Deal Manager – Specialist Banking (Corporate Lending Operations)

Location: London (Hybrid – 4 days office / 1 day remote)

Salary: Up to £75,000

Contract Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

A leading specialist bank is seeking an experienced Deal Manager to join its Corporate Lending Operations team. This role is ideal for a proactive professional with a strong background in documentation review, deal execution, and LoanIQ system management, who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

The team acts as the primary internal contact for lending operations, ensuring transactions are managed efficiently with a focus on risk mitigation, data quality, and client service. This is a chance to work in a flat-structured, entrepreneurial culture that values internal mobility, innovation, and a “can-do” attitude.

Key Responsibilities

Deal Execution

• Book new deals (bilateral, agency, and syndicated participations) and facilities in the lending source system, ensuring accuracy and data integrity.
• Manage deal amendments, restructures, and security builds in the system.
• Govern initial pay-away conditions and track all subsequent conditions, including credit-defined sell-downs.
• Collate and retain transaction documentation (e.g., Withholding Tax forms like W8/W9).
• Complete and handover transaction notes to the servicing team within SLA.

Deal Lifecycle Management

• Monitor overdue covenants, breaches, and security valuations, escalating issues as needed.
• File documentation in accordance with policies and oversee reconciliations to resolve complex breaks.
• Manage arrears communications with business lines, credit, and support teams.
• Produce risk event write-ups and analysis to address gaps and reduce operational risks.
• Oversee data ownership for your portfolio, including terminations, fee movements, and clean-up of small balances.
• Handle client queries and provide ad hoc cover for team members.

Reporting & Stakeholder Management

• Own and drive the production and accuracy of data for BU dashboards, ensuring it is utilised effectively across the bank.
• Produce Desk-Level MI and KRI reports for leadership, summarising outcomes of meetings and initiatives.

Core Skills & Knowledge

• Technical Expertise: Strong experience with LoanIQ and building deals, along with the ability to interpret complex credit, ancillary, and security documentation.
• Regulatory Awareness: Up-to-date knowledge of relevant financial regulations.
• Analytical Mindset: Ability to problem-solve, analyse data, and optimise processes in a high-volume environment.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to negotiate and build relationships with stakeholders.
• Emotional Intelligence: High self-motivation, coachability, and accountability, with a positive and collaborative approach.
• Resilience: Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
• Familiarity with lending products, risk reporting (market/operational/credit), and downstream financial implications.
• Experience with dashboard management, MI/KRI reporting, and bank-wide initiatives.

Why Apply?

• Hybrid Working: 4 days in the office (London) / 1 day remote.
• Wellbeing & Benefits: Competitive package including pension, discretionary bonus, private medical options, wellbeing subsidies, and more.
• Culture: A supportive, inclusive environment where you’re encouraged to innovate, collaborate, and grow.

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