Loans Transaction Management Specialist

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London seeks a Loans Transaction Management Specialist to act as a middle office partner for corporate and investment banking clients.

You will negotiate and review facility documentation, manage end-to-end loan transactions, and collaborate with client coverage teams, external counsel, and facility agents. Responsibilities include overseeing closing, negotiating with counsel, and maintaining strong controls and timelines across bilateral and syndicated facilities.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of loan documentation requirements.
• Solid understanding of Investment Grade & Non-Investment Grade lending agreements.
• Experience in bilateral and syndicated loan facilities and related workflows.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities under pressure.
• Excellent coordination, prioritization, and delivery under tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to manage internal and external relationships and communications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver loan documentation execution for credit facilities and related legal docs, overseeing closing.
• Interface with Front Office, Credit, and clients’ counsel to review and negotiate facility docs.
• Liaise with internal and external counsel on documentation reviews and approvals.
• Propose solutions across stakeholders, ensuring timely involvement for resolutions.
• Manage internal controls, reporting, and escalation during transaction execution.
• Contribute to team projects and initiatives to improve processes.

Skills

Loan documentation

Credit products

Transaction management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory awareness

Communication skills

Attention to deadlines

Job description

Are you interested in transaction management and are passionate about loan documentation? Then you have found the right team!

As a Loans Transaction Management Specialist within the Credit Products Delivery team, you will serve as a middle office transaction management partner for clients of the Corporate & Investment Bank, Commercial Bank. Your role will involve providing expertise in the negotiation and review of facility documentation and managing end-to-end transactions for Loan products. You will work closely with JPMorgan's client coverage teams, external legal counsel, and facility agents.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver best-in-class loan documentation execution for credit facilities and ancillary legal documentation, particularly for corporate clients, including oversight of the deal closing process
• Face Clients (or their counsel) in close partnership with Front Office and Credit to review and support the negotiation of legal documentation for financings, with a focus on bilateral and syndicated loan facilities
• Liaise with internal/external counselin the review of facility documentation
• Draw on transactional expertise to suggest solutions for appropriate stakeholders (Bankers, Credit, Tax, Ops etc) as necessary, ensuring they are brought into the debate in a timely manner to reach a resolution
• Manage to the internal controls framework, reporting and escalation for transaction execution, including preparing and coordinating the approval of documentation deviations during negotiations
• Actively contribute to and drive wider team projects & initiatives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Advanced technical knowledge and understanding of loan documentation
• Excellent understanding of lending products and associated legal agreements (Investment Grade & Non-Investment Grade, Acquisition Finance)
• Solid understanding of investment grade and leveraged loans, transaction management, lending products more broadly, and banking processes
• Solid decision-making capabilities and the ability to identify problems and drive to a resolution
• Excellent coordination skills and a strong control mindset
• Demonstrated ability to manage relationships, both internally and externally
• Proven organization skills, and ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines, including strong prioritization skills
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills; ability to interact professionally and confidently with the Front Office and functional partners globally
• Lead by example, set high standards of performance for self and others
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing business and technology environment
• Think strategically and tactically to design process improvement ideas with the flexibility to adjust to new innovations, regulations, and priorities

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Prior experience working with emerging markets borrowers
• Candidates from law firms and/orwithin-house counsel/paralegal backgrounds
• Language skillswelcomed