Senior Loan Syndication Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

We are seeking an experienced Senior Loan Syndication Specialist to support the structuring, coordination, documentation, and administration of syndicated lending transactions. This role focuses on loan syndication processes, lender coordination, transaction analysis, facility documentation, and ongoing portfolio monitoring across corporate and institutional financing arrangements.

The successful candidate will work remotely with relationship managers, corporate banking teams, credit analysts, legal advisers, syndicate banks, borrowers, facility agents, and other financial stakeholders. The role requires strong knowledge of syndicated loan structures, credit documentation, financial analysis, and transaction coordination, together with excellent attention to detail and stakeholder management skills.

• Coordinate syndicated loan transactions from initial mandate and structuring through lender distribution, documentation, and closing support.
• Review financing proposals, borrower information, financial statements, credit assessments, and transaction requirements.
• Support the preparation of information memoranda, lender presentations, term sheets, transaction summaries, and syndication materials.
• Analyze proposed facility structures, loan amounts, maturities, pricing, fees, repayment schedules, and covenant arrangements.
• Coordinate lender participation processes, maintain lender distribution records, and track expressions of interest and commitments.
• Liaise with participating banks, lead arrangers, borrowers, facility agents, legal advisers, and internal stakeholders.
• Review facility documentation, including term sheets, commitment letters, facility agreements, security summaries, and ancillary transaction documents.
• Monitor transaction milestones, conditions precedent, documentation status, and closing deliverables.
• Maintain accurate records of lender allocations, commitments, participation levels, transaction approvals, and key correspondence.
• Support the review and monitoring of financial covenants, repayment obligations, interest payments, and facility utilization.
• Assist with amendments, extensions, refinancing, waiver requests, and other changes to existing syndicated facilities.
• Prepare transaction updates, pipeline reports, exposure summaries, and management information for internal stakeholders.
• Identify documentation gaps, execution risks, process delays, and potential inconsistencies requiring escalation.
• Support compliance with internal credit policies, transaction governance requirements, and applicable banking standards.
• Recommend improvements to syndication workflows, documentation controls, reporting accuracy, and transaction management practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Banking, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• A master's degree or professional qualification in banking, finance, credit analysis, or risk management is advantageous.
• Significant experience in loan syndication, corporate banking, structured finance, credit administration, or syndicated lending operations.
• Strong understanding of syndicated loan structures, facility agreements, lender participation, and financing arrangements.
• Experience reviewing credit proposals, borrower financial statements, financial models, and transaction documentation.
• Familiarity with loan pricing, interest calculations, repayment structures, financial covenants, and credit risk concepts.
• Knowledge of relevant banking regulations, internal credit governance, KYC requirements, and transaction compliance processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and banking or loan administration systems.
• Strong analytical, numerical, documentation review, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination abilities.
• High standards of accuracy, confidentiality, professional judgment, and recordkeeping.
• Ability to manage multiple transactions, competing deadlines, and cross-functional activities independently in a fully remote environment.

• A fully remote, work-from-home position within the UAE employment context.
• Full-time employment with opportunities for long-term professional development.
• Exposure to corporate lending, syndicated financing, and institutional banking transactions.
• Collaboration with banking, credit, legal, risk, and financial services professionals.
• Opportunities to contribute to transaction governance, operational improvements, and financing processes.
• A professional environment that values accountability, analytical quality, and continuous learning.

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their loan syndication experience, corporate banking background, credit analysis capabilities, and familiarity with syndicated lending documentation and transaction coordination.

Please use the following subject line when submitting your application:

Application – Senior Loan Syndication Specialist (UAE Remote)

Candidates should confirm applicable employment arrangements, residency requirements, and work authorization before accepting an offer.

Role and authorization note: This position is designed for remote transaction analysis, financing documentation review, lender coordination, reporting, and syndication process support. Physical handling of original financial instruments, in-person banking activities, cash handling, and local settlement operations must be performed by qualified local personnel. Binding credit approvals, lending commitments, execution of legal agreements, changes to facility terms requiring delegated authority, payment releases, security or collateral enforcement decisions, regulatory filings, legal interpretations, and formal compliance sign-offs must be undertaken by appropriately licensed or authorized banking, credit, legal, or compliance professionals. The role does not independently confer authority to approve financing, commit lending institutions, or execute regulated banking decisions.