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The Role
Support origination, structuring, underwriting and execution of European real estate lending transactions. Prepare financial models and investment memoranda, perform due diligence, negotiate documentation, coordinate internal and external advisors, monitor portfolio performance, conduct site visits, identify credit and legal risks, and contribute to underwriting templates and processes.
Summary Generated by Built In
Arrow Global’s Lending Solutions team provides bespoke, structured real estate financing across Arrow’s core Western European markets. The team originates, structures, executes and manages performing and special situations investments across a wide range of asset classes and capital structures. Transactions include bridge financings, development loans, structured mortgages and other secured lending solutions, including special situations transactions, across various leverage profiles.
Leveraging Arrow’s local platforms and origination network, the team accesses differentiated investment opportunities and delivers compelling risk-adjusted returns, while providing borrowers with flexible, tailored financing solutions. As a vertically integrated investment manager with proprietary origination channels, disciplined underwriting and active portfolio oversight are central to capital preservation and performance generation.
Associate/Senior Associate – Lending Solutions Origination and Execution
The Associate/Senior Associate will be responsible for supporting senior team members in originating, structuring and executing lending transactions across Europe, working closely with local platforms and cross-functional deal teams. The role is dynamic and entrepreneurial given the fast-paced and growing environment while remaining highly analytical and process-intensive requiring a high degree of technical fluency in real estate finance structures and ability to coordinate and manage internal and external stakeholders.
You will play a key role across the deal lifecycle — from initial screening and due diligence through to structuring, negotiation, and closing — ensuring that each transaction is underwritten and executed in accordance with internal policies, credit standards, and investment committee requirements.
This position offers the opportunity to gain broad exposure to deal execution across multiple European markets and asset classes, build strong relationships with sponsors and market counterparties, and contribute to the continued growth and refinement of the Lending Solutions platform.
Key Responsibilities
. Prepare detailed investment memoranda and financial models for investment committee review, ensuring loans are underwritten in accordance with internal policies.
· Conduct comprehensive due diligence, including the appointment of advisors, negotiation of engagement letters and reliance letters, and review and commentary on advisor reports.
· Actively support the negotiation of relevant transaction documentation.
· Support the structuring, underwriting, negotiation, and closing of investment transactions in coordination with internal deal teams (legal, tax, finance, risk, compliance, capital markets and local platforms), as well as external advisors and counterparties.
· Participate in deal pipeline management and early-stage deal screening, and assist loan asset managers with ongoing portfolio monitoring and reporting, as required.
· Regularly update internal systems to ensure accurate, up-to-date deal status.
· Conduct site visits and engage with sponsors, operating partners, and third-party advisors.
· Identify, assess, and escalate key credit, legal, and structuring risks throughout the transaction lifecycle, proposing mitigants where appropriate.
· Ensure all transactions comply with applicable regulatory requirements, internal risk appetite, and lending policies.
· Build and maintain relationships with sponsors, brokers, borrowers, and other market participants to support deal origination and repeat business.
· Contribute to the ongoing development and refinement of internal underwriting templates, policies, and processes.
Required Skills and Experience
• Outstanding academic credentials with a degree from a leading institution
• Direct experience in commercial real estate loan underwriting and execution within a bank, insurer, credit fund or alternative lending platform
• Strong working knowledge of standard UK & European real estate finance best practices and prior exposure to a wide variety of real estate asset classes and jurisdictions
• Fluency in additional Western European languages (e.g. Italian or French) is a strong plus but not required
• Advanced financial analysis and modelling skills, with high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated ability to interpret complex legal documentation and translate contractual obligations into operational processes
• Strong understanding of development finance mechanics, including cost-to-complete analysis, draw processes and reserve management
• Exceptional attention to detail and process discipline, with the ability to build and maintain robust models with sensitivity analyses to support underwriting
• Clear, structured written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft formal credit memoranda and articulate complex financial matters to senior investment professionals and external stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-building skills with high emotional intelligence (EQ)—skilled in empathy, active listening, adaptability, and managing diverse stakeholder relationships with tact and professionalism.
• High levels of accountability, ownership and professional judgement
• A desire to operate within a collaborative, high-performance and client-facing investment environment.
About
Great talent comes in many forms, and we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Whilst a number of our roles do require specific qualifications and experience, and industry knowledge, we also value potential, unique perspectives, and transferable skills. If you’re excited about this opportunity but don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. We occasionally collaborate with recruitment agencies to fill niche or specialist roles. However, we do not accept agency terms or pay fees for speculative CVs submitted directly to our hiring managers or outside our Applicant Tracking System. If you are a recruitment agency interested in partnering with us for candidate supply, please reach out to [email protected]
Skills Required
- Outstanding academic credentials with a degree from a leading institution
- Direct experience in commercial real estate loan underwriting and execution within a bank, insurer, credit fund or alternative lending platform
- Strong working knowledge of UK & European real estate finance best practices and exposure to multiple asset classes and jurisdictions
- Advanced financial analysis and modelling skills
- High proficiency in Excel
- High proficiency in PowerPoint
- Ability to interpret complex legal documentation and translate contractual obligations into operational processes
- Strong understanding of development finance mechanics, including cost-to-complete analysis, draw processes and reserve management
- Exceptional attention to detail and process discipline, including building robust models with sensitivity analyses
- Clear, structured written and verbal communication skills, including drafting credit memoranda
- Strong relationship-building skills and high emotional intelligence
- Fluency in additional Western European languages (e.g., Italian or French)
- Desire to operate within a collaborative, high-performance, client-facing investment environment
Arrow Global Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arrow Global Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Arrow Global Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Company‑funded private medical insurance, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, an annual company‑funded cancer screening, and a healthcare cash plan are part of the core offer. These provisions indicate robust health coverage that extends beyond basic care.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Annual leave starts at 25 days with options to buy or sell days, alongside carers, faith/cultural, study, and life‑event leave plus paid volunteering time. These options broaden time‑away flexibility and support different life circumstances.
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible benefits platform offers gym and hotel discounts, cycle‑to‑work, dental insurance, a retail discount card, and a gadget scheme, with some options employee‑funded. Flexibility to tailor add‑ons can increase perceived value across varied needs.
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The Company
What We Do
Arrow Global is a leading European vertically integrated alternative asset manager specializing in private credit and real estate. Founded in 2005, it acquires and manages loan and real estate portfolios, delivering risk-adjusted returns for global investors.
