• Support Deal Activities: Help secure and maintain efficient and flexible capital (equity, debt, and warehouse) by identifying and attracting prospective investors, crafting an investor story for specific financing opportunities, evaluating structuring alternatives and making recommendations • Support the due diligence processes, executing and following through to deal closing. • Partner with legal, operations, and accounting teams to ensure deals are properly onboarded, accounted for, and documented • External Relations & Facility Management: Support ongoing investor relations, investor/lender reporting, and relationships with banks, lenders, investors, and intermediaries • Support refinancing, upsizing, product, and underwriting enhancements as needed • Build and monitor dashboards and reports to track new loan origination, loan repayments, performance statistics and adherence to Tala lender contractual requirements • Support Capital Management & Corporate FP&A: Partner with Finance, Accounting, and Treasury teams to ensure financings are modeled accurately in liquidity, risk, and financial planning forecasts • Develop short-term and long-term forecasts to assist in capital markets analyses and inform product strategy and credit underwriting processes for Tala’s lending origination • Build analytical models to evaluate capital structure decisions including financing, return of capital, liquidity planning, equity valuation, and credit ratings for review with senior leadership • Loan Portfolio Reporting & Technology Integration: Manage existing debt portfolio including covenant compliance and ensure proper alignment with risk management processes • Drive innovation by evaluating and implementing next-generation portfolio management software systems. Support in building out loan ops capabilities to scale balance sheet lending and facilitate future securitization programs • Enhance Blockchain/Crypto Strategy: Explore blockchain and crypto-based solutions to enhance liquidity and tokenize balance sheet assets • Support Product team in developing relationships with blockchain market participants • Evaluate strategic use cases for stablecoins, tokenized assets, and digital wallets in collaboration with Legal and Compliance to ensure regulatory alignment