Our client is an established debt fund and one of the fastest growing Real Estate Lenders in the UK.
Key responsibilities:
- You will be part of the senior management team and take ownership of the origination, structuring and deal execution across Bridging Finance.
- You will also proactively seek new business opportunities focused on Bridging Finance.
- You will be responsible for building out and managing the bridging team in alignment with the company’s growth plans.
- Conducting full due diligence on proposals, including financial review of the credit worthiness of applicants:
- Knowledge of construction types and investment strategies
- Knowledge of bridging appraisals and cashflows
- Knowledge of preparing lending Heads of Terms
- Knowledge of reviewing and creating appropriate financial models
- Presentation to key stakeholders:
- To include building financial models from the client’s initial appraisals and sense checking costs and returns profile
- Preparation and presentation of credit papers, and closing out queries and issues raised at credit committee
- Reviewing reports of professional advisers:
- Typically Surveyors, Solicitors, Valuers and other relevant professionals
- Good working knowledge of facility letters and other finance documents (debenture, legal charge, guarantee etc) and an ability to negotiate these documents:
- Ability to manage the legal process
- Finding solutions when and where problems present themselves
- Ensuring that the pipeline business is reviewed and CRM systems updated.
- Adhering to all compliance needs within the business.
Required skills and experience:
- Established track record in originating Bridging Finance opportunities.
- Previous management experience or a willingness to embrace management responsibility in this role.
- The ability to work to demanding deadlines.
- A highly skilled communicator with superior written and presentation skills.
- Flexibility with regards to working patterns – this role will involve travel.
- IT literacy – familiarity with MS Office and CRM systems.
- A high level of commercial acumen and excellent negotiation skills.
- Excel and modelling skills and ability to interrogate existing client models.
- Knowledge of real estate debt legal documents and legal process.
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