Head Debt Syndication

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd.; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd. seeks a Debt Syndication Leader to originate, structure, execute, and distribute debt transactions across corporate credit, structured debt, private credit, and syndicated loans.

You will lead a small team, manage relationships with borrowers and intermediaries, and coordinate with internal teams to scale the debt platform. The role involves overseeing origination, execution, and syndication, while working closely with senior leadership to drive deal

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with corporate issuers, promoters, financial sponsors, investment banks, NBFCs, and financial intermediaries to generate a consistent pipeline of debt opportunities.
• Lead inbound and outbound business development initiatives including networking, roadshows, and relationship mapping.
• Track sector opportunities and maintain market intelligence across industries such as infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing, renewable energy, and other capital-intensive sectors.
• Analyze borrower financials, cash flows, leverage metrics, and credit profiles to assess transaction viability.
• Structure debt instruments including termsheets, repayment schedules, covenants, security structures, and intercreditor arrangements.
• Collaborate with credit, risk, legal, tax, and compliance teams to validate structures and mitigate potential risks.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory, accounting, tax, and legal frameworks governing debt instruments in India.
• Design and execute distribution strategies including tranche structuring, pricing strategy, and investor placement.
• Lead investor marketing initiatives including presentations, roadshows, due diligence sessions, and investor meetings.
• Negotiate pricing, allocations, and documentation with institutional investors.
• Manage the deal execution lifecycle including closing, subscription, settlement, and post-closing communications.
• Oversee post-transaction monitoring including covenant compliance, borrower performance tracking, and financial reporting review.
• Work with internal credit and risk teams to monitor portfolio health and evaluate stress scenarios.
• Recommend remedial strategies in case of covenant breaches or borrower stress situations.
• Build, mentor, and lead a team responsible for origination, execution, and syndication activities.
• Work closely with senior leadership to align on strategy, capital deployment, and risk appetite.
• Present deal pipeline updates, risk assessments, and performance reports to senior management.
• Represent the organization in industry forums, conferences, and investor interactions.
• Monitor developments in credit and debt capital markets including interest rate movements, credit spreads, investor appetite, and regulatory changes.
• Provide insights to support development of new credit products and investment strategies.
• Benchmark market structures, pricing, and investor trends to ensure competitiveness.

Job description

The Debt Syndication Leader will be responsible for originating, structuring, executing, and distributing debt transactions including corporate credit, structured debt, private credit, and syndicated loans. The role involves driving deal flow, managing relationships with borrowers, sponsors, and intermediaries, and coordinating with internal teams across credit, risk, legal, and distribution functions.

This is a leadership position that will oversee a small team across origination, execution, and syndication while working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to build and scale the debt platform.

Key Responsibilities

Origination & Deal Sourcing

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with corporate issuers, promoters, financial sponsors, investment banks, NBFCs, and financial intermediaries to generate a consistent pipeline of debt opportunities.
• Lead inbound and outbound business development initiatives including networking, roadshows, and relationship mapping.
• Track sector opportunities and maintain market intelligence across industries such as infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing, renewable energy, and other capital-intensive sectors.

Transaction Structuring & Underwriting

• Analyze borrower financials, cash flows, leverage metrics, and credit profiles to assess transaction viability.
• Structure debt instruments including termsheets, repayment schedules, covenants, security structures, and intercreditor arrangements.
• Collaborate with credit, risk, legal, tax, and compliance teams to validate structures and mitigate potential risks.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory, accounting, tax, and legal frameworks governing debt instruments in India.

Syndication & Distribution

• Design and execute distribution strategies including tranche structuring, pricing strategy, and investor placement.
• Lead investor marketing initiatives including presentations, roadshows, due diligence sessions, and investor meetings.
• Negotiate pricing, allocations, and documentation with institutional investors.
• Manage the deal execution lifecycle including closing, subscription, settlement, and post-closing communications.

Portfolio Monitoring & Risk Management

• Oversee post-transaction monitoring including covenant compliance, borrower performance tracking, and financial reporting review.
• Work with internal credit and risk teams to monitor portfolio health and evaluate stress scenarios.
• Recommend remedial strategies in case of covenant breaches or borrower stress situations.

Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Build, mentor, and lead a team responsible for origination, execution, and syndication activities.
• Work closely with senior leadership to align on strategy, capital deployment, and risk appetite.
• Present deal pipeline updates, risk assessments, and performance reports to senior management.
• Represent the organization in industry forums, conferences, and investor interactions.

Strategic Market Intelligence

• Monitor developments in credit and debt capital markets including interest rate movements, credit spreads, investor appetite, and regulatory changes.
• Provide insights to support development of new credit products and investment strategies.
• Benchmark market structures, pricing, and investor trends to ensure competitiveness.