Job Title: Portfolio Manager
Corporate Title: Senior Associate / VP
Certification Status: Certified Person
Business/Function: Lending
Department: Acquisition Finance – Portfolio Management
Line Manager: MD - Portfolio Management
Status: Permanent
Department Overview:
Over an extended period of time, The Bank has developed a dynamic and focussed Acquisition Finance team, which now encompasses a platform incorporating London, Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid, Frankfurt, Central & Eastern Europe, New York and APAC operations in Singapore and Australia. A key component of this development is the distinction between Origination and Portfolio activities, with the Portfolio Team being responsible for managing the quality and reporting of the overall AF book. London specifically, is directly responsible for transactions booked in Paris, CEE and APAC, alongside the UK transactions. In addition dedicated portfolio teams exist in Amsterdam and New York being responsible for the other locations and reporting functionally to the Global Head of Portfolio in London, who has overall responsibility for ensuring consistency of management across what is currently c.EUR8.5bn of commitments across c.360 transactions.
Main Duties and Responsibilities of Role:
Key responsibility is managing and controlling the risks inherent in a portfolio of highly leveraged transactions, with specific focus upon business cashflows to assess credit risk. This is undertaken by way of;
In addition, this role will have the opportunity to;
a) provide support where necessary in the event of transaction underperformance requiring restructuring activity to be undertaken;
b) support new business activity undertaken by the Portfolio Team by way of dividend recaps / refinancings and
c) provide support as necessary for a range of projects and requests related to inter alia, regulatory reporting, rating model amendments, improvements to internal processes.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential:
With a team of over 200 and growing every day, Goodman Masson is one of London’s specialist Finance and Technology recruitment businesses. Voted ‘Best Recruitment Company to Work For’ in 2018, our passion for what we do is clear.
Based in London, Düsseldorf and New York, we hold annual revenues exceeding £42 million. This includes Qualified & Part-Qualified / Transactional Finance, Actuarial & Investment Management, Audit, Banking Operations, Compliance & Financial Crime, Front Office, Housing Development, Information & Cyber Security, Technology, Digital & Data, Product Control & Valuations, Projects, Change & Transformation, Risk & Regulation, Tax and Treasury.
We also have a Solutions team who provide RPO, hybrid and volume recruitment services. Alongside this, Goodman Masson have developed an Executive Search team who focus on sourcing C-suite talent to fee earning Legal partners.