Debt Programme Manager

Location: Yorkshire - Sheffield
Salary: Salary: £30-40k
Job type: Permanent
Posted on: 11 Dec 2009

The Role

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen to occupy a key, corporate facing, role within Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL), a unique and highly commercial Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB).

Working as the Debt Programmes Manager you will develop and deliver training programmes and communication materials for the lenders participating in the small business (SME) loan guarantee schemes managed by CfEL. These lenders include all the main high street banks, invoice finance providers, community development finance institutions (CDFIs) and other specialist financial institutions.

You will form strong strategic links within the lending organisations, providing operational support with queries relating to the schemes as well as monitoring and analysing lender behaviour, performance and utilisation within the schemes.

Accountabilities

• Organise and deliver training workshops for staff of lending institutions to familiarise them with the design, delivery and reporting procedures for schemes managed by the team.
• Develop communication materials for use by lending institutions to aid the optimal positioning and operation of the schemes within their organisations.
• Assist in the monitoring and analysis of utilisation of the schemes by the lenders.
• Provide feedback to lenders on queries raised on the implementation and monitoring requirements of schemes.
• Develop the breadth and depth of CfEL’s contacts within the lending organisations with the objective of embedding participation in the schemes more deeply within their lending products and practices, leading to increased appropriate use and/or market-orientated evolution of the schemes.
• Assist in the appraisal of applications from organisations seeking to participate as lenders within the schemes, with particular emphasis on the financial soundness of those organisations and their strategies for effective use of the schemes.
• Contribute to the further development and evolution of existing schemes informed by operational experience, appropriate measurement and benchmarking, market developments and government policy priorities.

The post is within a small team within a small business so the candidate must have a flexible, team-focused approach and be willing to help out across the team and wider company when necessary.

The ideal candidate will be able to be persuasive from a position of knowledge, building strong relationships across a range of contacts while being sensitive to the positioning of these debt programmes in relation to the entirety of a lender’s operations.

• Graduate calibre, preferably in an analytical discipline (e.g. economics, accounting, law, science etc).
• Ideally possessing a professional accounting, banking or legal qualification.
• Experience of working within or alongside a major financial organisation active in the SME finance market.
• Experience of interacting with internal and external stakeholders, including banks, business support organisations and other financial and professional institutions.
• Superb negotiation, relationship building, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to prepare and deliver training courses and other communications materials.

Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL) designs, implements and manages debt and equity finance market interventions to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and other Government Departments and public bodies.

CfEL is 100% owned by BIS and currently operates as a Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB). It was established in April 2008 to operate at arm’s length from Government, using experienced professional staff to maximise the value and impact of these schemes for Government and ultimately for the UK’s SMEs.

Within CfEL the debt team is responsible for managing the delivery of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) for BIS. Launched in January 2009, EFG currently provides government backing for around £1 billion of lending to SMEs across the UK through around 40 lending institutions. The team also manages the remaining liabilities arising from the long-running Small Firms Loan Guarantee (SFLG) which preceded the EFG.

The success of the team’s work is dependent on detailed analysis and understanding of the guaranteed loan portfolios and effective, high-level strategic relationships with UK lending institutions. The team also advises Government on developments within the SME finance market and assists in the development and delivery of new schemes.

Closing date for applications - 10/01/10
Interview dates - 28/01/10 or 02/02/10

For more information on Capital for Enterprise, please visit www.hays.co.uk/jobs/cfelAll third party applications will be forwarded to Hays.

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