Alternative Credit

Our elite global Alternative Investment Fund client is seeking to recruit an Investment Associate to be a key member of the investment team investing across a variety of specialty finance, asset-backed, structured and esoteric asset classes.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, negotiate, finance and close investment opportunities across a variety across a variety of specialty finance, asset-backed, structured and esoteric asset classes
• Perform investment research, financial modeling, transaction underwriting, valuation analysis and deal due diligence
• Assist with business plan development for various investment opportunities
• Develop investment ideas, write investment memos and create presentations for the investment committee
• Assist with legal documentation and deal closings
• Interact frequently with portfolio company management
• Support post-close efforts including add-on M&A transactions, management reporting, portfolio company growth objectives, etc.
• Build and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Assist with capital raising initiatives
• Mentor junior team members
• Assist with ad hoc projects

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree with strong academic standing
• 2-3 years of structured finance investment banking or lateral investment analysis experience (targeting 2023-2024 undergrads)
• Experience with Esoteric ABS, ABS Securitization, Structured Finance, Leverage Finance, FIG investment banking or Transportation banking (rail, aircraft, etc.) transactions required
• Advanced financial modeling, transaction underwriting and valuation analysis required
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, business writing and relationship management skills
• Highly motivated, intellectually curious and creative with strong critical thinking skills
• Travel required

Our elite global Alternative Investment Fund client is seeking to recruit a Business Development Associate to support capital formation, business development, fundraising and investor relations objectives with a primary focus on private credit strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Support capital formation, business development, fundraising and investor relations objectives with a primary focus on private credit strategies
• Respond to investor inquires from existing and prospective private institutional investors
• Leverage internal and external resources to manage RFPs, DDQs, NDAs and bespoke investor requests
• Prepare, coordinate and distribute marketing, business development and investor relations materials, communications, presentations, offering memoranda, investor reports, legal documents, fact sheets and case studies
• Create internal and external presentations
• Develop and maintain competitor profiles and the broader alternative industry landscape
• Collaborate across business groups on best practices to ensure consistency and quality of investor relations marketing materials
• Work closely with investment and corporate strategy teams to support platform growth initiatives
• Support ad hoc projects as required

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 2-6 years of relevant experience with a minimum 2 years of investor relations, business development or fundraising support experience at an alternative investment fund
• Private credit business development/investor relations experience required
• Standout candidates will have a mix of investment banking transaction execution and alternative investment fund business development/investor relations experience
• Demonstrated ability to navigate effectively in a complex, rapidly changing and fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Advanced communication, interpersonal, presentation and business writing skills
• Highly motivated individual with a high-level of integrity and a commitment to excellence
• Ability to thrive in a lean team environment
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills

Our elite global Financial Services client is seeking to recruit several Associate/VP level Credit Analysts to analyze and evaluate middle market corporate loans, senior secured direct lending investments and private  credit backed loan portfolios.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and evaluate middle market corporate loans, senior secured direct lending investments and private credit backed loan portfolios
• Build and maintain complex financial models to assess collateral, cash flow, loan portfolio stress testing, and credit structures
• Author and publish credit research focused on corporate portfolio finance, direct lending, and the structured credit markets
• Interact with and conduct due diligence meetings with asset managers, direct lenders, arrangers, and other middle market corporate loan issuers
• Assess assess underwriting standards, portfolio management practices, risk management frameworks, and performance metrics
• Assist with and/or lead ongoing monitoring and transaction surveillance analyzing portfolio performance, credit migration, and concentration trends
• VP level analysts will supervise, mentor and professionally develop junior team members
• Assist in developing analytical tools
• Prepare credit memoranda and reports for internal credit committee presentations

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Associate Level: 2+ years of relevant corporate credit analysis experience
• VP Level: 8+ years of credit analysis experience analyzing various debt instruments backed by portfolios of middle market corporate loans, private fund investments and/or corporate loans, notes, and bonds
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling and cash flow analysis skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyze creditworthiness of fixed income, corporate loan and/or bond investments
• Advanced communication, presentation and business writing skills

Our elite global Alternative Investment Fund client is seeking to recruit a VP Product Specialist to serve as a “generalist” on the business development team and lead product management initiatives for across the firm’s direct lending and private credit investment strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a “generalist” on the business development team and lead product management initiatives for across the firm’s direct lending and private credit investment strategies
• Oversee product positioning, conduct market research and create content various private credit strategies and vehicles including CLOs, rated notes, BDCs and SMAs
• Collaborate closely with investment teams to refine and tweak product structures to better align with client requirements
• Remain consistent and aware of the private credit competitive landscape including market conditions and product trends
• Develop and recommend commercial insights to support strategic account planning, business development/sales objectives and fundraising initiatives
• Create fundraising and marketing materials, pitchbooks, RFPs and DDQs
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the firm’s private credit/direct lending strategies with investors
• Author market commentary, develop thought leadership pieces and external communications content to increase the firm’s brand awareness
• Collaborate with teams across the firm to ensure effortless execution of new products
• Maintain and develop data management processes and systems for content libraries, investor pipelines and diligence trackers

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 6+ years of private credit / direct lending product management, business development, fundraising, capital raising or investor relations experience
• Advanced research and analytical skills
• Subject matter experience of private credit / direct lending strategies
• Knowledge of various alternative investment strategies such as hybrid capital, real estate credit and asset-based lending strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to present to and communicate strategies with sophisticated institutional investors
• Advanced communication, interpersonal, presentation and business writing skills
• Highly motivated and detail oriented with the proven ability to thrive in a lean and fast-paced environment
• MBA or CFA preferred

Our elite global Alternative Investment Fund client is seeking to recruit a VP Product Specialist to support product management and business development objectives and serve as a “generalist” private credit/direct lending subject matter expert (SME) acting as the chief liaison between the investment team and firm’s direct lending and private credit institutional investor clients.

Responsibilities:

• Support product management and business development objectives and serve as a “generalist” private credit/direct lending subject matter expert (SME) acting as the chief liaison between the investment team and firm’s direct lending and private credit institutional investor clients
• Oversee product positioning, conduct market research and create content various private credit strategies and vehicles including CLOs, rated notes, BDCs and SMAs
• Collaborate closely with investment teams to refine and tweak product structures to better align with client requirements
• Remain consistent and aware of the private credit competitive landscape including market conditions and product trends
• Develop and recommend commercial insights to support strategic account planning, business development/sales objectives and fundraising initiatives
• Create fundraising and marketing materials, pitchbooks, RFPs and DDQs
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the firm’s private credit/direct lending strategies with investors
• Author market commentary, develop thought leadership pieces and external communications content to increase the firm’s brand awareness
• Collaborate with teams across the firm to ensure effortless execution of new products
• Maintain and develop data management processes and systems for content libraries, investor pipelines and diligence trackers

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 6+ years of private credit / direct lending product management, business development, fundraising, capital raising or investor relations experience
• Advanced research and analytical skills
• Subject matter experience of private credit / direct lending strategies
• Knowledge of various alternative investment strategies such as hybrid capital, real estate credit and asset-based lending strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to present to and communicate strategies with sophisticated institutional investors
• Advanced communication, interpersonal, presentation and business writing skills
• Highly motivated and detail oriented with the proven ability to thrive in a lean and fast-paced environment
• MBA or CFA preferred