Associate Director - Lender Due Diligence

Associate Director/Director – Lender Due Diligence - Risk and Compliance Team

London

Job Description

You Belong Here

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.

At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Where We Need You:

Protiviti is looking for a Risk & Compliance Associate Director or Director to join our growing Lender Due Diligence team. We are seeking an evolving leader within the Lender Due Diligence space.

The Lender Due Diligence team is part of the Risk and Compliance Solution. Protiviti’s risk and regulatory compliance practice in London is focused on Financial Services – insurance, retail, private, commercial and investment banking, securities trading, investment management, wealth management and market infrastructure.

Protiviti’s Financial Services practice is widely recognised as a leading provider of consulting services across the three lines of defense for financial institutions. We empower our clients to be more effective and efficient in a way that is risk-sensitive, regulatory compliant, well controlled, and enabled by leading technologies. You will work closely with clients to understand their business needs, design and implement strategies and ensure successful project delivery.

Protiviti works with some of the world’s largest financial services firms, including providing to six of the top 10 globally systemically important Financial Services institutions

What You Can Expect:

The Associate Director/Director role plays a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements, while also partnering with our clients to identify and manage risk. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through using the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop lasting relationships with your clients and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You’ll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans. By focusing on clients and engagements in the financial services industry, you’ll partner with highly regulated clients and deepen your expertise in financial services regulations.

What will help you to be successful

• You enjoy helping our clients to address key credit risks and concerns by performing reviews of the “target” company (our client’s customer) and the assets that are part of a lending transaction (collectively, the “deal”).
• You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to Lender Due Diligence/reviews, including the latest trends and developments.
• You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences.
• You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
• You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
• You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
• You have interest in contributing to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business.
• You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
• You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across the Financial Services industry.

Do Your Talents Include the Following?

• Strong auditing experience in the areas of credit risk and the related processes, controls, and reporting for different asset classes. Prior lender due diligence experience, especially for securitisation conduit and/or warehouse facilities, is a plus.
• Prior securitisation/structured finance experience in any of the various asset classes (ABS, RMBS, CMBS, CLO) with ABS or CLO experience being the most preferred.
• General financial accounting background and experience.
• Knowledge of receivables (loans, trade, etc.) accounting and transaction processing.
• Performing an agreed-upon set of procedures which may include the evaluation of collateral, the target company’s processes, reporting capabilities and quality of data associated with those assets.
• Evaluating, summarising, organising, and interpreting data.
• Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced, client service focused, consultative work environment and contribute to the engagement team’s success.
• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
• Ability to translate and communicate Lender Due Diligence issues to client personnel, including executives.
• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
• Understanding European Structured Finance market and demonstrated ability to manage client relationships.

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline.
• 10+ years working in working in internal audit, consulting, assurance services, or related field, either in professional services or industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
• Professional Certification such as CPA, CIA, FRM, or similar strongly preferred.

Protiviti practices a hybrid wording model, which is a combination of working in person with purpose and working remotely and is primarily dependent upon the needs of our client. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements varies by client, project, team, and other business factors. It can sometimes mean more of a full-time presence at our client. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local, or UK wide travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.

Remuneration and Benefits

Starting salaries are competitive and are based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the salary range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location.

Employees are eligible for medical and dental insurance cover, life assurance, pension scheme and receive up to 25 days holiday per calendar year. Protiviti also recognises up to 10 paid holidays each calendar year and we have additional benefits as part of the Robert Half Enterprise.

As part of Protiviti’s employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable adjustment in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected].