Key Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Director, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance and Private Credit to join our team in Frankfurt. This is a senior client-facing role focused on originating, structuring and executing complex financing solutions for corporate and private equity clients across leveraged finance, acquisition finance and private credit transactions. The successful candidate will bring strong market insight, transaction leadership and the ability to build trusted relationships with clients, sponsors and internal stakeholders in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment. 

Key Responsibilities

• Originate, structure and lead leveraged finance, acquisition finance and private credit transactions for corporate and private equity clients across Germany and the broader European market.
• Develop and maintain senior relationships with private equity sponsors, corporate clients, financial advisers, legal counsel and other market participants to support business development and execution success.
• Lead transaction execution from initial pitch through structuring, underwriting, due diligence, documentation, syndication where relevant, and closing.
• Provide strategic financing advice to clients on capital structure, acquisition funding, refinancing and bespoke private credit solutions.
• Oversee detailed credit analysis, financial modelling, valuation work and risk assessment to support sound underwriting and internal approval processes.
• Prepare and review high-quality client materials, investment committee papers, credit submissions and internal memoranda for senior stakeholders and decision makers.
• Drive origination efforts by identifying new opportunities, developing tailored financing ideas and contributing to the growth of the leveraged and private credit franchise in the DACH region.
• Work closely with product partners, risk, legal, compliance and syndicate teams to deliver well-structured, compliant and commercially attractive solutions.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activity and investor appetite across leveraged finance and private credit to inform client strategy and transaction execution.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to a high-performance culture through coaching, knowledge sharing and strong execution standards.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across coverage, product and control functions to ensure timely delivery and effective stakeholder management throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Maintain the highest standards of governance, regulatory compliance and risk discipline in all aspects of origination and execution.

Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of transaction execution expertise, commercial judgement and relationship-building capability.

• Significant experience in leveraged finance, acquisition finance, private credit, debt advisory or a related corporate and investment banking environment.
• Demonstrated track record of originating, structuring and executing complex debt transactions, ideally involving private equity-backed and corporate clients.
• Strong credit analysis, financial modelling and cash flow underwriting skills, with the ability to assess a broad range of capital structures and risk profiles.
• Deep understanding of the European leveraged finance and private credit landscape, including documentation, market conventions and investor dynamics.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with confidence engaging senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple live workstreams, prioritise effectively and deliver high-quality output under tight timelines.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work effectively across product, coverage, risk and control functions.
• Leadership capability with experience guiding junior professionals and contributing to a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• University degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related discipline; advanced professional qualifications would be advantageous.
• Fluency in English is essential; German language skills would be highly beneficial for the Frankfurt market.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and relevant financial information platforms is expected.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.