Standard Chartered · 3 hours ago
Director, Loan Syndicate, Americas
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $280K/yrStandard Chartered is an international bank with a commitment to making a positive difference for clients and communities. They are seeking a highly organized and proactive Director for their Loan Syndicate team in the Americas, who will support the executive director and manage syndication strategies, distribution capabilities, and compliance standards.
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Responsibilities
Assist the development and management of distribution capabilities of Loan Syndicate in the Americas as part of the implementation of the global Loan Syndicate strategy. Financial risk verticals include Fund Finance and also other corporate and institutional financing verticals
Revenue – Help deliver the Regions and the overall Global TPI budget
Develop and manage distribution channels to bank and non-bank investors
Actively participate in determining Syndicate & Financing Risk strategy, which aims to maximise shareholder value, identifies, and creates areas of competitive advantage and aligns to the overall strategic direction of Syndicate & Financing Risk and CIB
Distribution – Develop relationships with the loan investor universe, in order to achieve primary and secondary distribution volume targets whilst maximising skim income
Risk – Assist in reducing stick positions through sales and distribution across our footprints
Compliance – No breaches of compliance standards
Assist senior directors to coordinate with the business lines, to review deal structures, to optimize sell down timing, to monitor the bank underwriting exposure, with market sounding, pricing to market, internal reporting, maintaining market and client databases and execute the distribution strategies of primary syndicated loans
Assist the bookrunning processes of Americas transactions whilst ensuring stakeholders are updated consistently on the primary syndication process
Assist via bookrunning other regions’ transactions whilst ensuring stakeholders are updated consistently on the primary syndication process
Assist distribution of secondary loans for the Bank alongside Portfolio Management
Provide loan market intelligence to Financing Solution Team and other product partners
Adherence to and promotion of governance, compliance and risk standards
Provide pricing feedback to various teams in Global Capital Markets as and when requested
Provide market intelligence to contribute to underwriting decisions and help in monitoring of underwriting risk
Manage the team’s market comparable pricing and transactional database with analytical output provided to the wider team as required
Write and maintain investors meeting reports and deal pipeline
Coordinate with compliance on KYC process and monitoring
Ensure timely and accurate update of underwritten deals status in internal systems
Provide syndication support to product partners and syndication team on various transactions
Draft T&C offer sheets according to the specifics of each transaction ensuring that they are accurate and contain the necessary marketing information as stipulated from time to time be Legal & Compliance
Responsible for underwriting, syndication and distribution of syndicated loans in the Americas
Ensures that syndication and distribution is carried out within the Group’s risk appetite and reputational and credit risks are appropriately managed in conjunction with direct reports and other stakeholders
Ensure any audit and compliance issues are resolved in a timely manner
Ensure that risk management matters are brought to my attention are subject to direct remedial action and/or escalated, where appropriate to relevant risk committee
Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role
Responsible for delivering ‘effective governance’; capability to challenge fellow executives effectively; and willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner
Accountable for escalation and/or other Group governance committees or stakeholders in senior management, risk or control functions
Qualification
Required
Experience in syndication and fund finance transactions
Project finance, corporates and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) experience
Cross Selling
Customer Behaviour and Preferences
Addressing Client Needs
Client Relationship Management
Investment Credit Risk
Knowledge of Loan Underwriting
Benefits
Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
A best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations
Company
Standard Chartered
We are a leading international banking group, with a presence in 54 of the world’s most dynamic markets.
Founded in 1853
10001+ employees
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2018-10-01Post Ipo Debt· $43.5M
Leadership Team
Dalu Ajene
Chief Executive Officer
Jean Lu
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