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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.
Job Summary:
The Corporate Banking Loan Administrator supports the Restaurant and Hospitality Franchise Finance team by coordinating loan closings and providing life-of-loan servicing for restaurant and hospitality franchise finance transactions.
The role is responsible for managing closing activity for acquisition, refinance, development, and working capital transactions, while supporting accurate post-closing administration and ongoing servicing. The position serves as a key liaison among relationship managers, portfolio managers, middle and back office HUBs, legal counsel, title companies, borrowers, and third-party consultants to ensure timely, accurate execution and responsive loan administration.
Responsibilities:
Loan Closing:
- Coordinate commercial real estate and franchise finance loan closings from approval through funding.
- Review credit approvals and term sheets to confirm loan documentation accurately reflects the approved transaction structure.
- Work directly with internal and external legal counsel on preparation and review of loan documents.
- Review and coordinate closing due diligence, including title, survey, insurance, flood review, KYC, organizational documents, UCC filings, and collateral perfection requirements.
- Coordinate customer and collateral due diligence with participant lenders, as applicable.
- Prepare closing checklists and track satisfaction of conditions precedent through funding.
- Coordinate closing logistics with borrowers, attorneys, title companies, franchisors, and internal operations teams.
- Confirm funding requirements and wire execution with the middle/back office HUB.
- Create closing binders and document collateral identification for transition to servicing.
Loan Servicing:
- Review loan documents, servicing forms, and system records to support ongoing loan administration.
- Monitor and respond to UCC tracking, flood insurance deadlines, post-close documentation exceptions, and related internal inquiries.
- Review payment and fee invoices for accuracy and investigate discrepancies as needed.
- Coordinate payoff documentation, lien releases, and related servicing actions with counsel and internal operations teams.
- Terminate flood determinations, tax contracts, and paid facilities in the bank’s system of record.
- Manage borrower, internal stakeholder, and servicing-related inquiries.
- Track fee revenue and related servicing activity, as needed.
Skills & Experience:
- Minimum of 3 to 5+ years of commercial loan closing, loan servicing administration, or related commercial banking experience.
- Experience closing commercial real estate, specialty finance, or other commercial loans for a bank, credit union, finance company, or other institutional lender.
- Working knowledge of title insurance, surveys, collateral perfection, commercial loan documentation, UCC filings, guaranties, and post-closing follow-up requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Real Estate, or a related field preferred. Equivalent industry experience will be considered.
- Ability to manage practical issues and competing priorities in transactions with limited standardization.
- Basic accounting, reconciliation, and fee/payment tracking skills.
- Understanding of commercial loan documentation, closing mechanics, and life-of-loan servicing workflows.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple closings, post-closing items, and servicing requests simultaneously.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with borrowers, legal counsel, title companies, consultants, operations teams, and internal stakeholders.
Desired Requirements:
- Experience with franchised restaurant finance or hospitality lending.
- Experience with construction or bridge lending, including review of construction budgets, draw requests, and inspection reports.
- Knowledge of syndicated or participated loan structures.
- Understanding of KYC, regulatory, and compliance requirements related to commercial lending.
- Paralegal or real estate law experience preferred, but not required.
Compensation & Benefits:
The typical base pay range for this role is between $89k-$108k depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.
MUFG Benefits Summary
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
