Are you enthusiastic about deal closing and are motivated by tight deadlines? Join our team as a Origination Services LIQ Associate Closer and utilise your skills!
As a Origination Services LIQ Associate Closer within the Traditional Credit Products Middle Office team, you will be part of a dynamic, deadline-managed environment. You will primarily support Debt Capital Markets (DCM – consisting of Leveraged Finance (LF) and Investment Grade (IG) Transactions), and Credit Risk for all syndicated deal originations and transactions. Also you will provide support for deal-related activity within Corporate & Investment Banking, Corporate and Commercial Banking and Trade Finance. You will operate in a control-focused environment ensuring that new loan agreements and amendments are operationally viable, recorded accurately, and any exceptions are managed accordingly.
Job responsibilities
Understands all aspects of deal/loan administration functions and tasks
Understands operational terms within Loan Documentation, experience with interpreting Loan Agreements and related documentation
Constructs bilateral and syndicated deal structures in loan platform (LIQ) including amending existing deal structures
Ensures that Operations systems are enriched with deal details, to a high degree of accuracy at all times
Monitors recently signed deals for early-stage lifecycle events and action accordingly
Remains control focused, working accurately and in a timely manner to avoid control risk as well as up to date with Accounting and Risk policies
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Strong analytical skills, demonstrating sound decision-making abilities to identify problems and propose solutions
Exhibit the initiative to raise issues to business partners and management when needed
Good interpersonal skills, interact professionally and confidently with senior deal team members within the Front Office
Ability to work in a team environment, remaining flexible and willing to accept new assignments and challenges in a rapidly changing environment whilst remaining control orientated
Think strategically and tactically to design process improvement ideas with the flexibility to adjust to new innovations, regulations, and priorities
Ability to prioritise tasks appropriately, whilst operating within a fast-changing and high-pressured environment
Ability to communicate professionally and accurately in written and oral form
Ability to summarize issues succinctly and set out well thought-out solutions
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Experience reading and interpreting loan documentation or related experience dealing with legal documentation a requirement, knowledge of LMA and LSTA standards
Direct working knowledge of LIQ (specifically in the area of loan administration and deal building)
Basic knowledge of general ledger account structures
