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Underwriter & Business Developer - AMETA Finance Group

Avi & Co. · New York, NY · 4 wk ago
On-siteFinance$80k–$100k/yrFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage a high-quality deal pipeline through outbound outreach, referrals, existing relationships, and strategic partnerships.
  • Identify and pursue new business opportunities across small business cash advance and collateralized lending products.
  • Develop strong relationships with clients, brokers, referral partners, and strategic partners to drive repeat and referral business.
  • Lead client and partner conversations from initial opportunity through negotiation, underwriting, approval, and close.

Underwriting, Risk And Credit Analysis

  • Underwrite MCA, small business finance, and collateralized loan opportunities through review of financial statements, tax returns, bank statements, cash flow, credit profile, business performance, and repayment capacity.
  • Analyze borrower and merchant risk, including revenue trends, balances, existing obligations, payment history, industry risk, liens, judgments, UCC filings, and other risk indicators.
  • Evaluate collateralized loan opportunities by reviewing collateral type, valuation, marketability, liquidity, advance rate, LTV, and liquidation risk.
  • Structure and negotiate transactions, including funding amount, pricing, repayment terms, collateral requirements, guarantees, stipulations, and closing conditions.
  • Identify red flags, fraud indicators, undisclosed obligations, document irregularities, stacking risk, collateral issues, and other credit or operational risks.
  • Prepare clear financial summaries, credit memos, risk assessments, and approval recommendations.

Portfolio, Pipeline And Client Management

  • Support collateral documentation, perfection, custody, control, and monitoring processes with legal, operations, finance, and servicing teams.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline, underwriting, and client activity records in the CRM and internal systems.
  • Provide regular updates on deal flow, conversion rates, approvals, declines, revenue performance, and portfolio trends.
  • Ensure a professional client experience from initial contact through funding and post-closing follow-up.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in MCA, specialty finance, secured lending, asset-based lending, private credit, commercial lending, or similar financial services.
  • Proven experience in underwriting, credit analysis, deal structuring, risk assessment, and borrower repayment analysis.
  • Strong understanding of financial statements, bank statements, cash flow, collateral valuation, LTV analysis, secured transactions, and borrower risk.
  • Ability to identify fraud indicators, document inconsistencies, undisclosed obligations, stacking risk, collateral issues, and underwriting red flags.
  • Skilled negotiator with strong judgment, financial acumen, attention to detail, and documentation discipline.
  • Experience with CRM systems, underwriting platforms, pipeline tracking, and portfolio reporting tools.

Pay

Base salary: $80,000-$100,000

Schedule

Monday–Thursday: 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM and Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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