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Direct Origination - Equipment Finance

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on building a book of business in equipment finance by sourcing and closing loans and leases. You will work closely with leadership and credit teams to structure transactions for various customer profiles, contributing to the company's expansion into new industries.

Qualifications

  • Proven record of sourcing and closing equipment finance business.
  • Experience with large-ticket equipment financing transactions.
  • Ability to work with non-investment-grade, unrated, growth-stage, turnaround, and sponsor-backed businesses.
  • Strong relationship-building skills with borrowers and referral sources.
  • Preferred: Knowledge of robotics, defense technology, physical AI, automation, and advanced manufacturing markets.

Responsibilities

  • Personally source and close equipment finance loans and leases.
  • Build a qualified pipeline through direct borrower and referral relationships.
  • Assess the customer, equipment, sponsorship, transaction structure, risks, and repayment plan.
  • Coordinate with credit, underwriting, and documentation teams to move transactions through funding.

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Relationship Management
  • Communication
  • Collaboration

About the company

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Altius Search Group

  • Staffing & Recruiting
  • TPE
  • 1–10
Altius Search Group is a permanent placement executive search firm with a mission of providing personalized world-class recruiting services for select companies and candidates. Small and niche by design, Altius Search Group prides itself on truly understanding and embracing it's core industry focuses while having our finger on the "pulse" of your local market. In all of our recruiting efforts, we embrace the necessity for accurate, timely, and reliable communication during each phase of the search and recruiting process. We understand that this communication is the key to creating superior long-term matches. We also deeply understand our mission to truly listen to the needs of both our candidates and clients. The conveyance of these needs throughout each stage of recruiting and hiring is what creates a smooth and successful transition for each new employee. Recruiting Coverage - Senior Living The Senior Living division focuses on direct permanent placement recruiting services for select clients and candidates within Senior Housing and related sectors including: Independent Living Assisted Living Memory Care CCRC Skilled Nursing Below is a sample of positions we support: Regional Director of Operations Regional Director of Sales & Marketing (Regional) Health & Wellness Director Executive Director Clinical Services Dining Services Facilities Management Executive Management (VP, SVP, EVP, COO, etc.) Recruiting Coverage - Financial Services The Financial Services division focuses on permanent placement recruiting for select clients within a variety of Financial Services industries including: Equipment Leasing & Finance Commercial Banking Healthcare Finance Recruiting Coverage - Energy The energy division focuses on direct permanent placement recruiting for select clients and candidates within energy related sectors including: Energy Services Solar Power Wind Power Energy Equipment Manufacturing

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Job description

Direct Origination - Equipment Finance

Location: Remote
Industry: Equipment Finance and Leasing

Altius Search Group is conducting a confidential search for a direct originator with a proven record of sourcing and closing equipment finance business.

Our client is an equipment finance company that deploys its own capital. This is a hands-on opportunity to build a book of business across robotics, defense technology, physical AI, automation, advanced manufacturing, and other essential markets. Transactions range from approximately $500,000 to $50 million and involve large-ticket equipment with durable collateral value.

The Opportunity

You will develop borrower and referral relationships, identify financing opportunities, and lead transactions from initial discussion through funding. You will work directly with leadership and credit on structures for customers that may not fit conventional bank underwriting, including non-investment-grade, unrated, growth-stage, turnaround, and sponsor-backed businesses.

Responsibilities

  • Personally source and close equipment finance loans and leases.

  • Build a qualified pipeline through direct borrower and referral relationships.

  • Assess the customer, equipment, sponsorship, transaction structure, risks, and repayment plan.

  • Coordinate with credit, underwriting, and documentation teams to move transactions through funding.

  • Develop a sustainable book of business and provide market insight as the company expands into new industries.

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