Assistant Vice President, Loans Agency, Transaction Coordinator

London, England, United Kingdom

5/15/2025

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Loan Agency are part of the Transaction Processing Unit, within the Operations Division for EMEA. Transaction Processing provides efficient and accurate processing, ranging from single-touch, single entry to multi-touch, complex transaction processing.

The Facility Agent is responsible for managing a portfolio of Syndicated Loans, and for managing events on each Facility in accordance with Facility Agreements and Market Practice.

Acting on behalf of a syndicate of lenders, the Facility Agent must deal with scheduled and unscheduled events, issues and queries, these must be dealt with quickly and efficiently, and these must be administered in accordance with the relevant Facility Agreement.

Main Purpose of the Role

• Alongside the usual associated administrative processing for each deal there will be additional lifecycle events driven by the facility documentation.
• The successful candidate will manage a section of the wider portfolio of complex Agency deals. As a transaction coordinator, end to end maintenance of the portfolio can include the tracking of financial and ESG covenants, security trustee responsibilities, collateral monitoring, borrowing base maintenance and front to back management of amendments and waivers.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support and guidance in order to facilitate the completion of daily in accordance with head office rules and regulation.
• Responsible for the accurate verification of fellow team member’s work.
• Provide assistance, as requested, to line management in the control of daily work flows to ensure timely completion of daily obligations.
• Assist line management in the creation, review and maintenance of policies and procedures to ensure accuracy.
• Provide general support to facilitate the implementation of projects as and when necessary
• Communicate and negotiate with a variety of Stakeholders, including Front Office, Lenders, external legal counsel and Borrowers in order to administer events on a portfolio of loans.
• Act as first point of contact for issue resolution and escalation. Using specialised knowledge to solve routine issues and answer queries. Escalating any issues as required.
• Build relationships throughout MUFG to establish a peer network, gather relevant information and help to ensure effective inter-departmental collaboration
• Operate as product specialist providing subject matter expertise where required
  
  

Work Experience

Essential:

• Previous experience of working in a manual operations environment.
• Experience of working in a fast moving environment under time pressure whilst retaining strong attention to detail.
• Previous experience of Syndicated or Agency Loan Operations
• Experience with facilitating calls and meetings with external legal counsel, Borrower and Lenders
• Excellent Client Service
  
  

Skills And Experience

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential

• Strong computer literacy skills, Microsoft office etc.
• Familiarity with both LMA and LSTA loan documentation
  
  

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of Debtdomain and LoanIQ
  
  

Personal Requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
• A structured and logical approach to work
• Strong problem solving skills
• A creative and innovative approach to work
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment
• Strong numerical skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills
• Ability to identify risk and escalate as necessary
• Capable of working with minimal guidance
  
  

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.