Analyst, Corporate Leverage
At Shawbrook, we’re not just financing businesses; we’re backing ambition. Our Corporate Leverage team is at the heart of SME growth across the UK, delivering smart, flexible debt solutions to owner-managed companies with bold plans.
As an Analyst, you’ll be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where your ideas matter, your impact is visible, and your career can accelerate quickly.
Key Responsibilities:
Shape Deals That Drive Growth
- Work alongside experienced dealmakers to structure acquisition and growth financing for high-potential SMEs.
- Dive deep into financials, build models, and help craft tailored debt packages that unlock opportunity.
- Own key parts of the credit process—from due diligence to presenting your insights to Credit.
Fuel Origination & Market Presence
- Be part of the front line; supporting pitches, attending market events, and building relationships with advisors, investors, and management teams.
- Help grow Shawbrook’s footprint in the SME leveraged finance space and contribute to our origination strategy.
Collaborate Across the Business
- Work closely with Credit, Legal, Finance, and Portfolio Management to deliver seamless execution.
- Support junior colleagues and contribute to a high-performance, collaborative team culture.
Champion Risk & Compliance
- Help maintain a strong risk and compliance framework across credit, operational and reputational risks, alongside regulatory dimensions.
- Spot issues early and contribute to a culture of proactive governance.
Qualifications
- Analytical firepower: Strong Excel skills, financial modelling experience, and a sharp eye for business performance.
- Commercial instinct: You understand what makes a business tick and how to structure deals that work.
- Entrepreneurial energy: You thrive in a fast-moving environment and want to help build something meaningful.
- Relationship skills: You’re confident, persuasive, and able to build trust with internal and external stakeholders.
- Qualifications: Degree/CFA/MBA/ACA or equivalent experience, plus 2+ years in banking or finance.
Additional Information
Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:
- Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity, Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
- Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
- Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
- EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns, mental wellbeing and more general queries around family, work, housing, and health
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts on gym membership
- Contributory pension scheme & death in service
Your Lifestyle - It’s important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.
- Minimum of 27 days holiday per year
- Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
- Discounts on gym membership nationwide
- Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
- Community support and charitable giving
Your Contribution - We’re focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.
- Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
- Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done