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Director, Infrastructure Finance

Assured GuarantyLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 4 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Director, Infrastructure Finance role offers significant leadership and deal execution opportunities within the UK Infrastructure sector, allowing you to shape impactful transactions and mentor a growing team. You'll thrive here if you possess strong origination skills, a knack for negotiation, and a desire to drive strategic growth for a reputable financial institution. Apply today to leverage your expertise and advance your career in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Leader
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
London, United Kingdom
Posted
2 months ago
Underwriting

Job Description

Position Summary

To originate and execute a broad array of transactions, both in the primary and secondary markets across the UK Infrastructure sector and for leading small deal teams through to completion; to lead transaction negotiations with sponsors, external advisors and funding partners and to present credit proposals to underwriting and credit committees.

Job Responsibilities
  • Originate new business through relationships with counterparties in line with wider origination strategy of the AGUK Business.
  • Maintain / Seek out new relationships with project sponsors, bankers, advisers and investors.
  • Monitor market and proactively identify new opportunities through conferences, networking events and client relationships.
  • Decision making responsibilities on whether to pursue a new potential transaction, by understanding and considering guidelines set under our Risk Appetite Statement and Pricing models
  • Overall responsibility for progressing a transaction: both internally in terms of overseeing relevant memos, discussion forum and ultimately presentation to AGUK’s Credit Committee and externally negotiating transaction with external counterparties.
  • Expected to work closely with key internal deal stakeholders, Credit, Legal and Regulatory colleagues to ensure a transaction is progressed in line with Risk Appetite Framework and related guidelines.
  • Ensure handover of a transaction to the Surveillance team in accordance with the prescribed procedures.
  • Manage junior team day-to-day activities and their personal development plans.

Candidate Background & Qualifications
  • Strong work experience with a track record of closing deals in the UK project finance market and across a broad range of sectors
  • Strong client relationships across the UK market covering sponsors, financial advisors and other related stakeholders
  • Strong academic credentials
  • Excellent credit skills, strong technical and commercial acumen, with a deep understanding of debt structuring 
  • First-rate communicator, able to negotiate and influence an internal and external audience to market, originate and bring deals to a successful conclusion in a timely manner
  • Strong experience of preparing and presenting credit papers to underwriting and credit committees

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