Chief Capital Officer

London, England, United Kingdom

12/1/2024

• Are you torn between the excitement of start-ups and the stability of corporate life?
• Are you curious, and do you want to keep learning whilst getting real business building experience?
• Do you want to play a key role in building out a brand-new Capital Markets Unit to help significantly grow our lending businesses?
  
  

If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are currently seeking a Chief Capital Officer to join our dynamic team and to lead and build our new BC Capital Markets Unit. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in institutional funding, with substantial experience at a fintech / non-bank lender.

About Us

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. Headquartered in London from our flagship White City Scale Space campus, we have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 26 years. Blenheim Chalcot is responsible for building some of the most innovative GenAI enabled companies in the UK and increasingly around the world – with significant operations in India and the US, as well as emerging operations in Europe and Southeast Asia.

Our ventures are at the forefront of a multitude of industries being disrupted by digital including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. Our portfolio has been conceived and launched by us and employ over 3,000 employees. Our assets under management stand at more than £1.8bn and total portfolio sales is over £500 million.

THE ROLE

Key responsibilities include:

• Team Management: Design Target Operating Model for BC Capital Markets Unit, hire, onboard and lead the new team.
• Funding Strategy: Work closely with Blenheim Chalcot's portfolio companies to identify opportunities for reducing funding costs, including negotiating more favourable terms and conditions with lenders and exploring alternative funding sources.
• Forward Flow Execution: Source and secure new forward flow funding lines to support the growth of selected portfolio companies including developing relationships with potential investors, preparing investment proposals and managing due diligence and execution processes.
• Balance Sheet Optimisation: Develop and implement strategies to optimise the balance sheets of our various lending ventures including existing facility optimisation and capital structure.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including shareholders, portfolio company CEO/CFOs, banks and investors.
  
  

About You

This role is an excellent platform for experienced professionals to take their careers to the next level and an opportunity unlikely to be found anywhere else. The ideal candidate will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty.

The Ideal Candidate

• You will be a dynamic and disciplined thinker with a strong intellect, an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for making a mark in fast-paced, growing environments.
• You will have a low ego, be able to thrive in a learning environment and be willing to listen.
• You will be pragmatic and outcome-oriented, with a bias for action and the ability to rapidly adjust as required.
• You will have experience operating in a matrix and constantly changing environment and will have demonstrable experience navigating a fast-paced, dynamic working environment.
• You will have a demonstrable track record of overseeing both accounting and financial planning & analysis functions.
  
  

Technical experience

• Experience working in capital markets setting up and executing on new funding arrangements and optimising funding facilities for non-bank lenders
• You will have proven success serving as a true business partner to executive teams within a high-growth company
• You will have experience identifying business opportunities, analysing the competitive landscape, and developing financial models that are consistent with the company’s overall strategy.
• You will possess the business acumen and broad financial perspective to act as a strategic sounding board to the Senior Management Team.
  
  

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Be part of a world-leading Digital Venture Builder
• Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredibly diverse talent in BC
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development and opportunity to work with Gen AI
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days of paid holidays + your birthday off
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary), Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme
• Flexible Benefits: Private Medical and Dental, Gym subsidies
  
  

IMPACT BEYOND PROFIT

15% of our partnerships and ventures are charities. These include the British Asian Trust, BabyZone and Onside Youth Zones. In the same way that we support our ventures, our Partners provide direct hands-on support to these charities by being active board members and offering expert advice.

OUR BEHAVIOURS

• Honesty and integrity – trustworthy.
• Resilience - keeps going when the going gets tough, remains optimistic in the face of challenges, open to feedback and willingness to change and experiment.
• Teamwork – is collaborative and supportive, elevating and developing others to deliver results.
• Innovation - restless to improve, challenges how to make things better.
• Deliver results - keeps promises, drives to achieve, commitment to high quality work.
• Commercial awareness - looks for best value solutions for the business, understand costs / revenues, spends money wisely.
  
  

PROCESS

We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent.

Please note we are office based which requires our colleagues to be together in the office 5 days a week with flexibility around personal commitments, interests and obligations. This ensures we can continuously collaborate with the whole portfolio to stay connected and grow our community.

Blenheim Chalcot is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity is one of our core values, thus making it core to our business. We strive to maximise the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from everyone. We encourage diversity through perspective, background, identity, and thought whilst also fostering an environment where everyone can express themselves regardless of your race, religion, sex, gender, colour, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic. We are committed to continuing to nurture an inclusive environment and building a diverse workforce.

By submitting your CV, you understand that we have a legitimate interest to use your personal data for the purposes of assessing your eligibility for this role. This means that we may use your personal data to contact you to discuss your CV or arrange an interview or transfer your CV to the hiring manager(s) of the role you have applied for. You can ask us at any time to remove your CV from our database by emailing recruitment@blenheimchalcot.com – but please note that this means we will no longer consider you for the role you have applied for. You can review our privacy policy here.

By submitting your CV you understand that we have a legitimate interest to use your personal data for the purposes of assessing your eligibility for this role. This means that we may use your personal data to contact you to discuss your CV or arrange an interview, or transfer your CV to the hiring manager(s) of the role you have applied for. You can ask us at any time to remove your CV from our database by emailing recruitment@blenheimchalcot.com – but please note that this means we will no longer consider you for the role you have applied for. You can review our privacy policy here.