Commercial Lending - SPE/SME

Role & responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the role include facilitating the CRE, C&I, Syndicated and bilateral loan closing, servicing, loan trading and quality review processes. Activities include but are not limited to performing legal documentation review, structuring and updating deal parameters on Loan system, tracking legal and compliance documentation, and providing overall support on the assigned loan portfolio. Loan Operations Specialist is also responsible for ongoing portfolio management tasks including tracking for receipt of borrower financials & compliance, monitoring deal pricing, managing secondary loan sales, tracking and processing loan documentation, and closing deal amendments. This position manages the relationship with the middle office, syndication desk, legal, finance, borrowers and syndicate banks. Loans Operations activities will include but are not limited to:

• Deal Closing Drive the deal closing process with pre-closing review of credit approval, loan documents, compliance, legal documentation, due diligence, and funding & booking mechanics.
• Deal Booking - Activities include performing legal documentation review, structuring and updating deal parameters on Loan system to ensure compliance with credit and pricing requirements as well as bank policies and procedures.
• Deal Funding Activities include Fed wire payments for borrower funding, legal fee payment, fee distribution to the syndicate bank group etc.
• Deal Review Perform quality review of the loan set-up in the Loan system, while interpreting legal, loan and compliance documentation including credit agreement.
• Deal Servicing - Activities include processing loan funding, roll-overs, interest rate changes, monitoring/reconciling loan, loan billing, letters of credit, loan payoffs, collateral releases and supporting client requests.
• Secondary Loan trading - Trading loan via assignment on the term loan facilities, revolving credit facilities etc.

Preferred candidate profile

• Minimum of 2-12 years experience in commercial loan operations or a credit/lending experience within capital markets/Investment banking depending on the levels
• Knowledge of commercial loan documentation. Ability to review commercial loan documents such as loan/credit agreement, syndicated agreement, intent notices, notes, guaranties, letter of credit, financial documents and security documents for accuracy and agreement with approved terms
• Knowledge of commercial credit products
• Knowledge of credit and commercial loan systems.
• Good verbal, written and organizational skills
• Detail oriented with ability to multitask and prioritize and work in a team-based environment
• Open to work in US shifts.
• Immediate joiners prefered.

Interested candidates please share your resume to priyadarshini.narayanan@cognizant.com