Vice President Credit Middle Office

Our client is one of the most recognized names in global multi-strategy investing — a firm that has compounded returns and reputation in equal measure over three-plus decades. With hundreds of independent investment teams operating across virtually every liquid asset class and geography, they run one of the most sophisticated and demanding operational infrastructures in the hedge fund world. If you've been in this industry for more than five minutes, you know who they are. If you haven't heard of them, this probably isn't the right role.

What You'll Own

• End-to-end servicing of bank loan assets — trade instruction capture, settlement, fail management, cash instructions, and lifecycle management • Oversight of loan lifecycle events including paydowns, drawdowns, interest rate resets, PIK interest calculations, delayed comp accruals, and trade settlements • Interpretation of credit agreements and related documentation to support accurate processing and exception resolution • Reconciliations across positions, cash, and accruals — proactive exception resolution before things become problems • Cross-functional collaboration to resolve queries and operational issues across teams • Creation of new procedures, workflows, and controls as the platform evolves • Participation in systems testing and implementation of operational improvements

Background

• End-to-end servicing of bank loan assets including trade instruction capture, settlement, fail management, cash instructions, and lifecycle management

• Oversight of loan lifecycle events including paydowns, drawdowns, rate resets, PIK interest, accruals, and settlements

• Interpretation of credit agreements and documentation to support accurate processing and resolve exceptions

• Reconciliations across positions, cash, and accruals with proactive exception resolution

• Cross-functional collaboration to resolve queries and operational issues

• Creation of new procedures, workflows, and controls as the platform evolves

• Participation in systems testing and implementation of operational improvements

• 7 years bank debt/leveraged loan operations experience required

• Deep knowledge of bank debt asset class and market trading; loan closing exposure preferred

• Distressed loan experience required

• Strong familiarity with LSTA/LMA documentation; EUR loan exposure a plus

• SS&C Geneva, Murex, Wall Street Office, ClearPar knowledge preferred

• Bloomberg proficiency required

• Working knowledge of TRS products is a plus

• Strong grasp of accounting principles and bank debt flow in financial statements

• Bachelor’s degree required (Finance, Accounting, or Economics preferred)

• Operationally sharp and proactively minded for exception resolution

• Able to read and interpret dense credit agreement language independently

• Strong analytical skills to build controls and procedures

• Comfortable managing multiple high-volume priorities accurately

• Clear communicator with ops, finance, legal, and counterparties

The Person

• Operationally sharp and proactively minded — you're resolving exceptions before someone upstream notices them

• Able to read a credit agreement without needing a tutorial every time the language gets dense

• Strong enough analytically to build controls and procedures, not just follow them

• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a high-volume environment without losing accuracy • Clear communicator across ops, finance, legal, and counterparties

Up to $240k TC