Loan Servicing / CLO Operations Analyst

Attribution Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Attribution Search seeks an experienced Loan Servicing / CLO Operations professional to join a London-based Operations team. You will own day‑to‑day servicing of syndicated loans and CLO portfolios through the full lifecycle, coordinating with PMs, investment teams and external counterparties.

The role features ownership over loan lifecycle events, reconciliations, and settlements, with a focus on accurate processing and issue resolution in a global platform environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience across syndicated loan servicing and operations.
• Knowledge of primary and secondary loan markets, PAR loans preferred.
• Experience with CLOs or alternative credit portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day loan lifecycle events, interest, repayments, rollovers and amendments.
• Process loan transactions and cash movements, keeping records accurate.
• Support loan amendments, restructurings and facility changes across systems.
• Handle drawdowns and processing for committed/uncommitted facilities.
• Perform reconciliations of positions, cash and systems across platforms.
• Investigate reconciliation breaks and provide analysis to stakeholders.
• Support trade settlement and ensure accurate reflection in systems.
• Review notices and discrepancies to ensure correct processing.

Skills

Syndicated loan servicing

CLO operations

Loan lifecycle knowledge

Reconciliations and cash movements

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

WSO

Job description

I’m working with a leading global investment manager that is looking to hire an experienced Loan Servicing / CLO Operations professional to join its London-based Operations team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong grounding in syndicated loan operations and CLOs who wants to take on a role with genuine ownership across the loan lifecycle, rather than simply processing transactions.

You’ll work closely with Portfolio Managers, Investment Teams, Finance, Agent Banks and external counterparties, playing a key role in ensuring the smooth and accurate operation of a global CLO platform.

You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day servicing of syndicated loans and CLO portfolios, with exposure across the full lifecycle. Daily duties will include:

• Managing day-to-day loan lifecycle events, including interest, repayments, rollovers, amendments and other scheduled and ad-hoc activity.
• Processing loan transactions and cash movements, ensuring positions and records remain accurate and up to date.
• Supporting loan amendments, restructurings and facility changes, ensuring new terms and relevant data are correctly reflected across internal systems.
• Managing activity relating to committed and uncommitted facilities, including drawdowns and associated processing.
• Performing regular position, cash and system reconciliations across multiple internal platforms.
• Investigating and resolving reconciliation breaks, identifying root causes and providing clear analysis to relevant stakeholders.
• Supporting trade settlement activity and ensuring transactions are accurately reflected across the relevant operational systems.
• Reviewing interest and payment notices, investigating discrepancies and ensuring accurate processing.
• Working closely with investment, portfolio management, finance, operations and external counterparties to resolve issues and ensure transactions are processed efficiently.

They're looking for someone with a solid background in syndicated loan operations, ideally gained within an asset manager, investment manager, CLO platform, bank, agent or similar financial services environment.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong experience across syndicated loan servicing and operations.
• Good knowledge of the primary and secondary loan markets, particularly PAR loans.
• Experience working with CLOs and/or alternative credit portfolios, with an understanding of relevant lifecycle events.
• Familiarity with loan servicing, settlement and reconciliation processes and the systems that support them (Ideally WSO)
• Strong understanding of operational controls, cash movements and position management.