Syndication Loans Associate

Responsibilities

• Support the syndicated lending team in every aspect of the business and may work at selling down individual loans and affiliated group exposures that exceed the credit hold parameters as mandated by Credit Risk Management.
• Support the syndicated lending team on sell side syndications and support buy side opportunities when generated by the Loan Syndications Group or commercial lenders.
• Aid in the preparation of marketing materials for syndicated/participation transactions (Loan Sale Call Sheet, Teasers, projections, confidential information memoranda and bank meeting materials).
• Maintain deal site management activities through the Intralinks deal site and subfolders by populating and managing due diligence and reporting requirement information for loan participants.
• Identify and communicate syndication/participation industry trends and opportunities into internal colleague communications, activities and training.
• Aid in the due diligence, modeling, pitchbook packaging, distribution, and ongoing support of syndicated loan prospecting, lead, and purchase activities.
• Work with loan servicing department to ensure syndication/participation deals are correctly booked and captured on the Bank's systems.
• Aid in the cross sell of VNB services, most specifically identifying opportunities and getting them to the right people and departments at the Bank.
• Aid in meeting/exceeding business plan objectives (revenue generation, internal and external marketing materials and investor build out).
• Help manage risk assessment and exposure levels to participant banks in cooperation with Credit Risk Management – Counterparty Risk as it relates to active transactions that the associate is engaged with or assigned.
• Use 3rd party systems contractually engaged by the Syndications department within their daily role and responsibilities.
• Work with specialists and bankers to draft and negotiate necessary credit documentation.

Qualifications

• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal with all levels of employees and customers.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite.
• Strong interpersonal skills needed to interact with commercial borrowers, participant banks and various bank partners and operations teams.
• Strong time management skills.
• Strong and effective presentation skills.