Credit Lead (Underwriter), Institutional Lending & Liquidity

The role: Tether Capital is launching a new credit vertical focused on providing short-term liquidity and credit facilities to fintech companies, payment providers, exchanges, and other financial institutions. We are looking for a Credit Lead (underwriter) focused on institutional lending and liquidity to join this new initiative and help build the credit function from the ground up. This is a hands-on role for someone with strong experience in credit underwriting and structuring, who is comfortable assessing businesses, making credit recommendations, and developing the policies and processes needed to support a growing lending platform. Key Responsibilities: - Underwrite and structure credit facilities, including revolving credit facilities, working capital loans, and liquidity facilities. - Analyse companies' financial statements, cash flows, liquidity position and repayment capacity. - Determine appropriate lending amounts, terms, covenants, security, and other risk protections. - Develop credit policies, underwriting guidelines, templates, and concentration limits from scratch. - Monitor credit risk and borrower performance and establish appropriate risk-monitoring processes. - Support the development and scaling of the new credit business. Requirements: - 10+ years of relevant credit experience. - Strong experience in credit underwriting and structuring , rather than purely credit analysis. - Previous experience with fintech & payments is mandatory. - Background in institutional lending, private credit, venture debt, specialty finance, or a similar environment. - Experience establishing or developing credit policies, processes, or risk frameworks. - Crypto, digital assets, or stablecoin experience is a plus, but not required .