AVP Syndication Loan, Credit Admin & Control

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB); Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) in Singapore seeks an experienced professional to provide end-to-end syndication loan administration and agency support to lending and business units across Corporate, Commercial, Retail, and Global Markets. You will ensure proper documentation, regulatory compliance, and a smooth daily operations workflow within SLA.

The role requires coordinating with syndicate counsel and finance parties, reviewing key agreements, and driving process improvements in a

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end syndication loan administration and agency support.
• Ability to review loan agreements, covenants and related documents.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and control frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain relationships between business units, borrowers and parties.
• Support syndication/club deals where the bank acts as Facility/ Security Agent.
• Monitor financial and project covenants and ensure compliance.
• Process day-to-day syndication loan administration including drawdown, billing and disbursement.
• Review agreements to ensure feasibility and operational practicality.
• Coordinate with syndicate counsel on disbursement instructions.
• Provide guidance and training to team members.

Skills

Syndication loan administration

Financial covenants monitoring

Documentation review

Stakeholder coordination

Regulatory compliance

Process improvements

Job description

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values - Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long‑term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

Credit Administration and Control Division provides back office credit administration support to credit / business units of the Bank. These units include Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Retail Business Banking, International Business Debt Capital Market, Global Market & Investment Management as well as Structured Trade Commodity Finance
Reporting to the Dept Head Credit Control Syndication, you will be responsible for providing and maintaining an operating framework covering Syndication Loan Agency support to the Lending / Business units.

Incumbent is expected to provide management oversight and processing support of Syndication Loans, Promissory Notes, and Project Accounts to ensure daily operations service delivery meet business and customers' expectations, deliverables are in compliance with regulatory framework for the key operations listed below.
Incumbent must be able to drive initiatives to benchmark service delivery to industry best practices, ensure adequacy of controls, bench strength is adequately trained and has breadth and depth of skills to support overall operations needs within agreed SLA.
Incumbent must be able to formulate system and work processes and process improvements for an end to end, holistic approach to syndication loan operational requirements and coordinate with other divisions & stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of related services.

• Manage and maintaining cordial relationship between Business units, Borrowers and Finance Parties as well as handling enquiries/requests
• Support syndication / club deals where the Bank is acting in the capacity of Facility Agent &/or Security Agent
• Ensure the monitoring of Financial Covenants and Project covenants are properly managed and complied
• Processing day to day transaction of syndication loan administration (i.e. drawdown, rollover, rate fixing, billing, repayment, prepayment, fee calculation, and proper document lodgment of documents
• Review Syndication Loan Agreements, Agency Agreements, Security & Finance Documents to ensure feasibility, appropriateness and operational practicality of clauses in relation to roles, responsibilities and duties of Facility Agent &/or Security Agent &/or Issuing and Paying Agent
• Review Syndicate Legal Counsel confirmation of compliance of Conditions Precedents prior to disbursement of Syndication Loans
• Coordinate instructions from Syndicate Legal Counsel to the Finance Parties on the disbursement of Syndication Loans
• Perform agency administration of Syndicate Borrowers undertakings
• Monitoring and ensuring Project Accounts transactions are done in adherence of the Housing Developers (Project Account) Rules (HDPAR)
• Co-ordinate / Participate in projects in the department as and when applicable
• Provide guidance, training and knowledge sharing as and when applicable

Additional Requirements

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.