As Head, Complex Transaction Support, you'll be responsible for managing a small team of portfolio managers who manage the most challenging projects in the National Housing Bank's loan and equity portfolios, where the risk profile has deteriorated, signs of distress are evident and specialist expert attention is required to deliver a solution. Projects are transferred from mainstream Portfolio Management to Distressed Investments at the point significant deteriorating risk is identified and intensive management becomes necessary.

The Head, Complex Transaction Support will work with their teams to identify critical emerging risk factors, understand and solve complex issues (which differ for every project) and develop and implement a restructuring strategy that enables homes to be delivered and investment (debt and/or equity) recovery optimised. The strategy will inform impairment assessment (predicted loss) with a consequential direct impact on our financial reporting.

The role holder will act as a technical expert assisting and advising mainstream Portfolio Managers, colleagues in other parts of Homes England and the Executive on investments or transactions exhibiting signs of potential or actual distress.

A bit about you…

You'll have a degree level qualification or equivalent experience as a related industry professional e.g., Banker, Accountant, Surveyor, Lawyer or similar. You'll have a good understanding of residential property development, planning (including s106, CIL), valuation and project monitoring.

Able to demonstrate the necessary experience and understanding of risk and client management of a portfolio of real estate loans or equity investments, including working with and restructuring (where necessary) underperforming transactions.

Confident working with legal documentation associated with real estate finance including loan agreements, inter-creditor agreements, security documents; both reviewing existing legal documents and restructuring related amendments.

You will have excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise own workload. Working with Senior Stakeholders you'll also have strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to negotiate and persuade under pressure.

You'll have a good understanding of insolvency law, insolvency planning and insolvency appointments and ability to assess the risks if an enforcement strategy is considered.

The ability to analyse financial information and interrogate financial forecasts (profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow) is vital to this role. You'll be experienced in drafting scopes of work and appointing external advisers for independent business, legal and property reviews. This requires a detailed understanding of complex risk assessments including, but not limited to, cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheet analysis, supply chain, site delivery and project management, corporate structures and security reviews.

About the National Housing Bank

Homes England is strengthening UK Government’s ambitions for housing and regeneration through the introduction of the National Housing Bank (NHB). The NHB is a new financial organisation designed to unlock investment at scale and accelerate the delivery of more homes, stronger places and thriving communities across the country. Backed with £16bn in new financial capacity, alongside £6bn already committed this Parliament, the NHB represents one of the most significant new interventions in the housing sector in a generation.

The NHB, operating as a subsidiary of Homes England, exists to unlock investment at scale and connect capital with capability. We use our financial capacity and deep local relationships to drive regeneration, enable innovation and create the conditions for sustainable growth. By pairing government-backed finance with solutions that the market needs, we help partners bring forward the homes, infrastructure and long-term development that transform places and support people to live well.

Purpose-driven and built for impact, the NHB provides its partners the confidence and financial firepower to innovate and unlock complex sites, scale up investment and deliver at pace. Offering custom-built finance, strong partnerships and a commitment to shaping better futures, the NHB enables investment that would not otherwise happen- accelerating growth and creating the conditions for communities to flourish.

Joining the National Housing Bank offers a rare and exciting opportunity to help shape this new national organisation from the ground up; influencing how we operate, how we partner, and how we deliver impact across the country.

What we offer...

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Head - Complex Transaction Support

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