Portfolio Manager - Real Estate Finance

My client is an International Bank with a Real Estate Finance team that provides property investment loans up to £30m. They are recruiting for an experienced Portfolio manager to join their busy team.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the day-to-day management of a portfolio of Real Estate Finance (REF) facilities secured on a wide variety of real estate assets including Residential, PBSA, Retail, Hotel and Office.

• Predominantly performing facilities but will include some non-performing facilities and work out/restructuring;
• Active management of the relationships with the Borrowers with day-to-day activities including:
• Processing of Rollovers/Drawdowns and Payments.
• Preparation of Credit Applications and Annual Reviews.
• Ongoing management of facility covenant monitoring.
• The negotiation of renewals, restructures, and defaults, including preparation of credit applications.
• Ensuring all facilities are KYC compliant.
• Good communication with internal stakeholders including front office originators, credit risk, back office, finance, legal and compliance to ensure smooth management of the facilities.
• Effectively manage external stakeholders and third-party professionals including asset managers, lawyers, monitoring surveyors and valuers as required.
• Coordinate middle office functions supporting the wider Real Estate Finance (REF) business.
• To coordinate MI reporting and portfolio analysis with a focus on concentration risk, pricing and returns and exposures in the context of existing credit limits.
• Effective management of the Property Finance Arrears process focused on ensuring timely resolution and avoiding IFRS 9 staging transitions.

Key Skills Required:

• University degree in Real Estate or STEM subject (preferred).
• Minimum 5 years with a commercial or challenger bank in a similar management role.
• Excellent credit report writing skills and an understanding of risk analysis.
• Ability to handle complex negotiations with borrowers and asset managers and work under pressure managing multiple transactions and tasks at one time.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate to internal and external parties.
• Understanding of the key terms in real estate finance transactions.
• Competence with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrate appropriate business and risk-aware behaviours and comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements and BLME policies.
• Strong analytical skills.

Base: up to £75k (depending on experience)

Location: Canary Wharf (hybrid working)