Structured Finance and CLO Relationship / Transaction Manager

Structured Finance and CLO Relationship Manager

U.S. Bank Global Corporate Trust Services is one of the largest providers of corporate trust services in the world. Our clients look to us for trustee, agency, escrow, document custody and money market issuing services via our 48 domestic offices and three international offices.

We are looking to hire an experienced Relationship / Transaction Manager to focus on the CLO and Structured Finance business, to perform transaction document review and negotiation in compliance with U.S. Bancorp policies and procedures as well as applicable regulatory requirements.  

This role is a ‘controlled function’ CF4 role, as defined by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 Regulations 2011.

Accountabilities for your role

• Perform transaction document review and negotiation in compliance with U.S. Bancorp policies and procedures as well as applicable regulatory requirements.  
• Controls risk language and identifies feasibility of stated trustee or agency duties when closing new issues, restructuring an issue, amending, or supplementing documents. 
• Perform pre-closing document review, closing activities, initial account reviews.
• Prepares necessary trustee or agent documents for closings, negotiates document comments with drafting counsel ensuring standard language (to the extent possible), and attends closings. 
• Enhances relationships with other counsels, clients and underwriters.
• Responsible for working with internal teams and specialty units in addressing issues and any other risk related issues that arise for assigned customer base. 
• Keep abreast of industry changes and competitor’s capabilities to provide and/or develop services valued by active market participants (both existing and prospective customers). 
• Serve as the customers’ primary contact for questions, problems, and education/consultation. 

Competencies for your role

Drive for Results

Pursues goals with energy and perseverance; rarely gives up before succeeding; works to overcome barriers and challenges in order to produce desired results; can be counted on to achieve or surpass goals; consistently a top performer among peer group.

Collaboration

Develops good working relationships with others; recognizes and values differences; encourages an inclusive collaborative environment and open dialogue; puts team’s goals ahead of personal agendas; shares information openly and transparently; openly supports team members and their efforts.

Agility & Innovation

Demonstrate flexibility in dealing with fast-changing priorities, and different or challenging situations. Help others to continuously improve and achieve results.  Explore multiple solutions to overcome obstacles.  Anticipate future needs that may affect the team or organization

Risk Management

Appropriately identify and manage risks, in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and with Company Policy.

Ethics and Trust

Maintain high ethical standards; gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity. Conducts him or herself honestly and ethically; adheres to a core set of values and standards appropriate to the situation and acts; accordingly, is consistent in own words and actions; inspires trust and respect by dealing openly with people; keeps confidences and admits mistakes

Technical Competencies for your role

• Thorough knowledge of account management, trust operations, presentations, project management, and legal regulations are required. 
• Corporate trust and relationship/transaction management experience strongly preferred. 
• Excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills to include both written and oral communications.
• Working knowledge of CLO, structured finance, loan servicing and related regulations, applicable regulatory requirements and closing functions. 
• Strong conflict management and negotiation skills required combined with the ability to identify and mitigate potential risk. 

Qualifications  Required to perform your Role?

• Generally, requires a Bachelor’s Degree and / or 5-7 years of related experience. 
• Legal education or experience and extensive capital markets documentation experience highly beneficial.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Control Function Disclosure

This role has been identified as Controlled Function (CF4) under the CBI Regulations.

Accordingly, the Company must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that the role holder complies at all times with the requirements of:

a) the CBI’s Fitness and Probity Regime and the Conduct Standards (as applicable to the role).

Applicants (and upon joining the Company, employees) agree to permit the Company (or its agents) to conduct such due diligence as it deems necessary to satisfy itself on reasonable grounds that you comply with the aforementioned requirements (as applicable to the role) and that you will provide the Company with all information and/or documentation relating to your qualifications, experience, employment history, financial soundness and other interests that the Company requests for that purpose.

It is the individual responsibility of every employee to maintain a current awareness and understanding of and to fully comply with U.S. Bank’s “Code of Ethics”. Each employee is also expected to maintain an awareness of the laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures that are appropriate for the position.