Syndication Services Manager

United Community Bank; Cornelius (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

United Community Bank is seeking a Syndication Services Manager to lead a team in closing and servicing syndicated loans. This full-time, non-remote position requires strong leadership skills and a background in commercial banking, along with at least 5 years of agented loan syndication experience.

The ideal candidate will execute loan activities ensuring compliance and accuracy, review legal documents, and manage a team to foster growth. Schedule flexibility for evenings and weekends is necessary.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of Commercial Banking experience.
• Minimum 5 years of Agented Loan Syndication experience.
• Equivalent education experience may be accepted.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team supporting syndicated loans closing and servicing.
• Review complex legal documents for accuracy and compliance.
• Execute loan closing, funding, booking, and servicing activities.
• Resolve loan closing issues with necessary involvement.

Skills

Commercial Banking experience

Agented Loan Syndication

Knowledge of syndicated loan products

Hands-on experience with AFS, ACBS, or Loan IQ

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or a related field

Job description

Overview

The Syndication Services Manager will serve as a player/coach and will provide leadership to a team while remaining actively engaged in complex syndicated deal execution, including due diligence, documentation, booking, and servicing. The role acts as a key liaison between internal partners, agent and participant banks, and external stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely and compliant transaction processing. The Manager is accountable for maintaining data integrity, ensuring alignment with credit approvals and syndication terms. As a leader within Loan Operations, the role includes recruiting, developing, and mentoring a team, prioritizing workload, resolving operational and technical issues, and building scalable capabilities to support growth. This individual will foster a culture of accountability, precision, and continuous improvement while positioning the team as a trusted partner across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Player / Coach that leads a team supporting the closing and servicing of syndicated loans where UC is theAdministrative Agent or Member/Participant.
• Review complex legal documents and commercial loan documents to ensure documentation accurately reflectsthe intentions of the credit approval, complies with bank policies and procedures, industry standards, and isoperationally feasible to support.
• Resolve issues that may impede loan closing and use judgment to involve others when necessary.
• Execute loan closing, funding, booking, and servicing activities in the core loan systems, ensuring accuracy anddata integrity.
• Process and assist with reconcilement of all activities related to syndicated loans, including advances, payments,rollovers, rate changes, fees and interest accruals.
• Responsible for ensuring loan boarding requests and/or loan maintenance requests are prepared, delivered andcompleted according to Bank, regulatory and investor guidelines and forward findings, reports, and documents tolender or specified loan assistant.
• Support reporting and operational tasks related to the syndicated loan portfolio
• Act as a liaison between bank counsel, compliance, RM/LOA, credit, and other internal and external partners andstakeholders.
• Management oversight to include interviewing, hiring, coaching, and training of direct reports.
• Provide world-class service to internal and external customers with a sense of urgency and positive attitude.
• Participate in all required compliance training, including Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering training, as wellas internal and external training programs, online training, meetings, and seminars/conferences, etc.
• Adhere to Corporate and Loan Operations policies and procedures as prescribed.
• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilitiesthat are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at anytime with or without notice.

Requirements For Success

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field, equivalent education experience can be substituted.
• Minimum 10 years of Commercial Banking experience
• Minimum 5 years of Agented Loan Syndication experience
• Hands-on experience with AFS, ACBS, or Loan IQ
• Knowledge of syndicated loan products: revolvers, term loans, swinglines, letter of credit, and multicurrency transactions

Conditions of Employment

• Must be able to pass a criminal background & credit check
• This is a full-time, non-remote position that requires schedule flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Pay Range

USD $0.00 - USD $0.00 /Yr.