Capital Markets Associate, StrideUp
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
Ethical and Shariah-compliant home finance
Job no longer available
Ethical and Shariah-compliant home finance
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To redefine the standard of Islamic financial services.
Role
Who you are
- Intellectually curious: You are excited to expand your knowledge of the home-finance journey, Islamic finance, and complex areas of capital markets
- Analytical and data-driven: You are comfortable working hands-on with raw data, deriving insights and translating them into potential solutions
- Proactive: You take initiative in identifying business opportunities and risks, and don’t wait for instructions to begin working on them
- Communication: You can convey your ideas effectively to a range of audiences, from colleagues unfamiliar with capital markets concepts to highly sophisticated investors
- Detail-Oriented: You ensure high-quality execution across all aspects of your work
- Mission-Driven: You are excited to work for a purpose-led company and connect with StrideUp’s mission and vision
- 3+ years of capital markets experience, such as in investment banking, lending businesses, rating agencies, or debt capital markets advisory
- Experience in a startup, Islamic finance, or mortgage lending is a plus
- Background in debt transactions, preferably including RMBS, warehouses, and/or forward flow agreements
- Strong financial modelling skills along with a commercial and analytical mindset
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, juggling multiple competing priorities
- Track record stakeholder management and leading projects with little or no supervision
What the job involves
- As the Capital Markets Associate, you will be responsible for raising and maintaining capital to support StrideUp’s financing activities
- This will include collaborating with our existing funding partners to structure, model, negotiate, and complete warehouse and forward flow transactions as well as public and private securitisation transactions
- You will also work closely with the senior leadership team in defining StrideUp’s growth plans and assist the CEO in finding new sources of capital to fund them
- Portfolio management: Actively monitor StrideUp’s portfolio and ensure compliance with the terms and limits of the funding arrangements in place
- Investor communication and reporting: Ensure delivery of periodic investor updates and reporting, and respond to investor queries in a timely manner
- Facility negotiations: Play an active role in putting forward StrideUp’s proposals for amendments to existing facilities and implementing the changes once approved
- Funding opportunities: Take ownership of potential new investor transactions from inception through negotiation, due diligence, legal documentation, and completion
- Stakeholder collaboration: Work closely with lawyers, rating agencies, auditors, and other third parties to ensure successful execution of financing / securitisation transactions
- Modelling: Preparing detailed cashflow models to forecast funding needs and presenting the results in a manner that allows effective decision making
- Pricing decisions: Lead the decision-making process on product pricing to balance growth targets, funding/financial requirements and operational considerations
- MI and analytics: Help build processes for data collection, analysis, and visualisation to improve reporting of Management Information
- Treasury and liquidity: Working with Finance and Post-Offer teams to ensure that drawdowns, settlements, and distributions of funds are managed efficiently
Salary benchmarks
Our take
For many in the UK, owning a home feels out of reach, especially for those looking for a halal alternative to a mortgage. Traditional home loans often don't align with Islamic financial principles, and that can leave Muslims with few ethical options for buying a home. Add in strict lending criteria and confusing jargon, and it's easy to see why home ownership can feel frustrating and unfair.
StrideUp offers Sharia-compliant Home Purchase Plans that let people buy or refinance a home without compromising on values. Its model is built around fairness, clarity and flexibility, with no interest, no hidden fees, and no complicated terms. Making it a smooth, inclusive option.
So far, StrideUp has helped thousands of people on their path to home ownership, including many who were turned away by traditional lenders. With big plans to grow into a full digital Islamic bank, StrideUp is truly redefining what ethical finance can look like in the modern world.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2017
$2.2m
SEED
Total funding: $2.2m
Company benefits
- 25 days annual holiday
- Annual L&D budget
- 3% pension contribution
- Monthly socials
- Central London location
- Friendly and informal startup environment with a focus on performance and impact
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Leadership
Sakeeb Zaman
(CEO & Founder)After studying at the University of Oxford, Sakeeb joined Deutsche Bank in 2008, before founding GammaTrace in 2014. He co-founded StrideUp in 2016, serving as CEO since then.
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