Company Category: SME Business Loans
Location: Yorkshire
Salary banding: Competitive plus Benefits
You will be responsible for:
* Developing a broad network of introducers to originate own deal flow.
* Undertaking business development and self-generating proposals, actively promoting the Fund and its activities to its target audiences.
* Keeping abreast of market developments, trends and business opportunities.
* Identification and assessment of suitable new SME loan investment opportunities to achieve annual investment targets (at a team and individual level). Loans in range £0.1m - £2m.
* Carrying out due diligence analysis on potential investee companies, involving all relevant stakeholders.
* Making recommendations for structuring a transaction, taking into account the specifics of the deal.
* Preparing written reports and verbal presentations to the Investment Committee in respect of investment recommendations.
* Negotiating deals and executing transactions, including the technical structuring of competitive investment packages to meet the requirements of the Fund.
* Completion of all relevant financial, people and legal elements of any transaction, including management of any due diligence process and liaising with external advisors.
* Post investment after-care, comprising management and monitoring of the financial and operational performance of the investee company and supporting and giving guidance on its operational and strategic issues.
* Working with our Portfolio team as appropriate, and the wider business for more complex solutions.
* Ensuring service level standards and turnaround times are met.
* Ensuring all regulatory and customer requirements are complied with.
* Supporting the Fund Principal in all aspects of successfully delivering and promoting the fund.
* Mentoring the team and developing less experienced colleagues.
Skills & experience
* Previous investment management experience combined with a strong technical background.
* Sound commercial acumen and analytical skills.
* Will ideally have an established introducer network within West Yorkshire
* Demonstrate business acumen, credit risk and analytical skills.
* Strong work and team ethics.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ambitious and self-motivated.
* Experience of working with potential and investee companies at Executive level.
* We are a collaborative team and so it’s important that you share our Core Values.
* You must be able to drive and be prepared to travel to our other offices and client sites.
* You should have the right to work in the UK