Vice President, Corporate Trust Transaction Manager

BNY Mellon; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY Mellon in Los Angeles seeks a Vice President, Corporate Trust Transaction Manager to oversee complex debt capital market transactions from initiation to closing.

You will coordinate with outside counsel and clients to negotiate terms, serve as primary contact for deal documentation, and ensure adherence to internal standards while mitigating risk. The role requires deep regulatory knowledge and strong communication with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Advanced degree or professional certification (e.g., CFA, FRM) preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in Corporate Trust or debt capital markets.

Responsibilities

• Review complex debt capital market transactions from initiation through closing.
• Lead negotiations of transaction terms with external counsel, clients, and business development.
• Serve as primary contact for deal documentation to ensure compliance with standards and mitigate risk.
• Act as subject matter expert on product/country regulations and market data.

Skills

Debt capital markets

Negotiation

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field

Advanced degree or CFA/FRM preferred

Job description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Corporate Trust Transaction Manager to join our Corporate Trust team. This role is located in Los Angeles

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Reviewing highly complex specialized debt capital market transactions/structures aligned to a business or multiple product segments from initiation through closing
• Being a key liaison with outside counsel and in conjunction with Client & Business Development taking the lead in negotiation of the terms of the structure.
• Serve as primary contact with internal and external parties on new and existing transactions and deal documentation to ensure the life of issue meets all operational and documentation standards and mitigates any risk.
• Act as the Subject Matter "Go To" Expert/country specialist for product/country ensuring the business is kept up to date with market and competitor data and new regulations and laws for specific products or country regulations.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. - Advanced degree or professional certification (e.g., CFA, FRM) is preferred.
• 5-10 years of experience in Corporate Trust and/or debt capital markets preferred.
• Ability to work under tight and demanding deadlines and effectively manage internal and external relationship difficulties in a time sensitive, pressured environment.
• Able to investigate and propose (a) innovative legal solutions that are often complex to ensure that enterprise documentation standards are upheld; and (b) commercial solutions to business
• Strong inquisitive and lateral thinking skills
• Excellent team player
• Ability to work well without supervision
• Resourceful
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are necessary to persuade, negotiate and influence others, often at higher levels.