CareerPlan

Structured Finance - Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, Senior Director - Chicago

Chicago, IL, USFull-time$190k–$225k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-09
Hybrid

Core

Lead efforts to provide credit opinions and guidance on Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) and CRE CLOs to investors and market participants.

Role type

Senior Director, Structured Finance (CMBS)

Builds

Comprehensive transaction reports, rating commentaries, and research publications for the CRE sector.

Domain

Financial Services / Commercial Real Estate / Structured Finance

Required skills

Commercial real estate underwriting, valuation, transaction analysis, market research, criteria development, team management, quantitative analysis, complex communication

Preferred skills

Securitization experience, capital markets experience, ratings experience, loan workouts, lending experience

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Manage a team of analysts assessing credit strengths and risks of commercial real estate properties and loan structures; Oversee property cash flow underwriting and valuations; Guide the team in using quantitative analyses to evaluate property and loan-level characteristics; Present rating conclusions to senior credit committees; Lead external meetings discussing rated transactions and market trends

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities