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Tether.ioCredit Lead (Underwriter), Institutional Lending & Liquidity
Tether Capital is establishing a brand-new credit vertical designed to offer short-term liquidity and credit facilities to payment processors, financial institutions, fintech enterprises, and trading platforms.…
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Tether Capital is establishing a brand-new credit vertical designed to offer short-term liquidity and credit facilities to payment processors, financial institutions, fintech enterprises, and trading platforms. The organization seeks a Credit Lead (underwriter) specializing in institutional lending and liquidity to establish this credit division from the beginning. This practitioner-focused position involves evaluating businesses, formulating credit recommendations, and creating the necessary policies and procedures to scale a new lending platform. The…
Job Description
Tether Capital is establishing a brand-new credit vertical designed to offer short-term liquidity and credit facilities to payment processors, financial institutions, fintech enterprises, and trading platforms. The organization seeks a Credit Lead (underwriter) specializing in institutional lending and liquidity to establish this credit division from the beginning. This practitioner-focused position involves evaluating businesses, formulating credit recommendations, and creating the necessary policies and procedures to scale a new lending platform. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in credit structuring and underwriting, along with the ability to handle risk assessment independently. Tether operates globally as a remote entity. This opportunity suits professionals with extensive backgrounds in institutional lending, specialty finance, venture debt, or private credit who want to shape a newly launched financing business from the ground up.
Responsibilities
- Underwrite and structure various financing products including liquidity facilities, revolving credit facilities, and working capital loans
- Examine applicant financial records, cash flow data, liquidity standings, and ability to repay
- Establish appropriate borrowing limits, financial covenants, collateral requirements, contract terms, and risk mitigations
- Build risk frameworks, underwriting guidelines, concentration thresholds, documentation templates, and credit policies from inception
- Track ongoing credit exposure and borrower health by implementing systematic monitoring procedures
- Aid in expanding and scaling the new credit operations
Requirements
- More than a decade of professional background in credit
- Demonstrated expertise in structuring and underwriting credit transactions
- Direct working experience within the fintech and payments sectors
- Prior work history in specialty finance, private credit, institutional lending, venture debt, or comparable fields
- Demonstrated ability to build risk frameworks, operational processes, and credit policies from the ground up
Qualifications
- Prior exposure to cryptocurrencies, digital assets, or stablecoins
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Applicants must have over ten years of relevant credit experience with a strong background in structuring and underwriting, mandatory experience in fintech and payments, and a history in institutional lending, private credit, venture debt, specialty finance, or similar environments.
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