Debt Management Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate operational activities executing the daily debt management functions and office operations such as facilitating debt service payments and reviewing bank account activity to ensure all transactions have been processed correctly and record retention requirements are maintained.
• Maintain and update internal debt databases as new transactions are executed and debt service payments are processed. Safeguard the information by performing regular system back-ups, annual reports and coordinate with University Accounting and Financial Reporting to ensure all obligations are recorded appropriately.
• Ensure compliance requirements are met by updating and maintaining the debt service calendar, arbitrage rebate tickler, swap MTM valuations, LOC/liquidity tickler, track variable rate debt repricing and bond covenant ticklers.
• Prepare and review complex reports such as annual debt book, Interest Rate Swap Exposure, Liquidity and Credit reports, Counter party Monitoring Reports and Interest Rate Exposure reports.
• Provide support on debt analysis and financial modeling, including developing, maintaining and enhancing sophisticated analytical tools and financial models using Excel spreadsheet and other software platforms; prepare financial analysis for internal Capital Financing projects and for projects requested by other University units; and conduct and present summary research on financing arrangements.
• Research complex financing and lease agreements to develop recommendations and evaluate alternatives in support of operational requirements for debt administration, and provide suggestions for management.
• Participate in bond structuring and issuance activities as part of the University's internal financing team, including interaction with members of the external financing team (i.e., attorneys, financial advisors and investment bankers).
• Provide analysis and support for activities related to credit ratings, including development of presentations to ratings agencies.
• Assist in preparation for and execution of public-private-partnership transactions from the issuance process through project delivery and oversee the administration of ongoing financing covenants and debt administration.
• Assist with preparation of project and financing credit reviews for internal and external financings.
• Prepare responses to audit and accounting requests ensuring accuracy of reporting and assessment of debt service charges.
• Maintain internal and external facing websites to accurately present information to university departments and external financing partners.
• Other duties and operational support as appropriate for a Debt Management Specialist.