Syndication Operations Manager

Daimler Truck Financial Services USA LLC

Charlotte (NC)

Hybrid

USD 130,000 - 190,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

401k with company match

Paid vacation 4 weeks

Paid holidays 15

Parental leave 8 weeks

Health insurance

Tuition assistance

Volunteer time off

Disability plans

Job summary

Daimler Truck Financial Services USA LLC in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Syndication Operations Manager to scale our North America syndication platform. You will lead operational execution, governance, and controls while coordinating across DTFS and external funding partners.

The role requires managing due diligence through closing, post-closing servicing, and investor reporting, with a focus on process improvement and compliance. Hybrid schedule with 4 days in-office.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field.
8 years of relevant experience in treasury, commercial lending operations, loan syndications, or portfolio administration.
Experience interpreting servicing requirements and contractual obligations.
Demonstrated governance, controls, data validation, audit support, and management reporting experience.
Strong analytical, organizational, project-management, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

Lead the operational execution, governance, documentation, reporting, and control framework for syndication transactions in North America.
Coordinate syndication transactions from due diligence through closing and post-closing administration.
Serve as the primary operational liaison between syndication partners and DTFS cross-functional teams.
Enhance and standardize syndication processes with procedures, templates, and workflow improvements.
Ensure governance and controls across partner selection, approvals, pricing, and information sharing.
Support post-closing administration, investor reporting, remittances, and servicing oversight.
Maintain audit-ready environment with complete documentation, system records, and issue escalation.

Skills

Treasury operations

Loan syndications

Governance

Data validation

Audit support

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Job description

Inside the Role

The Syndication Operations Manager plays a critical role in scaling the Daimler Truck Financial Services North America syndication platform. Working closely with the Head of Syndications and stakeholders across DTFS, the Manager will help establish the operational infrastructure, governance, controls, systems, and processes needed to support efficient execution, risk diversification, strong compliance, and sustainable growth.

Inside the Role

The Syndication Operations Manager leads the operational execution, governance, documentation, reporting, and control framework supporting syndication transactions across North America. Reporting to the Head of Syndications, the role coordinates approved transactions from due diligence through closing and post-closing administration, helping ensure approvals, funding controls, investor reporting, servicing requirements, and compliance obligations are completed accurately and on time.

The Manager is the primary operational liaison across Syndications, Credit, Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Operations, Legal, IT and external funding partners.

Posting Information

We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.

We Take Care of Our Team

Pay Offered Dependent On Knowledge, Skills, Andexperience

Benefits include annual bonus program; 401kcompany contribution with company match up to6% as well as non-elective company contribution of3 - 7% depending on age;starting at 4 weeks paidvacation; 15 calendar holidays; 8 weeks paidparental leave; employee assistance program;comprehensive healthcare plans and wellnessprograms; onsite fitness (at some locations); tuitionassistance and volunteer paid time off; short-termand long-term disability plans.

What You Drive At DTFS

Support pricing recommendations by analyzing portfolio yield, credit quality, investor return expectations, market feedback, servicing economics, fees, discounts, and transaction costs.
Identify and validate syndication pools from the existing DTFS portfolio using approved eligibility, concentration, credit, collateral, performance, and data-quality criteria.
Coordinate syndication transactions from selection through closing, including due diligence, documentation, data tapes, funding, booking, settlement, and closing deliverables.
Serve as the primary operational interface between syndication partners and DTFS Credit, Operations, Sales, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders, ensuring requirements, issues, and transaction dependencies are effectively coordinated.
Enhance and standardize syndication processes through procedures, checklists, templates, process maps, workflow improvements, automation, and clearly defined ownership and escalation points.
Ensure adequate governance and controls across partner selection, transaction approvals, pricing authorization, delegated authorities, information sharing, payment instructions, documentation, and exception management.
Support forward-flow and recurring syndication programs, including pool identification, data-tape preparation, pricing inputs, recurring execution, exception management, and partner reporting.
Coordinate post-closing administration and servicing oversight, including investor reporting, remittances, modifications, payoffs, defaults, recoveries, repurchases, and required investor approvals.
Maintain strong financial and data controls by validating transaction data, reconciling proceeds, fees and balances, resolving discrepancies, and maintaining accurate transaction and portfolio reporting.
Maintain an audit-ready syndication operating environment, including complete documentation, control evidence, system records, contractual requirements, issue tracking, and timely escalation of material credit, operational, compliance, or legal matters.

Knowledge You Should Bring

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field and 8 years of relevant experience.
Experience in treasury, commercial lending operations, loan syndications, participation administration, portfolio sales.
Working knowledge of servicing requirements, and the ability to interpret financial and transaction documentation, funding requirements, and contractual obligations.
Demonstrated experience with governance, operating controls, data validation, exception management, audit support, and management reporting.
Strong analytical, organizational, project-management, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills with high attention to detail.

Exceptional Candidates Might Have

Equipment finance, transportation finance, commercial vehicle finance, or financial-services syndication experience in commercial finance, lending operations, syndications, portfolio management, structured finance, or related financial services functions.
Experience developing procedures, process maps, control documentation, workflow improvements, or supporting audit and control-testing activities.
Experience with workflow, portfolio-management, document-management, reporting, or data-analytics tools.
Experience partnering with banks or institutional funding partners on transaction closings, investor reporting, servicing, or portfolio administration.
Experience engaging teams in continuous improvement efforts and fostering employee ownership of change
Familiarity with AI-enabled workplace tools and their potential applications in improving team productivity and business outcomes.

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Where We Work

This position is open to applicants who can work in (or relocate to) the following location(s)-

Charlotte, NC US. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Schedule Type:

Hybrid (4 days per week in-office / 1 day remote). This schedule builds our #OneTeamBestTeam culture, provides an unparalleled customer experience, and creates innovative solutions through in-person collaboration.

Daimler Truck Financial is the captive financial services provider for the Daimler Trucks North America family of commercial vehicle products, including Freightliner Trucks, Western Star, SelecTrucks, Sprinter Vans, Thomas Built Buses and Fuso. We have specialized in financing commercial vehicles for more than 40 years. This proven experience gives us critical insights into helping businesses overcome challenges unique to the trucking industry. Additionally, we offer a range of financing solutions that can be customized to meet each individual business’s needs, from owner-operators to large fleet managers and nearly every venture in-between.

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