Senior Associate/ VP Leveraged Finance
A market-leading, award-winning direct lender and experienced private credit manager with over ~$65B AUM is looking to add a Senior Associate or Vice President to the Leveraged Finance Team in New York, NY. The Leveraged Finance Team are the product specialists responsible for leading the execution of firm lead or co-lead Broadly Syndicated Loan investments across all industry verticals. The Leveraged Finance Deal Team works in conjunction with private equity sponsors, capital markets and deal professionals from the respective industry verticals on transactions that include a BSL solution. This role requires a hands-on individual contributor with credit, deal execution and legal documentation experience. This individual will be responsible for reviewing new investment opportunities and monitoring existing investments.
Responsibilities:
New Deals (>70% of time on an annual basis)
- Key member of Deal Team responsible for assisting in all aspects of Broadly Syndicated Facilities (BSL) deal execution including evaluation, structuring, due diligence, syndication and legal documentation
- Assisting the Deal Team in assessing new investment opportunities for the Firm including interfacing with firm industry teams to develop comprehensive view
- Working with senior deal professionals and Capital Markets to evaluate key credit elements to determine initial deal read
- Working with senior deal professionals to help determine key credit issues and due diligence plan
- Assisting in the preparation and presentation of investment memorandums to the Investment Committee
Portfolio Management (<30% of time on an annual basis):
- Managing a portfolio of existing investments with support from the portfolio monitoring group
- Assisting in the management of accounts by monitoring financial performance through reviewing quarterly financial results / earnings calls and flash reports from portfolio monitoring group, industry events, company press releases, industry and company research reports
- Establishing and maintaining professional ties with management teams
- Actively mining the portfolio for pitch ideas and new deal opportunities
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required in a related financial discipline with an outstanding record of academic achievement
- 4+ years of related leveraged lending experience at a top tier investment bank or alternative asset management firm
- Working knowledge of syndicated and leveraged finance market conditions, structuring and execution
- Formal credit training preferred
- Experience working with financial sponsors
- Ability to effectively communicate both internally and with external clients
If you meet the qualifications, please apply now!
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