Loan Operations Associate / Senior Associate
Private Credit | London
The Opportunity
- Our client is a leading global private markets investor with a rapidly growing private credit platform. As the business continues to scale, they are seeking an ambitious Loan Operations professional to join a lean, high-performing team in London
- This is a broad and highly visible role offering exposure across the full loan lifecycle, working closely with Investment, Finance, Treasury and external service providers. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting operational excellence whilst helping to build scalable processes capable of supporting future growth
- This opportunity would suit a bright, proactive and entrepreneurial operations professional who enjoys taking ownership, solving problems and contributing beyond their immediate remit
Key Responsibilities
- Support the operational management of private credit investments throughout the full loan lifecycle
- Coordinate loan settlements, fundings, repayments, amendments and restructurings
- Manage trade settlement activity and monitor settlement pipelines
- Investigate, reconcile and resolve cash and trade breaks
- Maintain accurate loan, counterparty and static data records across internal systems
- Perform reconciliations between portfolio management, administrator and accounting platforms
- Support cash management activities and operational controls
- Work closely with outsourced service providers to ensure timely and accurate servicing
- Assist with onboarding new transactions and ensuring data integrity throughout the process
- Contribute to process improvement, automation and operational scalability initiatives
- Partner with Investment, Finance, Treasury, Legal and Compliance teams on day-to-day operational matters
- Support the continued evolution of a best-in-class loan operations function
Candidate Profile
- 3-8 years' experience within Loan Operations, Loan Servicing, Middle Office or Credit Operations. Experience from another buy-side firm or Loan Agent Bank would be most desirable
- Experience supporting private credit, syndicated loans, leveraged finance or broadly similar loan products
- Strong understanding of loan mechanics, settlements, fundings, repayments and servicing processes
- Experience investigating and resolving cash and trade breaks
- Strong reconciliation and data management skills
- Comfortable working across multiple operational workflows rather than within a highly siloed environment
- Experience with loan administration, portfolio management or settlement systems would be advantageous
- Strong Excel skills and high attention to detail
- Naturally proactive with a willingness to take ownership and seek out opportunities to add value
Personal Attributes
- Bright, engaging and commercially minded
- Team-oriented with a collaborative approach
- Entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable working in a growing platform
- Solutions-focused with strong problem-solving capabilities
- Hands-on and willing to roll up their sleeves when required
- Organised, detail-oriented and able to manage competing priorities
- Takes pride in delivering high-quality work and continuously improving processes
