VPDirector Investments Nelnet Financial Services

Nelnet (NYSE:NNI) is a diversified company with primary businesses being investment management loan servicing payments and technology including a large servicing and technology customer emphasis in the education space. Nelnet also invests in fiber communications earlystage and venture capital real estate and solar energy.

Nelnet Financial Services (NFS) is seeking a dynamic investment professional to play a key role in sourcing executing and managing specialty finance and private credit investments. This position will be instrumental in driving business development assessing investment opportunities optimizing underwriting processes and structuring financing solutions. This role provides the opportunity to work across the full investment lifecycle contributing strategic insights to enhance portfolio performance and support Nelnets longterm investment objectives.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Business development and relationship management: actively involved in the development and management of relationships with investment partners banks and other finance providers

• New Investments: help source negotiate and manage third party purchasing and investment relationships and opportunities.

• Assist in structuring and analytics assessment for new opportunities and ongoing oversight.

• Investment risk assessment: identify what we know and what we dont know and whether we are comfortable relative to the expected return.

• Help optimize investment and underwriting process for financial strategies.

• Execute on investment opportunities including documentation negotiation and external / internal coordination.

• Investment financing strategy: as applicable source negotiate and document financing agreements with banks and other finance providers. Evaluate bond issuance and other opportunities.

• Proficiency with large data sets and data base management often used to assess and evaluate historical financial asset performance and attributes such as fundamental SQL queries to extract and analyze data

• Portfolio management and oversight: help ensure an effective process to identify trends problems and proactively communicate and inform ongoing decision making.

• Stay apprised of relevant market developments and performance trends; proactively communicate and leverage knowledge in decision making and recommendations.

• Assist with capital markets and strategic financing functions for the Nelnet organization.

• Ensure effective internal communication to relevant teammates and constituents.

• Commit to Performance Based Organization (PBO) & Easy to Do Business with (ETDBW) philosophy.

• Contribute to Continuous Process Improvement including potential changes improvements and continual selfimprovement.

• Manage multiple conflicting priorities & consistently meet deadlines.

• Act in place of manager in absence.

• Ensure compliance with Federal regulations and departmental policies.

EDUCATION:

Fouryear college degree required with a MBA and/or CFA preferred (progress towards considered).

EXPERIENCE:

Five years of experience in structured finance across a banking capital markets or investment capacity.

COMPETENCIES SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:

• Capital markets

• Structured finance / securitization / fixed income

• Large data set profiency including basic database management / SQL Query

• Investments

• Project management

• Intellectual curiosity

• Decisionmaking and critical thinking

• Analytical comprehension and skills

• Legal documentation

• People skills

• Teamplayer

• Service excellence

• Oral communications

• Written communications

• Working with MS Office

• Problemsolving

• Managing multiple priorities

The base salary range for this role is $150000 to $250000 bonus. The highly competitive total compensation package includes a base salary commensurate with experience performancebased bonus opportunities management stock awards as part of our longterm incentive plan and a competitive benefits package including health retirement wellness programs and more.

Our benefits package includes medical dental vision HSA and FSA generous earned time off 401K/student loan repayment life insurance & AD&D insurance employee assistance program employee stock purchase program tuition reimbursement performancebased incentive pay short and longterm disability and a robust wellness program. Click here to learn more about our benefits: LINK.

Nelnet is an Equal Opportunity Employer complies with Executive Order 11246 and takes affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to race color religion/creed national origin gender or sex marital status age disability use of a guide dog or service animal sexual orientation military/veteran status or any other status protected by Federal or State law or local ordinance.

Qualified individuals with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations in order to apply or compete for positions at Nelnet may request such accommodations by contacting Corporate Recruiting ator.

Nelnet is a Drug Free and Tobacco Free Workplace.