ATEL Capital Group Hiring for Vice President, Venture Debt Job at San Francisco, CA Full Time

ATEL Ventures Inc., a leading provider of secured financing to emerging growth companies, is seeking a Vice President who is a highly motivated, dynamic self-starter with at least three years of successful venture debt sales/lending experience to help cultivate our rapidly growing venture debt team.

ATEL Capital Group, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major specialty finance company with expertise in all aspects of venture lending and leading, serving a wide range of industries. As an international financial services company founded in 1977, ATEL Capital Group currently owns and manages over $2 billion in assets. ATEL Capital formed ATEL Ventures, Inc. in 1999 to provide venture debt and equipment backed loans to emerging growth companies in information technology, life sciences, sustainable, material science, agricultural technologies, specialty retail and alternative energy. We are committed to quality – in the services we provide and in the people that join our team.

The ideal candidate is a highly successful, well networked sales professional with:

• A strong selling focus and at least three years’ experience of emerging growth financing – venture debt
• Relationships with leading venture capital firms, CFOs and entrepreneurs
• Proven ability to originate, structure, negotiate and close venture leasing and debt transactions

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverage an ever-developing personal network of venture capital and entrepreneurial ecosystem contacts to self-generate new loan clients and effectively handle warm leads
• Represent the ATEL brand with professionalism and integrity
• Execute timely follow-up and lead management
• Proactively drive account management from prospect to funding
• Analyze and review key credit documents and present transactions to loan committee
• Meet and exceed sales origination activity standards
• Bring a positive and competitive attitude to work

Required Skills /Abilities:

• Excellent business communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex financial principles
• Exceptional sales and customer service skills
• Ability to analyze business plans, financial statements, and projections
• Understanding of venture debt sales/lending and how markets and economies affect those services
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong team player with ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and focus on achieving company goals
• Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter and independent thinker
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) required; experience with Salesforce.com a plus

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance, Economics, or related field
• Minimum three years of successful sales experience in venture debt industry
• Experience in structuring venture debt, and working capital financings

We offer a competitive compensation program for the right candidate: Base salary plus an aggressive commission structure with unlimited earning potential, benefits, great employees, and a progressive environment that encourages growth. We have decades of consistent ownership and management. And we employ a staff whose average tenure is over 10 years.

A partial list of our benefits include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

• Vacation, personal, sick leave and nine holidays

• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care pretax benefits

• Pretax benefits for transit and parking

• 401(k) with generous employer match

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 – $200,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay

COVID-19 considerations:
COVID-19 Full Vaccination is required

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Venture debt sales/lending: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: One location