Structured Finance Associate

ASSOCIATE, STRUCTURED FINANCE

JOB DESCRIPTION

Company Background

LoanCore is a leading private equity firm focused on commercial real estate debt origination, founded in June 2008. The Company is headquartered in Greenwich, CT, with offices throughout the U.S. LoanCore has over $15 billion in AUM and has originated or purchased over $32 billion in commercial real estate related debt.

The Company’s focus on growth and excellence provides the opportunity for individuals to bring in new ideas and perspectives that produce effective collaboration and work product. LoanCore has a proven investment track record through market cycles, historically investing in strategies like: floating rate, bridge capital including senior debt, subordinate debt and bridge equity; fixed rate, long term permanent debt including senior debt, subordinate debt and bridge equity; distressed securities and loans; and restructuring senior loans, subordinate debt and preferred equity.

Summary

As an Associate on the Structured Finance Team, the employee will be responsible for a wide range of activities aimed at optimizing LoanCore’s financing and overall fund returns. This role offers exposure to portfolio-level financing strategy and direct interaction with senior investment professionals. The ideal candidate will have approximately 2 years of experience at a rating agency, accounting firm, or investment bank, with demonstrated expertise in loan cash flow modeling and bond analytics.

This is a full-time position requiring 5 days per week in the Greenwich, CT office.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed loan and bond cash flow models to analyze projected and realized performance
• Review and interpret loan agreements to ensure accurate modeling of structural features
• Recommend and implement new models and make enhancements to existing procedures to improve efficiency
• Assist management in rationalizing reports and/or proposed changes to reporting requirements
• Track market pricing, spreads, and comparable transactions across structured finance markets
• Reconcile modeled outputs to trustee reports, remittance data, and third-party analytics
• Quickly adapt to internal systems and deliverables
• Flexibility in schedule with respect to meeting time sensitive deadlines
• Participate in ad hoc analyses related to portfolio performance and fund optimization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field of study such as Applied Mathematics, Economics or Finance/Accounting with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in commercial real estate finance or securitized products
• Experience modeling loans and bond cashflows
• Strong analytical, problem solving and computer skills with a thorough knowledge of Excel
• Understanding of commercial mortgage loan agreements and cash flow waterfalls
• Excellent written, verbal and electronic communication skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team environment yet think independently and generate quality work product with little supervision
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet multiple deadlines
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently on projects and collaborate ‘face to face’ as a team player
• Ability to stand out in a fast-paced environment running multiple tasks under tight deadlines
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite including Outlook, advanced Excel, Power Point and Word
• Ability to write code in VBA, Python or other similar programming languages

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation

• $110,000-$135,000
• Annual bonus opportunity
• 401k match
• Full benefits

DivCore, an equal opportunity employer, is committed to equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. The Company recruits, hires, trains, promotes, pays, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including assumptions about a person’s appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. We interpret these protected statuses broadly to include both the actual status and also any perceptions and assumptions made regarding these statuses. Please review our company Privacy Policy regarding the use of any personal information you provide us at: https://www.loancore.com/#/privacy-policy

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