VP, Capital Markets

The VP, Capital Markets is a senior leader who owns our Company's capital markets function, partnering directly with the CFO to run the firm's securitization program, warehouse financing strategy, and banking and investor relationships. The role leads a team organized across three major functional areas, Securitization, Financing & Warehousing, and Special Situations, and is accountable for the performance, strategy, and growth of all three.

This is a senior, high-autonomy role. Work product is expected to be complete, accurate, and executive-ready without review. This individual is expected to operate as the firm's resident expert in capital markets, anticipating market and portfolio shifts before they surface and bringing solutions to the table rather than reacting after the fact.

It is also a high-exposure role with direct access to the C-suite and to the Company's Board members, banks, investors, and rating agencies. The VP, Capital Markets will have regular conversations with the CEO, CFO, and executive team, as well as with capital partners, and must be able to engage credibly and substantively with pointed questions in real time rather than deferring for follow-up. Success requires the presence, judgment, and communication skills to represent the firm as its capital markets expert on a routine basis.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities & Qualifications

Securitization Strategy & Execution:

· Own the securitization program end to end: deal structuring, execution, and investor marketing, in partnership with banks, rating agencies, and legal counsel.

· Set program and structure strategy, including revolving period duration, deal sizing, and ways to evolve the structure for greater efficiency.

· Maintain a current view on credit spreads and the broader rate environment, translating market moves into execution timing and structure decisions.

· Plan each deal's maturity well in advance, including whether and how to collapse and roll collateral into a new deal, so decisions are made ahead of time pressure rather than under it.

· Build and maintain the investor pipeline, developing new relationships and expanding the universe of banks and investors who will execute with the firm.

· Work with the sales and marketing team on the go-to-market strategy to enhance economic outcomes and market receptivity.

Warehouse Financing & Liquidity:

· Own the firm's warehouse facility strategy: negotiating new facilities, renewals, and amendments, and managing day-to-day lender relationships.

· Direct facility covenant and counterparty risk monitoring across all warehouse lines, escalating issues before they become problems.

· Own loan-level optimization analysis, including which assets sit on which facility, advance rate and cost-of-capital tradeoffs, and collateral movement between facilities and securitizations.

· Lead negotiation of new financing capacity and structures, such as wet funding and non-performing loan capacity, as the firm's funding needs evolve.

· Partner with FP&A and Treasury Operations on the liquidity forecast, ensuring facility capacity and funding decisions reflect the firm's forward cash needs.

Strategic Capital Markets Leadership:

· Set the forward-looking capital markets agenda: anticipate market, rate, and portfolio shifts before they surface, and bring the firm solutions ahead of time rather than reacting after the fact.

· Translate day-to-day execution into the broader strategic picture for the CFO and executive team, connecting individual deals and facilities to the firm's overall cost of capital and growth plan.

· Operate as the firm's resident expert in capital markets, engaging directly and substantively with pointed questions from executive leadership and the Board rather than deferring for follow-up.

· Define clear, specialized functional areas within the Capital Markets team so the function builds real depth and bench strength in each one rather than operating as generalists.

· Identify and lead ad hoc strategic initiatives and alternative execution channels, including new financing programs, hedging strategy, and capital structuring initiatives.

Analytics, Modeling & Forecasting:

· Build and maintain sophisticated cash flow and structuring models in Excel and Intex, covering collateral performance, deal structuring, and execution economics.

· Forecast future capital markets performance, including pipeline, facility utilization, securitization execution timing, and cost of capital, under a range of market scenarios.

· Run scenario and stress-testing analysis across rate environments, prepayment speeds, credit performance, and execution timing, and translate the results into a recommended course of action.

· Own data tape preparation, loan-level analysis, and reporting supporting securitization and warehouse financing, ensuring it withstands investor, rating agency, and internal diligence.

· Partner with FP&A on cost of capital modeling and the link between capital markets execution and enterprise profitability.

Investor & Banking Relationships:

· Serve as a primary point of contact for the firm's banking and investor relationships, building new relationships and deepening existing ones.

· Lead investor marketing and communication for securitization transactions, representing the firm credibly and substantively with capital partners.

· Support diligence requests from banks, rating agencies, and investors with accurate, well-supported analysis delivered on the firm's timeline.

· Represent the Company externally at industry conferences and with prospective capital partners, expanding the firm's visibility and relationships in the market.

Lead and Develop the Team:

· Manage, coach, and develop a team across Securitization, Financing & Warehousing, and Special Situations, hiring into and growing each area as the team scales.

· Define clear ownership and accountability within each major functional area, holding team members to the direction set and course-correcting quickly when needed.

· Build real depth and bench strength in each specialty rather than a generalist model, so the team can absorb departures, underperformance, or shifting priorities without starting over.

· Position team members as the experts on their own work: require they present the solution, the why, and the business impact, not just the mechanics of what they did.

· Set and enforce modeling, analysis, and presentation standards so every output leaving the function is ready to circulate to executives, the Board, and external capital partners.

· Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Real Estate, or a related quantitative field.

· Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in securitization, structured finance, warehouse financing, or capital markets, including direct deal execution experience in a lending, banking, or investment environment.

· Deep working knowledge of mortgage finance and structured finance, including the securitization and warehouse facility structures and execution alternatives relevant to residential transition and non-QM lending.

· Demonstrated experience executing securitization transactions end to end, from structuring through investor marketing and closing.

· Expert-level proficiency in Excel modeling and hands-on experience with Intex or comparable structured finance cash flow modeling software, with the ability to build and stress-test models independently.

· Proven ability to forecast capital markets performance and translate market and portfolio data into a credible forward view.

· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present to and hold credibility with executives, the Board, banks, and investors.

· Demonstrated ability to operate independently on ambiguous, high-stakes problems, exercising sound judgment without direction.

· Proven people leadership experience, including managing, developing, and growing a team.

· Strong analytical rigor and attention to detail, with a track record of holding work to a high standard before it leaves the function.

Preferred Qualifications

· Prior experience at a bank, rating agency, or institutional investor active in securitization or warehouse lending.

· Experience in specialty finance, private credit, real estate lending, mortgage, or another balance-sheet-intensive business.

· Existing relationships with banks, investors, and rating agencies active in residential transition and non-QM securitization.

· Experience building or scaling a capital markets function, including hiring into specialized roles.

· Working knowledge of rating agency methodologies and the diligence process for securitization transactions.

· Entrepreneurial mindset. A builder who improves the process while running it, and who is comfortable being both the strategist and the hands-on operator.

Salary range for this position is $250,000 to $275,000