Director, Loan Portfolio Diligence in Manchester

Interpath is an international and fast-growing advisory business with deep expertise in a broad range of specialisms spanning deals, advisory and restructuring capabilities. We deliver tangible results for global businesses, their investors, and stakeholders when complex problems arise, and critical decisions need to be made. Interpath is agile, independent, and conflict-free, and our passion for doing what's right, every time, sets us apart.

Our diverse teams provide specialist technical knowledge combined with deep sector experience across our service line specialisms. Since our foundation in 2021, Interpath has grown rapidly, and we now have a presence across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, BVI, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Barbados, and Hong Kong. By 2030 we aim to be one of the world's leading advisory firms with a truly global footprint.

Interpath is seeking a commercially driven and strategically minded Director to join our growing Loan Portfolio Diligence team, with a focus on securitisation and structured finance transactions. This senior leadership role involves overseeing complex, high-value engagements, originating new business, and shaping the direction of the practice.

You will be responsible for managing key client relationships, ensuring the highest quality of risk management and delivering high-impact insights across a wide range of private and public securitisation transactions. You will also play a pivotal role in developing talent, expanding service offerings, and driving growth.

The role offers significant variety and exposure across a broad range of structured finance transactions. We perform diligence for private financing deals including asset-based lending and forward flow transactions, as well as portfolio sales, significant risk transfers, and full public securitisations. Our clients include banks, investment funds, asset managers, loan origination platforms, and fintech lenders, and we work across asset classes, such as residential and commercial mortgages, auto loans, consumer credit, SME lending, asset finance, and more.

• Provide strategic leadership across all phases of loan portfolio diligence and securitisation engagements.
• Oversee the delivery of complex due diligence, re-underwriting, data verification, lending policy review, and AUP testing, including quality control and ensuring adherence to risk management procedures.
• Provide strategic oversight of the scoping of engagements, risk assessment, and transaction execution, with engagement leader responsibility.
• Cultivate and deepen existing relationships with senior client stakeholders, whilst originating and developing new relationships through business development activities, to expand the firm's presence in the structured finance market.
• Lead and mentor high-performing teams, sharing knowledge and experience and fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous development.
• Work with the Managing Director and other Directors to shape the strategic direction and expansion of the Loan Portfolio Diligence business.
• Collaborate with other divisions within the firm to leverage expertise and deliver integrated solutions.
• Represent the firm in industry forums, contributing to thought leadership and market visibility.
• Drive operational efficiency and quality across engagements, ensuring compliance with internal and external standards.
• Stay ahead of market trends, regulatory developments, and innovations in structured finance, sharing knowledge with the team.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in structured finance and securitisation or related fields.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale Loan Diligence engagements and managing senior client relationships.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in business development and client origination.
• Deep technical knowledge of securitisation structures, asset-backed securities, and credit risk assessment, with the ability to deliver complex advisory engagements.
• Proven experience with AUP engagements and regulatory reporting (e.g., ESMA templates, prospectuses).
• A proactive and results-oriented attitude with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Inspirational leader with experience mentoring and developing junior staff and a growing team.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and team-building skills.
• Commitment to professional development and continuous learning.

Inclusion at Interpath: We exist to help our clients seize transformational opportunities or navigate their most difficult challenges, and so we need to draw on the brightest minds from the broadest range of backgrounds to bring the most insightful perspectives. To do that, it's essential that it is in our DNA to support and celebrate our people as individuals and that we all have the ability, resources and guidance to achieve our long-term career ambitions.

• Do the right thing - Our comfort zone is uncomfortable. We always make the right decision, not simply what is easy or popular.
• All hands on deck - Stand shoulder-to-shoulder with colleagues and clients, be that physically or from afar. Our individual expertise may find the answers, but implementation happens through teamwork.
• Passion drives success - The impossible is always possible. We push the boundaries of what is expected because we're never satisfied with the status quo. Our clients expect the right result when they engage with us, and it's only by delivering this that we win.
• Embrace different - We welcome diverse cultures and mindsets, and we believe that people are equal, but not the same.