Invictus Capital Partners
Middle Office Manager
Invictus Capital Partners
Compensation:
$165,000 - $200,000 / year
Department:
Investments
Location:
Washington, DC
Description Build and lead the loan-level middle office function that connects portfolio construction, capital markets, accounting, fund administration, servicing, and our repo/warehouse providers. This team ensures clean loan delivery, accurate cash flows, and smooth execution of securitizations, resecuritizations, SMAs, and whole‑loan sales.
Key Responsibilities
Loan Settlement, Trade Coordination & Data Integrity: Own daily and weekly processes tied to loan settlement eligibility, including reviewing loan lists, checking compliance/seasoning requirements, and providing clear decisions to accounting.
Coordinate all trade files across securitizations, resecuritizations, re‑lever transactions, and whole‑loan sales.
Manage reconciliation and tie‑outs between Verus, internal systems, servicers, fund admin, and warehouse providers.
Partner with the data team to ensure accurate loan data loads, refreshes, and ongoing data integrity.
Loan Ownership, Servicing & Cash Flow Reconciliation: Oversee investor code changes and servicer updates when loans move between Verus, the funds, third parties, or securitization structures.
Ensure remittance dates, cash movements, and fees are correctly reflected and reconciled.
Support EPD/EPO tracking, monthly repurchase workflows, and confirm wires or adjustments with accounting.
Repo / Warehouse & Funding Support: Oversee daily funding activities, including preparing tapes, trust receipt requests, and coordinating with warehouse counterparties.
Manage key daily and weekly tasks such as location reconciliations, data uploads, servicing updates, and transaction request preparation.
Provide oversight for FICO updates, SEI files, and other ad‑hoc warehouse‑related requests.
Resecuritization, SMAs & Special Projects: Support loan‑level reconciliations for resecuritizations, pool combinations, or calls.
Coordinate SMA activity, ensuring unique structures and restrictions are properly documented and followed.
Step in as the operational owner for new workflows or processes that don’t have a clear home.
Controls, Reporting & Process Improvement: Maintain a clean control environment with exception logs, reconciliations, and break resolution tracking.
Produce periodic summaries on breaks, settlements, and operational metrics.
Partner with technology and systems teams on automation, STP opportunities, UAT, and workflow improvements.
Team Leadership: Build, coach, and manage a small team.
Set expectations, oversee workload, and maintain quality standards.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field (MBA/CPA/CFA a plus).
7+ years in structured finance operations, middle office, securitization, or mortgage/ABS/MBS operations.
Strong understanding of loan cash flows, servicing mechanics, and securitization structures.
Experience with loan‑level reconciliation and movement of assets across entities.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and comfort working with large datasets.
Effective communicator with strong stakeholder‑coordination skills.
Proficiency in Excel; SQL or scripting a plus.
Comfortable in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
Key Competencies
Analytical Problem‑Solving:
Quickly interprets complex loan data, identifies breaks or inconsistencies, and drives accurate resolution with minimal guidance.
Cross‑Functional Collaboration:
Effectively partners with capital markets, accounting, servicing, data, fund admin, and warehouse providers to ensure seamless execution and shared accountability.
Operational Rigor & Controls:
Maintains disciplined workflows, strong documentation, clean reconciliations, and a stable control environment even in fast‑moving situations.
Data Accuracy & Integrity:
Ensures precision in loan‑level data, ownership movements, cash flows, and reporting—recognizing that small errors can have significant downstream impacts.
Team Leadership & Development:
Sets clear expectations, coaches a small but impactful team, and establishes a culture of ownership, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.
How This Role Demonstrates Our Values
Integrity:
Maintains strong controls, accurate reporting, and consistent reliability across sensitive workflows.
Collaboration:
Works seamlessly with accounting, capital markets, servicing, data, fund administration, and external partners to ensure flawless execution.
Excellence:
Drives high standards for data quality, reconciliation, operational precision, and team performance.
Critical Curiosity:
Challenges processes, identifies inefficiencies, and explores automation or workflow enhancements for continuous improvement.
Benefits
Invictus medical, dental and vision is covered at 100% for all tiers.
We offer FSA’s for healthcare, dependent care, transit and commuter costs.
Safe harbor 401(k) match of 4%; employees need 3‑months of service to be eligible to participate. No vesting after that.
$80 per month cell phone reimbursement.
20 Days of PTO accrued at the beginning of the year, 10 company holidays and sick time.
Tuition Reimbursement
Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type:
Full‑time
Job function:
Finance and Sales
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Compensation:
$165,000 - $200,000 / year
Department:
Investments
Location:
Washington, DC
Description Build and lead the loan-level middle office function that connects portfolio construction, capital markets, accounting, fund administration, servicing, and our repo/warehouse providers. This team ensures clean loan delivery, accurate cash flows, and smooth execution of securitizations, resecuritizations, SMAs, and whole‑loan sales.
Key Responsibilities
Loan Settlement, Trade Coordination & Data Integrity: Own daily and weekly processes tied to loan settlement eligibility, including reviewing loan lists, checking compliance/seasoning requirements, and providing clear decisions to accounting.
Coordinate all trade files across securitizations, resecuritizations, re‑lever transactions, and whole‑loan sales.
Manage reconciliation and tie‑outs between Verus, internal systems, servicers, fund admin, and warehouse providers.
Partner with the data team to ensure accurate loan data loads, refreshes, and ongoing data integrity.
Loan Ownership, Servicing & Cash Flow Reconciliation: Oversee investor code changes and servicer updates when loans move between Verus, the funds, third parties, or securitization structures.
Ensure remittance dates, cash movements, and fees are correctly reflected and reconciled.
Support EPD/EPO tracking, monthly repurchase workflows, and confirm wires or adjustments with accounting.
Repo / Warehouse & Funding Support: Oversee daily funding activities, including preparing tapes, trust receipt requests, and coordinating with warehouse counterparties.
Manage key daily and weekly tasks such as location reconciliations, data uploads, servicing updates, and transaction request preparation.
Provide oversight for FICO updates, SEI files, and other ad‑hoc warehouse‑related requests.
Resecuritization, SMAs & Special Projects: Support loan‑level reconciliations for resecuritizations, pool combinations, or calls.
Coordinate SMA activity, ensuring unique structures and restrictions are properly documented and followed.
Step in as the operational owner for new workflows or processes that don’t have a clear home.
Controls, Reporting & Process Improvement: Maintain a clean control environment with exception logs, reconciliations, and break resolution tracking.
Produce periodic summaries on breaks, settlements, and operational metrics.
Partner with technology and systems teams on automation, STP opportunities, UAT, and workflow improvements.
Team Leadership: Build, coach, and manage a small team.
Set expectations, oversee workload, and maintain quality standards.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field (MBA/CPA/CFA a plus).
7+ years in structured finance operations, middle office, securitization, or mortgage/ABS/MBS operations.
Strong understanding of loan cash flows, servicing mechanics, and securitization structures.
Experience with loan‑level reconciliation and movement of assets across entities.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and comfort working with large datasets.
Effective communicator with strong stakeholder‑coordination skills.
Proficiency in Excel; SQL or scripting a plus.
Comfortable in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
Key Competencies
Analytical Problem‑Solving:
Quickly interprets complex loan data, identifies breaks or inconsistencies, and drives accurate resolution with minimal guidance.
Cross‑Functional Collaboration:
Effectively partners with capital markets, accounting, servicing, data, fund admin, and warehouse providers to ensure seamless execution and shared accountability.
Operational Rigor & Controls:
Maintains disciplined workflows, strong documentation, clean reconciliations, and a stable control environment even in fast‑moving situations.
Data Accuracy & Integrity:
Ensures precision in loan‑level data, ownership movements, cash flows, and reporting—recognizing that small errors can have significant downstream impacts.
Team Leadership & Development:
Sets clear expectations, coaches a small but impactful team, and establishes a culture of ownership, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.
How This Role Demonstrates Our Values
Integrity:
Maintains strong controls, accurate reporting, and consistent reliability across sensitive workflows.
Collaboration:
Works seamlessly with accounting, capital markets, servicing, data, fund administration, and external partners to ensure flawless execution.
Excellence:
Drives high standards for data quality, reconciliation, operational precision, and team performance.
Critical Curiosity:
Challenges processes, identifies inefficiencies, and explores automation or workflow enhancements for continuous improvement.
Benefits
Invictus medical, dental and vision is covered at 100% for all tiers.
We offer FSA’s for healthcare, dependent care, transit and commuter costs.
Safe harbor 401(k) match of 4%; employees need 3‑months of service to be eligible to participate. No vesting after that.
$80 per month cell phone reimbursement.
20 Days of PTO accrued at the beginning of the year, 10 company holidays and sick time.
Tuition Reimbursement
Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type:
Full‑time
Job function:
Finance and Sales
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