Manager - Lender Due Diligence
Managers from Audit without prior LDD experience will still be considered
Location: London, Hybrid
Position Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Are you an experienced professional with a passion for risk management, complex financial transactions, and helping clients address their unique challenges? Do you enjoy leading teams, building relationships, and working in a fast-paced, innovative environment? If so, join our dynamic Lender Due Diligence team as we continue to grow and deliver exceptional results for our global clients.
About the Role
We are seeking a Manager - Lender Due Diligence to lead client engagements in the conduit and private asset-backed lending space. In this key role, you will perform in-depth reviews and agreed-upon procedures (AUPs) to evaluate collateral, assess processes, and analyze the quality of data associated with lending transactions. Your efforts will support our bank, insurance, and private debt/hedge fund clients in making confident, data-driven decisions on their target assets, spanning industries like telecom, manufacturing, and consumer lending.
As part of our Risk and Compliance Solution, you'll partner with some of the world's leading financial institutions, helping them navigate highly regulated environments and gain insights to mitigate risks and optimize lending structures.
What We're Looking For
1. Experience & Expertise:
2. Background in auditing, consulting, or financial services, with a focus on lender due diligence, risk assessment, or structured finance.
3. Knowledge of asset classes such as receivables, mortgages, trade finance, structured finance (ABS, RMBS, CMBS, CLO).
4. Familiarity with credit risk evaluation, financial controls, and reporting processes.
5. Prior exposure to securitization or structured finance experience is highly desirable.
6. Leadership & Project Management:
7. Proven ability to manage projects end-to-end, juggle multiple priorities, build diverse teams, and encourage innovation.
8. Direct supervisory experience including mentoring, coaching, and evaluating team performance.
9. Technical Skills:
10. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to summarize and present findings effectively.
11. Proficiency in Microsoft Office; any experience with data analytics tools is a plus.
12. Education & Certifications:
13. Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (minimum 2:2 or equivalent).
14. Professional certifications such as ACA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent preferred.
What You'll Do
15. Lead Engagements: Oversee the delivery, people, and management of client projects, ensuring adherence to time, budget, and quality standards.
16. Drive Client Results: Work closely with clients to address credit risks through careful evaluation of target businesses and lending assets, identifying operational improvements and opportunities.
17. Develop Expertise: Actively contribute to thought leadership, support innovation within project teams, and build new specialisms.
18. Foster and Mentor Teams: Create growth opportunities for team members, ensuring diversity, performance development, and a high-performing, collaborative work culture.
19. Expand Relationships: Build strong client relationships, develop proposals, and shape new opportunities in collaboration with Managing Directors/Directors.
20. Global Collaboration: Liaise with global offices to leverage insights and resources while delivering consistently high standards.
What We Offer
21. The opportunity to work alongside industry-leading professionals on high-impact projects.
22. A collaborative environment that champions innovation and growth.
23. Mentorship and ongoing personal and professional development.
24. Competitive salary, benefits, and a clear path for advancement.
Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training.