Finance at Nationwide

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

28 May, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Portfolio Management, Venture Debt, Credit Stewardship, Relationship Management, Commercial Judgement, Risk Management, Financial Monitoring, Restructuring, Strategic Finance, Stakeholder Management

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Growth Finance is our UK-wide venture debt proposition, providing senior debt and transactional banking facilities to innovative, high-growth businesses. This Senior Director position is a relationship portfolio role where you’ll be responsible for driving value through proactive portfolio management, building deep and trusted relationships with existing customers, and working closely with management teams, investors and key stakeholders to support performance and navigate critical business milestones. Using your commercial judgement and understanding of the venture debt market, you’ll lead the end-to-end management of client relationships, including ongoing credit stewardship, monitoring, restructurings where required, and identifying opportunities to deepen relationships and deliver additional income, all while operating within our risk and regulatory framework. This role sits within our Growth Finance team and is focused on managing and developing a portfolio of venture debt connections within Strategic Finance. The successful candidate will be responsible for building deep, trusted relationships with existing clients, applying strong commercial judgement and market insight to support portfolio performance, identify emerging risks and deliver sustainable income in line with our credit and regulatory framework. We are a well-established and respected participant in the UK venture debt market, with a strong and proven track record of supporting high-growth businesses. Our portfolio comprises fast-scaling, innovation-led and technology-enabled companies, where our non-dilutive capital plays a critical role in enabling growth. Through proactive portfolio management, we work closely with management teams, investors and wider stakeholders to help businesses navigate key inflection points, extend their cash runway and maximise long-term value while protecting founder and investor equity. We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. At Nationwide, we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK-wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected. For this job you'll be located at our Glasgow hub. There will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events, this is anticipated to be weekly in Glasgow. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here. [https://nationwide-jobs.co.uk/life-at-nationwide/rewarding-you] Virgin Money is now part of Nationwide Nationwide acquired Virgin Money in October 2024. Virgin Money continues to serve customers on the high street, and there will be a phased and considered integration over the coming years. You’ll be employed by Nationwide from day one, delivering real impact and benefitting from a highly competitive range of benefits. We’re a workplace where you’re rewarded, recognised and celebrated. Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process. If you’re a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end management of a venture debt portfolio by building trusted relationships with high-growth businesses and their investors. Drive value through proactive portfolio management, credit stewardship, and identifying opportunities to deliver additional income within regulatory frameworks.