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Managing Director, Head of European Financial Institutions Group (FIG), Corporate Banking: Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid

Job Req Id:

261000874

Location(s):

Paris, Île-de-France Region, France, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Milano, Lombardy, Italy, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

Job Type:

Hybrid

Posted:

Oct. 08, 2026

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Job Overview

Job Background/context:

This role will lead the European Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Corporate Banking team covering top tier financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, insurance and reinsurance, asset managers, private equity and alternative investment funds, specialty finance, FinTech's, and market infrastructure. This individual will lead a senior team across all major countries in Europe.

Location

  • Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid.
  • Will consider alternative European locations.

Key Responsibilities:

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of relevant Financial Institutions Group experience.
  • Define a holistic business strategy for the European FIG Corporate Banking business that reflects the changing economic and regulatory landscape in Europe. Create a shared understanding with products and risk management on objectives and ways to achieve them to maximise sustained growth of the business.
  • In-depth experience managing and working across a diverse, multi-country, multi-product business with broad people management experience.
  • Work with Independent Risk to manage the portfolio and individual client risk and achieve targeted risk-adjusted returns.
  • Originate business opportunities leveraging the entire product portfolio.
  • Work with product partners across Markets, Investment Banking, Services and the Private Bank to structure viable and replicable client solutions that are cost effective and scalable.
  • Demonstrated ability to balance between internal management and external client time.
  • Demonstrated understanding of compliance issues and regulatory requirements.
  • Proven leadership skills and intellectual capability to create momentum and a collective agenda across multiple products with a diverse population and competing priorities.
  • Demonstrated intellectual grasp of the industry and ability to anticipate and lead the organizational response to future changes and translate vision into executable plans.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with pragmatic approach to ensure limited resources are directed appropriately.
  • Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication.
  • Develop industry/segment specialization as appropriate and drive thought leadership and content.
  • Represent the Bank and the FIG franchise at public forums and serve as speaker and subject matter expert at such forums.

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
  • Master's/MBA degree preferred from a top economics, business, or financial engineering program.
  • Senior Credit Officer or equivalent designation preferred.

This Role is a “Controlled Function” Role as defined by the Central Bank of Ireland Reform Act 2010 and Principal Regulations 2011, and amending Regulations 2014, 2015.

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Job Family Group:

Institutional Banking

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Job Family:

Corporate Banking

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

€275,000.00 - €450,000.00

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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