Managing Director - Commercial Leasing & Asset Finance

Key Responsibilities

• Cultivating and sustaining ties with business partners, vendors, and the board.
• Steering business development and sustained growth in step with the parent group's worldwide strategy.
• Delivering consistent reporting to the board covering business results and major initiatives.
• Heading both the strategic and day-to-day direction of the North American business unit.
• Supervising every core function, among them sales, credit, operations, and portfolio management.

Requirements

• Comfort with financial mathematics alongside a firm understanding of legal and fiscal matters.
• A university degree.
• Thorough credit analysis and risk assessment skills.
• Between 5 and 10 years in a senior leadership capacity across leasing, commercial lending, or financial services.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead and develop teams while pushing performance forward.
• A complete, end-to-end command of the leasing business, spanning origination, credit, operations, and portfolio management.
• An entrepreneurial outlook paired with operational discipline.
• P&L oversight experience covering a corporate unit that generates significant revenue.
• Strong relationship-building skills, both inside an organization and outward toward partners and clients.
• Exposure to a broad span of ticket sizes and the majority of asset classes.
• Considerable flexibility, resilience, and a dependable work ethic.
• Command of English at a native or business-proficient standard.
• Working knowledge of enterprise systems, including ERP platforms, CRM tools, and the MS Office suite.
• Possession of familiarity with vendor financing and dealer channel business models.
• Earlier experience working across both European (German in particular) and North American markets.
• Familiarity with German or another European language.

Benefits

• Roughly 25 days of paid leave.
• A base salary in the region of $250,000 to $280,000, with room to go higher for a standout candidate.
• A company car (maintenance partially covered).
• A performance-based incentive scheme making up close to 30% of overall compensation.
• A full benefits package covering 401(k), medical, dental, vision, life insurance, prescription drug coverage, and disability insurance.