Syndication Operations Manager

Daimler Truck North America•Charlotte, NC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Syndication Operations Manager supports the growth of Daimler Truck Financial Services North America’s syndication platform by establishing operational infrastructure, governance, controls, systems, and processes. Reporting to the Head of Syndications, the role leads operational execution, governance, documentation, reporting, and controls for syndication transactions across North America. The Manager coordinates approved transactions from due diligence through closing and post-closing administration, ensuring approvals, funding controls, investor reporting, servicing requirements, and compliance obligations are completed accurately and on time. The role serves as the primary operational liaison among Syndications, Credit, Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Operations, Legal, IT, and external funding partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
Eight years of relevant experience.
Experience in treasury, commercial lending operations, loan syndications, participation administration, or portfolio sales.
Working knowledge of servicing requirements and ability to interpret financial and transaction documentation, funding requirements, and contractual obligations.
Demonstrated experience with governance, operating controls, data validation, exception management, audit support, and management reporting.
Strong analytical, organizational, project-management, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with high attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Experience in equipment finance, transportation finance, commercial vehicle finance, or financial-services syndication.
Experience in commercial finance, lending operations, syndications, portfolio management, structured finance, or related financial-services functions.
Experience developing procedures, process maps, control documentation, or workflow improvements, or supporting audit and control-testing activities.
Experience with workflow, portfolio-management, document-management, reporting, or data-analytics tools.
Experience partnering with banks or institutional funding partners on transaction closings, investor reporting, servicing, or portfolio administration.
Experience engaging teams in continuous-improvement efforts and fostering employee ownership of change.
Familiarity with AI-enabled workplace tools and their potential applications for improving team productivity and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Analyze portfolio yield, credit quality, investor return expectations, market feedback, servicing economics, fees, discounts, and transaction costs to support pricing recommendations.
Identify and validate syndication pools from the DTFS portfolio using approved eligibility, concentration, credit, collateral, performance, and data-quality criteria.
Coordinate syndication transactions from selection through closing, including due diligence, documentation, data tapes, funding, booking, settlement, and closing deliverables.
Serve as the primary operational interface between syndication partners and DTFS stakeholders, coordinating requirements, issues, and transaction dependencies.
Improve and standardize syndication processes using procedures, checklists, templates, process maps, workflow improvements, automation, ownership definitions, and escalation points.
Maintain governance and controls for partner selection, transaction approvals, pricing authorization, delegated authorities, information sharing, payment instructions, documentation, and exception management.
Support forward-flow and recurring syndication programs, including pool identification, data-tape preparation, pricing inputs, recurring execution, exception management, and partner reporting.
Coordinate post-closing administration and servicing oversight, including investor reporting, remittances, modifications, payoffs, defaults, recoveries, repurchases, and required investor approvals.
Validate transaction data; reconcile proceeds, fees, and balances; resolve discrepancies; and maintain accurate transaction and portfolio reporting.
Maintain an audit-ready operating environment with complete documentation, control evidence, system records, contractual requirements, issue tracking, and timely escalation of material credit, operational, compliance, or legal matters.

Benefits

Annual bonus program.
401(k) company contribution with a company match up to 6%, plus a non-elective company contribution of 3–7% depending on age.
Starting at four weeks of paid vacation.
15 calendar holidays.
Eight weeks of paid parental leave.
Employee assistance program.
Comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs.
Onsite fitness at some locations.
Tuition assistance.
Paid volunteer time off.
Short-term and long-term disability plans.