Senior Associate - Loan Operations (WSO/ Loan IQ)

Job Overview

• Designation: Senior Associate
• Years of Experience: 4 to 6 yrs
• Reporting Line: Assistant Director
• Location: Gurgaon
  
  

Job Purpose

The job role is in the Private Markets division at Acuity, one of the fastest growing segments within the firm. This opportunity is ideal for a private equity /investment banking / strategy consulting professional who is interested in working with leading global private equity funds and corporations.

Key Responsibilities

WSO – Cash & Position Reconciliation

• Setting up automated Cash and Position reconciliation in excel
• Daily cash and position reconciliation of private credit and private equity funds
• Identifying the cash and position breaks and investigating the issue to resolve the same and update the same to respective stakeholders
• Setting up WSO for new loans by going through Credit agreements, term sheet and other legal documents
• Three-way Position reconciliation between WSO, Custodians and Fund Administrator (Par value, Cost and Market Value reconciliation)
• Reconciling the historical entries to clear and report the aged breaks
• Recording and monitoring activities (capital calls, distribution, prepayment, and debt servicing etc.)
• Loan servicing in WSO i.e., rollover, payments, borrowing, fees, spread changes, maturity date update, etc. as per agent bank notices
• Trade settlement as per custody cash movements
• Interacting pro-actively with various stakeholders like custodians, banks, and PE fund managers on a day to-day-basis
• Manage month end closing activities
  
  

Loan IQ - Loan Booking, Servicing and Trade Settlement

• Review Credit agreement and other loan related documents
• Setup or modify new and existing loans in several notebooks of LoanIQ
• Setup and update repayment schedules, Pricing Index & Rules, Facility, type of facility, CRA info, Repayment, maturity etc.
• Perform servicing activities in LoanIQ – Rollovers, Advances, Paydowns, Past Dues, fees and interest and principal payments
• Thoroughly checking Agent’s notices involving drawdowns, repricing, loan service etc.
• Assist Agency teams with the Agent’s notices
• Track Past Due payments, clean up unpaid and prepare reports per requirement
• Understanding of Trade documents like Assignment agreements, Funding Memos
• Book the new trades (Internal/External) in LoanIQ
• Manual Share adjustment of internal loans to settle the trades
• Settlement of Third-Party trades in LoanIQ and Clearpar
• Setting up SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) by laying down the processes and internal check frameworks to achieve the overall objective
• Client Management: Understanding project request, negotiate deadline and handling client queries
• Project Management: Project structuring, planning, conceptualizing output
  
  

KEY COMPETENCIES

• B. Com Graduate/MBA finance/CA/CFA
• 2-6 years of experience in fund accounting, Loan Syndication, Asset servicing, cash, and position reconciliation of private equity funds
• Knowledge of databases Markit (for notices), Geneva reporting (cash and Long-short position)
• Experience of working on WSO, Allvue, LoanIQ and other loan operations platform
• Understanding and ability to work with Legal documents (Credit or Loan agreements/Amendments/Assignment agreements)
• Strong in finance fundamentals and analytical skills
• Excellent in MS Excel to process varied data sets
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines
• Dedicated and motivated individuals having demonstrated academic excellence with project management, client relationship management, analytical, and teamwork skills
  
  

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