Managing Director, Capital Markets and Syndications

Position Summary

The Managing Director of Capital Markets and Syndications is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing the origination, structuring, and execution of capital markets transactions, including syndications, interest rate hedging and other capital market products. This individual plays a key role in developing strategic relationships with the bank’s relationship managers, institutional investors, corporate clients, and financial sponsors, while ensuring the firm’s capital markets activities align with broader business objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities

Deal Origination & Execution:

• Oversee the structuring, pricing, and syndication of capital markets products.
• Properly leverage and manage all capital market products.

Client Relationship Management:

• Cultivate and manage relationships with institutional investors, corporate issuers, and financial sponsors.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients on capital structure, market conditions, and financing strategies.

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and implement capital markets strategies to support business growth.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to align capital markets initiatives with corporate goals.

Team Management:

• Engage, partner and manage expectations of the bank’s relationship managers throughout the full corporate footprint.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on execution, innovation, and client service.

Market Intelligence & Risk Oversight:

• Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, and economic indicators.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal risk management policies.

Education & Experience

Knowledge of:

• Deep understanding of related regulatory frameworks and credit risk management
• Financial services, specifically within commercial banking
• Strong leadership, negotiation, oral and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and project management skills

Ability to:

• Multi-task and work independently
• Build relationships with internal partners and external financial institutions
• Provide expertise in commercial lending, structured finance and capital markets execution within a regulated banking environment.
• Analyze and solve problems
• Review and negotiate operational and regulatory terms within legal loan documentation
• Perform duties under frequent time pressures

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in capital markets, investment banking, or corporate finance.
• Demonstrated success in leading complex transactions and managing client relationships.
• Deep understanding of financial instruments, market dynamics, and regulatory frameworks.

Compensation and Benefits 

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance. 

  

(Base Pay Range: $180,000  - $250,000/year) 

  

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.  

  

Equal Opportunity  

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain ind