Job Summary:
The ED of Capital Markets is responsible for all aspects of the financing cycle from designing financing structure to closing the loans, restructuring loans and overseeing lender communications. He/she must be results-driven, with strong leadership potential.
Major Responsibilities:
- In conjunction with senior management, liaise with real estate lenders/brokers to build and maintain relationships, communicate the company’s strategies, establish company’s creditworthiness, introduce Gemdale projects, and acquire market intelligence;
- Work with current lenders, acquisition team, finance team and development team on loan draw requests, loan renegotiation, repayments, and compliance with covenants after closing;
- Analyze and understand real estate capital markets and trends, and present findings to senior management, prepare monthly capital markets reports.
- Work as liaison with China headquarters on all Capital Market related requests
- Advise acquisition team on capital structures and financing cost assumptions for prospective projects;
- Design financing structure, prepare deal packages for lenders, acquire term sheets, negotiate loan documents and coordinate a closing team including lenders, attorneys, title companies and 3rd party due diligence providers for invested projects;
- Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Finance and/or Real Estate; Master degree preferred;
- 15 years of experience in real estate financing;
- Demonstrated track record of sourcing and executing loans;
- Strong understanding of real estate capital markets for different loan types;
- Strong existing network among target lenders and brokers;
- Strong working knowledge of real estate investment and borrowing;
- Advanced Microsoft applications experience (Excel, Word, PowerPoint);
- Excellent problem-solving skills and results oriented attitude;
- Ability to work as a team player;
- Outstanding time-management skills and ability to multi-task;
- Bi-lingual Mandarin preferred.
