Investment & Lending Portfolio Management Sector VP

Barclays•New York, NY

3d•$175,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Join Barclays as an Investment & Lending Portfolio Management Sector VP, where you will ensure loan exposures in their respective sectors, participate in underwriting diligence processes and act as gatekeepers and voting members within the firm’s capital commitment process. You will also perform bottoms up fundamental credit evaluation, assist in primary diligence and in structuring/negotiating terms for new capital commitments, and assess and scrutinize projected fee opportunity from new and existing client relationships. In addition, you will evaluate and vote on new capital commitments, amendment requests, and restructuring proposals, monitor credits on an ongoing basis for changes in borrowings, credit quality, fees received and ensure loan sale recommendations.

Requirements

Corporate credit assessment, corporate loan or debt underwriting, or similar
Leveraged finance and sponsor finance
Guiding multiple work streams
Interfacing with various internal stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Proficient in Excel
Interacting with both internal and external clients
Ability to function with a high degree of discretion
Established and proficient strategy-making skills

Responsibilities

Support with the management of the relationship lending portfolio for the Investment Bank (IB) with the primary goal of maximizing the return on equity of the loan portfolio and associated business cases.
Work in partnership with Banking and Markets to evaluate needs of our corporate clients, whilst ensuring optimal value generation for our shareholders.
Manage/support with managing one or more portfolios of loan exposures within designated markets/industries, including acting as gatekeeper and voting member within the firm's capital commitment process.
Perform primary diligence and assist in structuring/negotiating terms for new capital commitments.
Monitor credits on an ongoing basis and structure/approve amendments.
Manage loan sale and CDS hedging trade recommendations.
Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
Define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction.
Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive