VP of Secured Funding

OVERALL PURPOSE

Lula is expanding into higher-value secured funding transactions for established South African SMEs.

We are recruiting a principal transactor, akin to an investment banking deal lead, operating in the SME credit space, to personally originate, structure, and close secured funding transactions through a high-touch, relationship-driven approach We're offering a career defining opportunity to stand up the operating blueprint for a scalable secured funding function inside Lula.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Transaction Origination & Execution

• Personally originate secured funding transactions in the R5m – R20m range.
• Build trusted relationships with owner-operators, founders, and senior financial decision-makers.
• Lead end-to-end deal execution including opportunity qualification, credit structuring and security design, commercial negotiation, credit committee engagement, legal close and drawdown
• Act as the senior f...