Senior Vice President, Capital Markets

About Ascent Ascent Developer Solutions is a leading private lending platform, serving real estate developers nationwide in the acquisition, renovation, and construction of residential real estate. Founded by a leadership team with a deep understanding and personal experience in virtually every facet of real estate development, Ascent is uniquely positioned to create custom, innovative lending solutions for a variety of real estate development business strategies. Position Overview   We are seeking a seasoned Capital Markets and Treasury leader to drive the strategy, execution, and expansion of the firm’s capital structure . This role will be responsible for sourcing, structuring, and managing institutional capital, while overseeing treasury operations to ensure optimal liquidity, funding efficiency, and risk management. Reporting to the CFO and coordinating closely with the CEO and General Counsel, this leader will own the buildout of the firm’s capital markets function from current state to programmatic securitizer, including launch of an inaugural securitization, development and ramp of whole-loan sale and/or participation programs, and evolution of the capital stack to support the firm’s full-lifecycle lending vision.   The ideal candidate brings deep relationships across institutional investors, direct experience leading securitization and whole-loan sale / participation programs, a strong track record in structured finance and credit markets, strong interdepartmental teamwork and collaboration, and the ability to align capital strategy, treasury management, and lending operations in a rapidly scaling environment.   Key Responsibilities     Capital Strategy & Execution   Develop and lead the firm’s capital markets strategy to support private lending originations and growth targets    Structure and execute financing solutions, including warehouse facilities, securitizations, CRE CLOs, whole-loan sale programs, forward flow agreements, loan participations, and institutional partnerships    Optimize cost of capital, liquidity, and leverage across the platform    Lead the firm’s evolution from a balance-sheet warehouse funder to a programmatic securitization issuer, building a hybrid capital stack across warehouse, securitization, whole-loan sales, and loan participations to maximize capital velocity, ROE, and balance-sheet capacity    Reduce guarantee structures over time through diversified funding strategies and negotiations with warehouse counterparties    Define and execute the path to long-term capital products, including the development of an Agency correspondent lending program to support long-term takeout financing for the firm’s multifamily, manufactured housing, and homebuilder portfolios      Treasury Management   Oversee the firm’s treasury function, including liquidity management, cash forecasting, and funding allocation    Ensure efficient deployment of capital across lending programs and investment strategies    Manage warehouse and bank credit facility relationships across a existing multi-counterparty bank facilities, advance-rate optimization, covenant compliance, and daily cash operations    Drive wet-funding execution, advance-rate optimization, and pledge-to-leverage timing across all warehouse facilities to improve capital efficiency    Build and maintain rolling cash forecasts and longer-term liquidity models integrated with the firm’s origination, servicing, and accounting systems    Develop and implement policies for liquidity risk, interest rate exposure, and capital efficiency, managing an executing trades for the firm’s hedging strategy in conjunction with a third-party hedging advisory parter    Partner with finance and accounting teams on cash management, reporting, and covenant compliance      Investor Relations & Capital Raising   Cultivate and manage relationships with CUSIP investors, insurance companies, pension funds, credit funds, banks, and strategic partners (agency lenders, retail mortgage bankers, and homebuilders)    Support debt capital raising across warehouse, securitization, term, and structured finance products, partnering with the CEO and CFO on equity capital activities as needed    Negotiate Master Loan Purchase Agreements (MLPAs), forward flow agreements, and loan participation arrangements with banks and strategic investors    Represent the firm at industry conferences (SFA, IMN, MBA, ABS East/West) to deepen its profile with the institutional investor and rating agency communities    Partner with senior leadership and the firm’s board members on investor communications, reporting, and strategic positioning    Structured Finance & Transactions   Lead structuring, underwriter selection, and execution of inaugural and subsequent securitizations, including residential transitional loan (RTL) deals and a future CRE CLO program collateralized by stabilized bridge and DSCR loans; chart the path between rated and unrated execution    Build and manage relationships with rating agencies (KBRA, DBRS Morningstar, S&P, Fitch, Moody’s), bank underwriters, trustees, custodians, etc.   Establish and scale a programmatic whole-loan sale program and a loan participation program (par sales with retained servicing strip, premium sales, and gain-on-sale execution) across RTL and future term products    Partner with Legal, Operations, Finance, and Technology to build the operational, accounting, and reporting infrastructure required for securitization at scale    Ensure efficient execution from term sheet through closing    Portfolio & Risk Alignment   Collaborate with credit, underwriting, and portfolio management teams to align capital structures with asset performance    Monitor market conditions and adjust funding strategies accordingly    Lead asset-liability management (ALM) and interest-rate hedging across both floating-rate  and fixed-rate pro