Head of Credit Underwriting - Specialty Finance

Key Responsibilities

• Drives credit analysis for innovative specialty finance solutions, establishing methodologies for evaluation of risk and return, bridging traditional asset-oriented approaches with product-focused views.
• Identifies risk and return drivers, develops and models forward-looking scenarios, analyzes relative value, and provides recommendations for pricing of credit aspects of specialty finance solution products.
• Communicates analysis and recommendations through written reports, presentations, conversations and meetings with internal and external partners.
• Contributes to the establishment and implementation of a risk appetite, budget and limit framework for specialty finance solutions, leveraging and appropriately adjusting existing frameworks.
• Designs, implements and monitors credit underwriting and operating manuals for the specialty finance venture. Works closely with internal and external partners to incorporate input.
• Buils relationships with internal and external partners to identify and assess new product opportunities.
• Interfaces with accounting, legal, regulatory and rating agency teams to structure specialty finance products in an effective and efficient manner.
• Designs and implements performance and risk measurement tools and reporting for the specialty finance venture.
• Marks, reviews and evaluates industry, economic, and regulatory trends that impact specialty finance products.
• Contributes to enhancement of the team's overall approach to evaluating and managing specialty finance opportunities, including evaluation framework, underwriting guidelines, and ongoing management.
• May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Typical Skills and Experiences

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree; MBA, MS or MA in business administration, economics, finance, or CFA preferred.
• Experience: 8 to 12 years of related investment experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills

• Conversant in fixed income and equity valuation methodologies
• Conversant in return on capital based analysis
• Expert Credit Research professional
• Advanced understanding of Credit Research tools and processes
• Proficient in Excel; Bloomberg experience is a plus
• Leadership potential
• Demonstrated curiosity and ability to apply risk and return principles to innovative products
• Demonstrates presence with excellent verbal and written communication
• Organized, detailed, and process oriented
• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Well-developed negotiating skills
• Positive, hardworking, pro-active, and professional
• Critical and creative thinker; comfortable expressing opinions and views to peers and executive leaders
• Decisive with strong judgment
• Driven self-starter and capable of working independently
• Responsive, reliable, and timely
• Handles pressure well and capable of managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Ability to successfully coordinate and work across multiple groups