The Function & Team

The Credit & Risk team sits within the Group Risk & Compliance function and provides independent oversight across the Private Credit platform. Partnering with lending and portfolio management teams throughout the lending lifecycle, the team establishes and maintains the governance, frameworks and oversight that support consistent lending decisions, effective portfolio management and effective restructuring across all of Private Credit's lending strategies.  

 Credit & Risk team members work collaboratively across credit underwriting, portfolio monitoring, restructuring, recoveries and assurance, providing specialist expertise across all of Private Credit's lending strategies. 

The Role's Key Responsibilities

Reports to: Head of Credit

Restructuring & Portfolio Management

• Primary management of a portfolio of distressed, underperforming and strategic exit relationships across the Private Credit platform.
• Develop and execute restructuring, recovery and exit strategies that balance commercial outcomes with investor protection.
• Lead negotiations with borrowers, sponsors and advisers during restructuring situations.
• Monitor performance against agreed restructuring plans and adapt strategies where circumstances change.
• Partner with portfolio management teams on higher-risk portfolio relationships, providing restructuring expertise through advisory support and joint management where appropriate.

Team Leadership & Management

• Work closely with existing Restructuring Directors to ensure a consistent approach across the combined portfolio, share expertise, and provide mutual cover during absence or peak workload.
• Support the management and development of the team's Associate Director, contributing to caseload prioritisation, technical guidance and professional development.
• Coach and support junior members of the wider Credit & Risk team on restructuring principles and distressed debt management.

Credit Governance & Portfolio Oversight

• Present restructuring strategy recommendations to Credit Committee and other governance forums.
• Support monthly portfolio reviews, watchlist meetings and Portfolio Monitoring Group reporting.
• Contribute to portfolio-wide identification of emerging credit deterioration and recommend appropriate actions.
• Participate in provisioning reviews and impairment assessments across the portfolio.

Stakeholder Management

• Build effective relationships with portfolio management teams, origination teams and credit colleagues to ensure early identification of deteriorating credits.
• Manage relationships with insolvency and restructuring advisers and other external specialists.
• Negotiate with borrowers and key stakeholders to deliver commercially effective restructuring outcomes.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Lead projects aimed at improving restructuring processes, portfolio oversight and recoveries capability.
• Support the Head of Credit in developing restructuring policies, frameworks and best practice.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of portfolio monitoring and early warning frameworks.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience managing distressed lending, restructuring or recoveries within private credit, commercial banking, direct lending or restructuring advisory.
• Strong understanding of commercial lending structures, including senior secured, asset-backed and property-backed lending.
• Proven experience developing and executing restructuring and recovery strategies.
• Experience presenting complex restructuring cases to Credit Committees or equivalent governance forums.
• Experience negotiating and executing loan documentation, ideally to LMA standard.
• Strong commercial judgement and ability to balance recovery outcomes with ongoing customer relationships.
• Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Strong financial analysis capability including cashflow forecasting, business viability assessment and downside analysis.

Desirable

• Experience across multiple lending products including leveraged finance, specialty finance, funds finance and development finance.
• Knowledge of insolvency legislation and formal restructuring processes.
• Experience managing external legal advisers and insolvency practitioners.
• Previous line management or mentoring experience.
• Professional qualification in accountancy, banking, restructuring or insolvency.

Personal Qualities:

• Calm and measured under pressure.
• Commercially minded with strong analytical judgement.
• Confident making decisions in uncertain situations.
• Excellent negotiator and communicator.
• Collaborative, building strong relationships across teams while providing independent challenge.
• Organised with the ability to manage multiple complex situations simultaneously.
• Curious and committed to improving processes and outcomes.

Why Join us?

• You’ll join a talented, collaborative team in a connected environment where ideas and initiative are valued.
• Be part of a growing and innovative team
• We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and genuine opportunities for growth and progression.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.

At Triple Point, high performance means living our values every day:

• Stay Curious.
• Be Generous.
• Take Thoughtful Action.
• Pull Together.
• Own It.

In line with our values Stay Curious and Take Thoughtful Action every employee has access to AI tools. We see technology as a co-pilot, helping us improve efficiency and insight while keeping decisions grounded in thoughtful human judgement.