Lead credit risk decisions for a dynamic sponsor finance portfolio. This high-impact role provides visibility to senior leadership and will support credit underwriting and approval for new leveraged finance transactions, including leveraged buyouts, add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations, and refinancings. You will analyze borrower financial performance, business models, sponsor strength, and market positioning, and you will build and review financial models, sensitivity cases, and downside scenarios to produce well-supported credit recommendations for senior credit committees.
Oversee portfolio risk management by monitoring credits on an ongoing basis, including quarterly reviews, covenant compliance, and internal risk ratings. You will identify early warning indicators and recommend risk mitigation strategies, while partnering with relationship managers and portfolio management teams on restructurings, waivers, and amendments. You will help ensure that credit decisions and ongoing monitoring remain aligned with the organization’s risk approach.
Ensure alignment with credit policies and regulatory requirements, and contribute to evolving credit frameworks, risk appetite definitions, and process enhancements. You will maintain high-quality documentation to support audit and regulatory examinations, and collaborate across the deal lifecycle with sponsor finance originators, capital markets, legal, and operations teams. To be successful, you will typically have 7–12+ years of credit risk, underwriting, or leveraged finance experience in banking or private debt, strong knowledge of sponsor-backed transactions and leveraged finance market dynamics, advanced financial analysis and modeling skills, and the ability to make independent, well-supported credit decisions while communicating clearly to senior audiences; a bachelor’s degree is required and advanced credentials such as an MBA or CFA are preferred.