Director Lending Specialist Fund Finance

Are you ready to join a dynamic and diverse client-facing team of lending specialists who provide tailor-made financing solutions for our (inter)national FI clients? Do you want to share your knowledge and experience on finance and structured lending in the interests of our clients and the future of our bank?

Your job

We are looking for a FI Lending specialist to join the FI Specialised Lending product unit within Financing Solutions (FS) part of Corporate Banking (CB).

As an FI Lending specialist, you are responsible for our commercial proposition, structuring and execution of Structured Lending products to (inter)national FI clients. Together with colleagues of client coverage, you take care of the origination of the client dialogue. Your work includes negotiating and preparing tailor-made commercial client propositions, structuring loan products, drafting credit applications, executing deals (including coordination with external advisors), negotiating financing documents with the client, and monitoring the existing lending portfolio.

Working environment

Financial Institutions is a sector with a global footprint in CB. Controlled growth and consolidation of international expansion - in (North-West) Europe - is an important theme for FI. Lending is a key product that enables international growth of FI. FI Specialised Lending (FISL) - currently consisting of 18 Lending Specialists in Amsterdam and London – is looking for a new colleague in the Fund finance team. The Fund finance team delivers financial structures for Asset Managers and investment funds that require financing in the various stages of the fund life cycle.

FISL acts as a centre of (credit) expertise and is the first line of defence for FI clients. The team is transaction-oriented, result-oriented, and knowledge-driven with a great deal of teamwork and strong empowerment of individual responsibilities. Our office is based in Amsterdam (Gustav Mahlerlaan) where we work in an open floor space and have all stakeholders in our vicinity. We have a flexible operating model that allows for working at home via VPN.

Your profile

Existing experience in Fund Finance, Structured Finance, or Lending is a pre. You’re an undisputed team player, eager to learn, and with a clear ambition to further develop yourself as a structured finance specialist. You are analytical, proactive, display an eye for detail, but above all, commercially driven. A networker with good stakeholder management skills capable to manage an external relationship network (Clients, Advisors, Lawyers) and an internal network (Risk, ALM, Legal, DCM, Finance).

We are looking for a professional with:

• Minimal [5-7] years of credit experience to wholesale clients
• Affiliation with Fund finance, structured lending, or affiliated products
• Knowledge of relevant developments of legal frameworks, Basel IV, Accountancy guidelines
• Analytical with advanced Excel skills
• Strong communication and commercial skills

Next to this, we require:

• Relevant Master’s degree
• Fluent in Dutch and English (written / verbal)

We are offering

ABN AMRO offers a challenging international work environment that provides ample opportunities for personal growth, knowledge development, and teamwork that fosters taking responsibility. FISL is a strong and dynamic team of passionate professionals that seek the best lending solutions for their clients.

Interested?

For additional information, you may contact Martijn Bakker, Head FI Specialised Lending, 06-30422010, martijn.bakker@nl.abnamro.com.

Equal opportunities for all

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge, and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.