Loan Agency Operations Analyst
Global Corporate
The Loan Agency business in London manages a portfolio of 300+ deals and a wide variety of facilities including jumbo leveraged, syndicated, commercial real estate, project finance and direct lending style loans - where US Bank act as the facility agent and security agent on the transactions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a point of contact for Lenders and Borrowers.
- Processing drawdowns, rollovers, rate fixing, transfers, interest and principal payments for a varied portfolio of deals included leverage finance, real estate, club deals and others.
- Process Waterfall transactions.
- Liaise with Relationship Managers in the review and negotiation of draft loan documentationfroman operational perspective where the company is named as Facility Agent and Security Agent.
- Manage the funding process for new transactions, ensure system set-up and new deal checks are completed.
- Manage the workflow for secondary market transfers, including signing transfer certificates, collecting transfer fees, updating loan systems.
- Work with the analytics team to build out waterfall calculations for Credit Real Estate and Index Lined transactions, and other bespoke agreements.
- Review waivers and amendments from an operational perspective and update systems as necessary.
- Attend meetings with Relationship Managers to ensure understanding of the responsibilities of the Agent for individual transactions.
- Manage receipt and distribution of any financial information for allocated portfolio.
- Prepare deal summary document for each transaction highlighting deal specific nuances.
- Provide relevant data to maintain an accurate record of all transactions in the system database.
- Communication with Borrower, Lenders and other relevant parties in day-to-day issues / queries.
- Liaise with systems vendors to resolve issues.
- Prepare / check outgoing payments.
- Managing external bank account set up, online access and administration rights in respect of required Borrower accounts.
- Work with internal teams, collaborating with managers and project teams to streamline process and provide continuous improvements.
Experience & Key Skills:
- 1-3 years’ experience working in a Loan Agency function or 3rd Party Agent or a broader Loan Administration role.
- Preferably knowledge of the Facility Agent / Security Agent function in LA.
- Proven documentation review skills and ability to deal with complex refinancing.
- Ability to manage own workflow and to cope with complex transactions.
- Excellent communication, time management and customer service skills.
- Ability to multi-task and manage multiple demands whilst maintaining attention to detail.
- Good excel skills.