Loan Closing Operations AVP/Associate

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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

The Loan Closing Operations AVP will oversee syndicated loan closing operations across member, bilateral, and agented transactions. This role is responsible for coordinating financial closings, funding and booking readiness, trade settlement support, system setup, and post-closing activities while ensuring transactions are completed accurately, timely, and in accordance with applicable documentation, approvals, KYC, operational, and system requirements. The role works closely with front office teams, business lines, internal operations and servicing groups, agent banks, investors, issuing banks, syndications teams, and other stakeholders to support seamless transaction execution.

Responsibilities

- Manage complex syndicated and commercial loan transactions through the full closing lifecycle, including member, bilateral, agency, and participation facilities.
- Review loan documentation and transaction terms to identify funding, booking, servicing, reporting, system setup, and operational requirements.
- Confirm required approvals, sanctions, KYC, documentation, controls, and operational conditions are completed or escalated before closing.
- Lead cross-team coordination with business lines, syndications, legal, servicing teams, agent banks, investors, and other stakeholders to support timely execution.
- Prioritize workflow, monitor pipeline activity, make operational decisions, and escalate material risks, exceptions, or recommendations to management.
- Review and approve Analyst-prepared transaction setups, funding requirements, and deliverables to ensure quality, accuracy, and consistency.
- Coach and develop Analysts through feedback, training, knowledge sharing, and guidance on documentation review, transaction readiness, issue resolution, and stakeholder communication.
- Coordinate trade settlement activity by aligning with internal teams, agent banks, investors, and settlement platforms to support accurate and timely execution.
- Lead resolution of complex documentation, funding, booking, trade settlement, and operational issues by coordinating stakeholders and recommending solutions.
- Support audits, regulatory reviews, process improvements, control enhancements, and efficiency initiatives by identifying gaps and helping drive implementation.
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Qualifications

- Advanced knowledge of syndicated and commercial loan products, market conventions, and administrative agent, member bank, and bilateral lender structures.
- Ability to independently review legal loan documentation, interpret transaction terms, assess operational impacts, and identify items requiring clarification, escalation, amendment, or action.
- Proven experience managing complex transactions, coordinating stakeholder relationships, and supporting timely resolution of documentation, funding, settlement, or operational issues.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, leadership, coaching, and project management skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience supporting operational initiatives, process improvements, control enhancements, audits, regulatory reviews, or department-level projects preferred.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate professionally with front office partners, internal teams, clients, investors, agent banks, issuing banks, syndications teams, and other external stakeholders.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel; experience with lending, servicing, or settlement platforms such as OVS, ACBS, Loan IQ, ClearPar, SyndTrak, Intralinks, or Debt Domain preferred.

Education

- Bachelor’s degree and/or 5+ years of experience in syndicated loan operations, loan closing, agency services, trade settlement, commercial lending, or a related financial services function.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $84K - $106K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonuses and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.