Structured Finance Vice-President

Country: Spain

IT STARTS HERE

Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

The Wealth Management & Insurance division covers three businesses in all Santander Group countries: Insurance, Asset Management and Private Banking. We work to provide the best solutions to our clients in these three businesses in the 10 countries where we are present.

Santander Alternative Investments is a growing business that started almost 3 years ago with already €5.5bn in commitments to core strategies for the group. Our goal is to develop funds where we have a clear competitive advantage to generate alpha for our institutional and UHNWI clients.

Santander Alternatives provides investors with a range of alternative investment opportunities in Venture Capital, Infrastructure, Trade Finance and Working Capital, Direct Lending, Real Estate, Hospitality and Fund of Funds, leveraging on the strengths and extensive origination capabilities of Santander Group.

The Difference You Make

Santander Alternative Investments is looking for a Structured Finance Vice-President (Semi-Liquid Private Markets) based out of Castellana 24 office, in downtown Madrid.

As a Structured Finance Vice-President you will be supporting the Structure Finance team in the sourcing, structuring, deployment, funding and management of multi-jurisdictional, multi-currency secure lending structures over revolving short-term portfolios that provide financing to Private Lending leaders in the SME working capital lending industry.

Responsibilities

• To source and lead the structuring and funding of Short-Term revolving Structured Finance semi-liquid portfolios.
• Source, analyze and monitor investment opportunities,Structure through the use of Special Purpose Vehicles (‘SPV’) multi-jurisdictional, multi-currency secure lending structures for Private Lenders.
• Day to day management of the portfolios including portfolio composition,Ensure portfolios are consistent with the investment criteria as well as being aligned with portfolio objectives and restrictions,Lead the execution and implementation of Investment Committees’ decisions in the daily activities of the different funds,Lead Credit, risk and legal analysis for the different transactions and portfolios, supporting from a Fund Management perspective the discussions on different valuation methodologies.
• Lead the negotiation with private lenders and other financial institutions to obtain financing (subscription lines and NAV financing) for our SME semi-liquid strategy.
• Lead the delivery of supporting documentation for each acquisition such as legal documentation, valuation methodologies, and credit submissions.
• Support the management team in the search for alternative investment strategies.

What You’ll Bring

Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organization. We’re enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring.

The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Professional Experience

• 8+ years (VP level) professional with experience in several of the following aspects:
• Structured Finance short-term lending and working capital solutions within a leading EntityMulticurrency multijurisdictional SPV structuresHedging, CDS, FX and similar structuring experience (Preferred)Familiar with the use of Working Capital Finance, Short term secure lending, use of SPVs, English, and Spanish Law.

Education

• Bachelor of Sciences, MBA or PHD at renowned universities in the subjects of Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Financial Analysis, Statistics, or Mathematics, with sustainable professional experience in Structured Finance and/or Private Markets lending.

Languages

• Must be proficient in English and Spanish

Hard Skills

Deep understanding of structured finance. Strong computer skills in Excel, PowerPoint, Python, Reuters and Bloomberg. Considerable experience in managing different economic