Wholesale Lending Services Associate

Join Wholesale Lending Services (WLS) who provide global end-to-end loan origination, servicing, restructuring and trading support. Services are tailored to the needs of the client and lines of business, ranging from bilateral to large syndicated loan agreements. Services provided include Loan Origination; Documentation Review; Deal Closing & Funding; Core Loan Servicing; Loan Closing & Trade Settlement.

As a Wholesale Lending Services Associate within the EMEA Origination Deal Closing Team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting Debt Capital Markets (DCM – consisting of Leveraged Finance (LF) and Investment Grade (IG) Transactions), and Credit Risk for all syndicated deal originations and transactions to ensure new loan agreements and amendments are operationally viable, recorded accurately, and any exceptions are managed accordingly – continuously operating within a controls-focused environment, and ensuring operational excellence throughout the loan lifecycle. You will collaborate with global partners and stakeholders, influence key outcomes, and foster a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and continuous improvement. This is an opportunity to shape the future of lending services, develop talent, and make a significant impact on the organization.

Job responsibilities

- Understand all aspects of deal/loan administration functions and tasks
- Strong understanding of operational terms within Loan Documentation, experience with interpreting Loan Agreements and related documentation
- Construct bilateral and syndicated deal structures in loan platform (LoanIQ) including amending existing deal structures in line with Executed Loan Credit Agreement
- Ensure that Credit and Operations systems are enriched with deal details, to a high degree of accuracy at all times
- Monitor recently signed deals for early-stage lifecycle events and action accordingly
- Remain control focused, working accurately and in a timely manner to avoid control risk as well as staying up-to-date with Accounting and Risk policies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

- Strong analytical skills, demonstrating sound decision-making abilities to identify problems and propose solutions
- Exhibit the initiative to raise issues to business partners and management when needed
- Good interpersonal skills, interact professionally and confidently with senior deal team members within the wider WLS Teams
- Ability to work in a team environment, remaining flexible and willing to accept new assignments and challenges in a rapidly changing environment whilst remaining control orientated
- Think strategically and tactically to design process improvement ideas with the flexibility to adjust to new innovations, regulations, and priorities
- Prioritize tasks appropriately, whilst operating within a fast-changing and high-pressured environment
- Communicate professionally and accurately in written and oral form
- Summarize issues succinctly and set out well thought-out solutions

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

- Experience reading and interpreting loan documentation or related experience dealing with legal documentation a requirement, knowledge of LMA and LSTA standards preferable
- High degree of numeracy and aptitude for analytical examination of problems; attention to detail being paramount
- Strong knowledge of LoanIQ (specifically in the area of loan administration and deal building)
- Basic knowledge of general ledger account structures