Executive Director, Complex Leveraged & Structured Lending

Santander; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Santander is seeking an Executive Director-level Transaction Manager in the US SCIB Lending group to drive end-to-end execution for Leveraged Finance and Structured Finance transactions. You will coordinate deal closings, bookings and lifecycle events with legal, credit, and front office teams.

You will build processes, train junior staff, and establish standards to ensure compliant, timely closings and strong control environments across the transaction lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of Leveraged Finance and Structured Finance lending transactions, syndicated loan processes, credit approvals, loan documentation, KYC/AML, collateral, covenants, booking, funding, settlement and servicing handoffs – middle office experience.
• Experience with Loan IQ or comparable loan booking/servicing platforms preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution coordination for Leveraged Finance and Structured Finance transactions from pre-approval through close.
• Coordinate closing checklists, conditions precedent, documentation status, approval evidence, funds flow, allocations, operational setup, and stakeholder readiness.
• Ensure material changes to approved terms are identified, escalated and re-approved where required before signing, closing, booking or funding.
• Partner with Advisory, Legal and Front Office during documentation negotiation to identify operational, control, booking, agency, collateral, covenant and funding implications.
• Build-out US Transaction Management team by developing procedures, playbooks, closing standards, training materials, issue logs and quality control routines.
• Train and mentor new and junior team members on deal mechanics, Lev Fin and Structured Finance transaction structures, closing protocols, documentation review, booking controls and escalation standards.

Skills

Transaction execution

Stakeholder mgmt

Control judgment

Closing coordination

Team training

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Tools

Loan IQ

Job description

Santander is seeking an Executive Director-level Transaction Manager in the US SCIB Lending group to drive end-to-end execution for Leveraged Finance and Structured Finance transactions. You will coordinate deal closings, bookings and lifecycle events with legal, credit, and front office teams.

You will build processes, train junior staff, and establish standards to ensure compliant, timely closings and strong control environments across the transaction lifecycle.