Partner

Amco Advisors, LLC; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Amco Advisors, LLC, located in the Atlanta area, seeks a seasoned Partner for a family-office-sponsored private credit fund. The role blends deal origination with senior credit responsibility in a hybrid work setting, including underwriting, portfolio management, and fund administration.

The ideal candidate has 20+ years in commercial lending or related fields, with strong credit authority and regulatory experience. Prior SBIC exposure is welcome but not required.

Qualifications

• Twenty plus years of progressively senior experience in commercial lending, acquisition or leveraged finance, underwriting, and portfolio management.
• Credit authority within a regulated financial institution.
• Experience shaping credit policies, underwriting standards, and portfolio management frameworks.
• Prior SBIC experience is welcome but not required.

Responsibilities

• Originate and manage borrower and sponsor relationships through closing and loan life.
• Lead credit underwriting for acquisition and change-of-control transactions with financial analysis and cash-flow leverage reviews.
• Negotiate financing terms, oversee due diligence, and coordinate with legal advisers.
• Oversee portfolio and loan management including covenant compliance and workouts.
• Support portfolio-level credit risk management, concentrations, and liquidity planning.
• Contribute to SBIC compliance, SBA reporting, and fund administration activities.
• Develop workflows, templates, and reporting systems as the firm grows.
• Lead and coordinate the credit team and delegate underwriting and diligence tasks.

Job description

Partner - Private Credit Fund, Debt Finance, Acquisition Finance, Corporate Lending

For our client, a family-office-sponsored private credit GP focused on the lower middle market, we are seeking a seasoned commercial lending executive to join the firm as a Partner.

Overview:

The role requires 20+ years of progressively senior experience in commerciallending, acquisition or leveraged finance, underwriting, and portfolio management,including meaningful credit authority within a regulated financial institution.

The Partner will have the opportunity to use decades of lending experience to help shapethe GP's credit policies, underwriting standards, operating procedures, and portfolio management framework from the early stages. The Partner works directly with the otherpartners, has substantial input into credit decisions, and will lead the credit function withthe ability to build, direct, and delegate work across the team.

The GP lends to established businesses in the lower middle market, including acquisitionfinancing for owners and sponsors. The position combines client-facing deal origination andexecution with senior credit responsibility and a hands-on role in the GP's underwriting,portfolio management, compliance, and fund administration functions.

Responsibilities:

• Originate and manage borrower and sponsor relationships: source transactions, leadclient discussions, and serve as the primary senior contact through closing and thelife of the loan.
• Lead credit underwriting, including acquisition and change-of-control transactions:financial analysis, quality-of-earnings review, cash-flow and leverage assessment,purchase-price analysis, collateral review, downside analysis, loan structuring,credit memoranda, and formal credit recommendations.
• Negotiate financing terms and oversee execution: term sheets, due diligence,documentation, intercreditor arrangements, closing conditions, collateral, covenants,guarantees, review of acquisition purchase agreements, and coordination with legaland other outside advisers.
• Oversee portfolio and loan management: borrower financial reporting, covenantcompliance, early-warning identification, amendments, workouts, restructurings,recoveries, refinancings, and loan exits.
• Help manage portfolio-level credit risk, concentrations, maturity and refinancingexposure, stress testing, deployment pacing, and liquidity.
• Participate in the GP's SBIC compliance, SBA reporting, leverage administration,internal controls, governance procedures, and examination readiness, working withSBIC counsel, the fund administrator, CPA, auditors, and other advisers.
• Develop and help shape workflows, templates, reporting systems, and operatingcontrols as the firm and portfolio grow.
• Lead and coordinate the credit team, including delegation of underwriting, diligence,portfolio, and administrative work.

Candidate Profile:

The ideal candidate has spent the better part of his or her career in commercial banking orinstitutional lending to privately held lower-middle-market businesses.

Relevantbackgrounds include senior commercial lender, senior credit officer, market or regionalexecutive, branch or market president, senior vice president, executive vice president, orcomparable positions with credit authority and management responsibility at community,regional, or super-regional banks, as well as senior roles in acquisition, leveraged, orsponsor finance at banks, BDCs, or private credit funds.

The ideal candidate is as effective across the table from a business owner as inside a creditfile or a regulatory examination. Candidates should be comfortable exercising independentjudgment. Experience with credit policy, internal controls, and regulatory reporting isparticularly relevant. Prior SBIC experience is welcome but not required.

Compensation:

The compensation range is $220,000–$400,000 annually. Specific terms will be discussedwith qualified candidates.

Work Arrangement:

The position is hybrid, combining work in our office in the Atlanta, Georgia suburbs andfrom a home office. We can accommodate candidates located farther away.