Executive Director, US Head of SCIB Transaction Management

Location: New York

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The Difference You Make:

The US Head of SCIB Transaction Management is an Executive Director level role responsible for leading the US SCIB Transaction Management function within US SCIB COO Lending Solutions. The role reports directly to the US SCIB Chief Operating Officer and provides senior leadership over the approval-to-close and approval-to-book control framework for SCIB lending transactions in the United States. The function acts as a central first line execution and control point across the lending lifecycle, coordinating with Front Office, Advisory, Credit, Legal, Compliance, Agency, Capital Markets, Treasury, Finance, Operations, and Client Lifecycle Management teams to ensure transactions are executed, closed, booked, funded, settled, and handed off in a controlled and auditable manner.

Objectives are to
1) strengthen execution discipline and control integrity across SCIB lending,
2) ensure transactions are consistent with credit approvals, documentation, KYC/AML requirements, regulatory expectations, and operational readiness standards, and
3) support the Business Lines and clients through timely, high-quality transaction execution. The role involves leading the US Transaction Management team, designing and embedding the Lending Solutions transaction management operating model, maintaining robust transaction controls, and driving process improvement across the front-to-back lending lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Leadership

Execute the US SCIB Transaction Management strategy within US SCIB COO Lending Solutions, aligned to SCIB business priorities, control standards, and regulatory expectations.

Define the role of Transaction Management as the senior first line execution and control function from credit approval through closing, booking, funding, settlement, and lifecycle handoff.

Establish consistent standards across SCIB lending businesses, including bilateral, club, syndicated, leveraged finance, corporate, structured finance, real estate, fund finance, GTB-linked credit, participant, left lead, and agency transactions.

Present and participate in senior governance forums, including transaction execution, controls, operational risk, audit, remediation, and business management forums.

2. Team Management

Lead, mentor, and manage the US Transaction Management team to ensure high performance, accountability, professional development, and appropriate coverage across SCIB lending activity.

Oversee team capacity, prioritization, resource allocation, role clarity, procedures, training, and quality standards to support business needs and control expectations.

Serve as the senior escalation point for complex, high-risk, time-sensitive, or cross-functional transaction execution issues.

3. Operational Oversight

Supervise end-to-end transaction management activities covering deal readiness, closing preparation, documentation tracking, conditions precedent, control evidence, booking instructions, funding readiness, settlement coordination, and handoff to monitoring and servicing.

Ensure all required approvals, KYC/AML diligence, legal documentation, compliance checks, operational requirements, collateral/security requirements, insurance requirements, UCC and lien perfection actions, flood diligence, covenant setup, risk system updates, deal capture, and booking data are completed or appropriately escalated before closing and funding.

Coordinate across Front Office, Advisory, Legal, Credit, Compliance, Agency, Capital Markets, Treasury, Finance, Operations, Client Service, Client Data, Middle Office, and Back Office to resolve execution…