Director of Underwriting
Confidential Specialty Finance Platform | New York
About the Company
Our client is a fast-growing specialty finance firm that provides customized capital solutions to lower middle-market businesses. Operating with an entrepreneurial mindset and a streamlined decision-making process, the firm is known for moving quickly on complex situations and delivering creative financing solutions where traditional lenders often cannot.
The Opportunity
The firm is looking to hire a Director of Underwriting to lead the evaluation, structuring, and execution of asset-backed and specialty lending transactions. This individual will play a key role in assessing credit opportunities, driving deals from initial diligence through closing, and partnering closely with business development, legal, and portfolio management teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead underwriting and credit analysis for new lending opportunities.
- Structure financing solutions and develop risk recommendations.
- Manage transactions from diligence through documentation and closing.
- Review collateral, cash flows, borrower performance, and overall creditworthiness.
- Work directly with borrowers, sponsors, advisors, and legal counsel throughout the process.
- Partner cross-functionally with originations, portfolio management, operations, and legal teams to ensure efficient execution.
- Oversee multiple active transactions simultaneously within tight timelines.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of underwriting experience within private credit, specialty finance, asset-based lending, direct lending, or structured finance.
- Strong experience leading transactions from origination support through closing.
- Deep understanding of collateral-based credit analysis and deal structuring.
- Experience reviewing and negotiating loan documentation alongside internal and external counsel.
- Demonstrated ability to make sound credit decisions in fast-paced environments.
- Excellent attention to detail, judgment, and transaction management skills.
Preferred Background
- Asset-based lending or specialty finance experience at a non-bank lender, private credit fund, or entrepreneurial lending platform.
- Experience evaluating complex or special situations transactions.
- Track record working directly with borrowers, sponsors, and legal counterparties.
- Comfortable operating in lean, high-accountability environments where speed and independent decision-making are critical.
Apply now!
Please Stay Alert to Potential Scams
We would like to remind you that eFinancialCareers is a job board and does not conduct hiring or ask for payment or any financial details as part of the job application process.
If you receive any suspicious messages claiming to be from us or a hiring company, we urge you not to click on any links and not to reply to the message itself.
Instead, please report the message to our support team at support@efinancialcareers.com.
It is advisable to always verify job offers directly with the hiring company.
Boost your career
Find thousands of job opportunities by signing up to eFinancialCareers today.
