Associate, Investment Operations

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a detail-focused Loan Operations Analyst in London to manage trade settlements, cash flows, and data reconciliations across multiple deals. You will support onboarding, documentation, and counterparty interactions, driving accuracy and compliance throughout the investment lifecycle.

The role emphasizes data quality, advanced Excel, and familiarity with systems like Allvue and Sentry, with opportunities to streamline processes through AI-enabled solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree or professional qualification in Finance, Accounting, Maths or other highly numerical discipline.
• Minimum 2+ years experience in a loan administration function, within a fund administrator or private credit manager
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong data mindset, with advanced Excel skills and the ability to analyse, interrogate and quality-control large data sets
• Experience with loan administration systems such as Sentry or Allvue preferred
• Interest in loan operations and fund structures
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage deadlines
• Ability to work across multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Strong data capability and data mindset
• Strong and analytical capability, with a natural curiosity to understand what data is telling you
• AI capability and adoption whilst still taking ownership of process and control
• Proactive with willingness to learn and develop
• Good communication skills, written and oral
• Team player with ability to work independently when required
• Conscientious and hard working
• Eager to build specialist expertise

Responsibilities

• Support trade settlement, drawdowns, repayments and interest calculations for assigned deals
• Process loan cash flows accurately and on time under VP supervision
• Maintain loan position records and support reconciliation activities
• Maintain deal files, compliance certificates and counterparty notices
• Ensure documentation is complete, accurately filed and audit-ready
• Support new deal onboarding with documentation review and filing
• Manage day-to-day counterparty interactions with Loan Agents, custodians and other deal-level external parties
• Maintain counterparty contact details, escalation paths and service expectations
• Support counterparty service issue resolution and elevate service-standard failures
• Support the full investment lifecycle from new deal set-up through administration, valuation-cycle inputs, capital activity processing and exit/wind-down reconciliation
• Maintain lifecycle status records and flag transitions, exceptions or upcoming events
• Perform weekly deal data reconciliations between 17Capital systems and Agent/outsourced administrator systems such as Allvue
• Oversee Agent and third-party administrator data and maintain data quality
• Flag data discrepancies and support resolution
• Maintain cash flow and other data required for quarterly valuation preparation
• Capture and finalise deal onboarding data and set up deal models for loan positions, interest repayments and valuation
• Follow procedures and evidence control execution
• Maintain control checklists and elevate control gaps or exceptions
• Maintain operational trackers and logs daily and communicate status upward weekly
• Interrogate, analyse and reconcile data to identify trends, errors and improvement opportunities
• Leverage AI to strengthen data controls, data capture, challenge and review
• Identify opportunities for technology and automation improvements
• Own the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of assigned transactions
• Collaborate across Investment Operations and build knowledge of loan agreements, fund structures and systems

Skills

Trade Settlement

Cash Flow Processing

Data Reconciliation

Interest Calculations

Documentation Review

Data Quality Management

Operational Tracking

Valuation Preparation

Automation Improvements

AI Tools

Education

Degree in Finance

Degree in Accounting

Degree in Maths

Tools

Allvue

Sentry

AI Tools

Job description

• Support trade settlement, drawdowns, repayments and interest calculations for assigned deals
• Process loan cash flows accurately and on time under VP supervision
• Maintain loan position records and support reconciliation activities
• Maintain deal files, compliance certificates and counterparty notices
• Ensure documentation is complete, accurately filed and audit-ready
• Support new deal onboarding with documentation review and filing
• Manage day-to-day counterparty interactions with Loan Agents, custodians and other deal-level external parties
• Maintain counterparty contact details, escalation paths and service expectations
• Support counterparty service issue resolution and elevate service-standard failures
• Support the full investment lifecycle from new deal set-up through administration, valuation-cycle inputs, capital activity processing and exit/wind-down reconciliation
• Maintain lifecycle status records and flag transitions, exceptions or upcoming events
• Perform weekly deal data reconciliations between 17Capital systems and Agent/outsourced administrator systems such as Allvue
• Oversee Agent and third-party administrator data and maintain data quality
• Flag data discrepancies and support resolution
• Maintain cash flow and other data required for quarterly valuation preparation
• Capture and finalise deal onboarding data and set up deal models for loan positions, interest repayments and valuation
• Follow procedures and evidence control execution
• Maintain control checklists and elevate control gaps or exceptions
• Maintain operational trackers and logs daily and communicate status upward weekly
• Interrogate, analyse and reconcile data to identify trends, errors and improvement opportunities
• Leverage AI to strengthen data controls, data capture, challenge and review
• Identify opportunities for technology and automation improvements
• Own the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of assigned transactions
• Collaborate across Investment Operations and build knowledge of loan agreements, fund structures and systems

Requirements

• Degree or professional qualification in Finance, Accounting, Maths or other highly numerical discipline
• Minimum 2+ years experience in a loan administration function, within a fund administrator or private credit manager
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong data mindset, with advanced Excel skills and the ability to analyse, interrogate and quality-control large data sets
• Experience with loan administration systems such as Sentry or Allvue preferred
• Interest in loan operations and fund structures
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage deadlines
• Ability to work across multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Strong data capability and data mindset
• Strong and analytical capability, with a natural curiosity to understand what data is telling you
• AI capability and adoption whilst still taking ownership of process and control
• Proactive with willingness to learn and develop
• Good communication skills, written and oral
• Team player with ability to work independently when required
• Conscientious and hard working
• Eager to build specialist expertise

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in loan administration, including trade settlement, cash flow processing, and data reconciliation. Proficient in leveraging technology and AI to enhance data controls and operational efficiency within investment operations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Loan Administration Experience
• Advanced Excel Skills
• Data Analysis and Quality Control
• Experience with Loan Administration Systems
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Maths

Hard Skills

• Trade Settlement
• Cash Flow Processing
• Data Reconciliation
• Interest Calculations
• Documentation Review
• Data Quality Management
• Operational Tracking
• Valuation Preparation
• Data Interrogation
• Automation Improvements

Soft Skills

• Attention to Detail
• Organizational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Proactive Learning
• Team Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Degree in Finance
• Degree in Accounting
• Degree in Maths

Industry Keywords

• Loan Operations
• Fund Administration
• Private Credit Management
• Investment Lifecycle
• Compliance Certificates

Tools & Technologies

• Allvue
• Sentry
• AI Tools