Syndication Loans Associate

Valley National Bank; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley National Bank seeks a Syndication Loans Associate to work with the Head of Loan Syndications and the Loan Syndications Group, responsible for arranging, structuring, and executing syndicated lending transactions. The role includes supporting the lending team, maintaining deal site management activities, and assisting in client communications.

Successful candidates will have experience in financial analysis, negotiation, and client relations. This position plays a key role in managing risk and ensuring compliance with regulations while helping meet lending objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in syndicated lending and financial transactions.
• Ability to support due diligence and deal management.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in arranging and negotiating syndicated lending transactions.
• Support the syndication team in every aspect of operational activities.
• Communicate with clients and monitor industry trends.

Skills

Financial modeling

Negotiation skills

Client communication

Knowledge of loan syndications

Job description

The Syndication Loans Associate will work directly with the Head of Loan Syndications and the rest of the Loan Syndications Group and will be responsible for arranging, structuring, negotiating, syndicating and otherwise executing club syndicated lending transactions. Through these efforts, this individual will help the team meet the credit exposure levels mandated by Credit Risk Management with respect to individual loans and affiliated group loans. This position will service the needs of the Bank's commercial, industrial, specialty finance and real estate related borrowers and dynamically engage with the financial institutions who are the buyers of the Bank's loans.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the syndicated lending team in every aspect of the business and may work at selling down individual loans and affiliated group exposures that exceed the credit hold parameters as mandated by Credit Risk Management.
• Support the syndicated lending team on sell side syndications and support buy side opportunities when generated by the Loan Syndications Group or commercial lenders.
• Assist in the preparation of marketing materials for syndicated / participation transactions (Loan Sale Call Sheet, Teasers, projections, confidential information memoranda and bank meeting materials.
• Maintain deal site management activities through the Intralinks deal site and subfolders by populating and managing due diligence and reporting requirement information for loan participants.
• Support and may communicate with clients. Identify and communicate syndication / participation industry trends and opportunities into internal colleague communications, activities and training.
• Assist in the due diligence, modeling, pitchbook packaging, distribution, and ongoing support of syndicated loan prospecting, lead, and purchase activities.
• Work with loan servicing department to ensure syndication / participation deals are correctly booked and captured on the Bank's systems.
• Assist in the cross sell of VNB services, most specifically identifying opportunities and getting them to the right people and departments at the Bank. Assist in meeting / exceeding business plan objectives (revenue generation, internal and external marketing materials and investor build out).
• Help manage risk assessment and exposure levels to participant banks in cooperation with
• Credit Risk Management -- Counterparty Risk as it relates to active transactions that the associate is engaged with or assigned.
• Uses 3rd party systems contractually engaged by the Syndications department within their daily role and responsibilities.
• Work with specialist and bankers to draft and negotiate necessary credit documentation.

Other Responsibilities:

• Comply with all regulations pertaining to BSA, USA PATRIOT ACT, and OFAC. Complete annual BSA training. Report suspicions of criminal activity, or any attempt to avoid BSA reporting requirements on the part of customers or employees, to the AML/BSA Compliance Department. For supervisory positions, ensure BSA training requirements are completed by staff.
• Performs other job duties as deemed necessary by supervisor.