Director – Private Debt Investments

Job description

***New Role: Director – Private Debt Investments – Global Investment Firm – New York – $400,000 per year***

Our leading Investment client, based in New York, are looking to hire a Director Private Debt Investments on their Private Debt team. The main aspect of the role is to engage broadly in various areas of the private debt industry. The Director is expected to fulfill an integral role in sourcing, analyzing, preparing and presenting recommendations to the Firm’s Investment Committees. He/she is expected to have a deep understanding of private debt and corporate finance and a demonstrable interest in the private markets.

Responsiblities

• Write Fund Summaries and Investment Memorandums
• Monitor the performance of the Firm’s existing investment portfolio, fund managers and underlying portfolio companies; prepare for and lead meetings with assigned managers, and conduct on-going due diligence
• Use creativity to source and analyze data and to test hypotheses regarding attractiveness of specific sectors and investment opportunities
• Sourcing and closing transactions
• Lead the due diligence on investment opportunities that pass the initial review stage
• Construct an argument around an opinion and efficiently communicate that argument both verbally and in written materials; be able to defend position in a team environment, including Investment Committee meetings
• Perform market research using publicly available information and proprietary databases to identify, quantify and analyze macroeconomic trends across a variety of industry sectors
• Interpret financial analyses prepared by target fund managers, including investment track records; prepare valuation analyses on private companies using a variety of metrics

Requirements

• BA/BS in Business, Finance, Economics or Accounting, or equivalent relevant experience
• Demonstrated track record of academic and professional success
• Proven ability to represent firm in written and interpersonal communications
• Strong, demonstrable analytical capabilities, including strong quantitative/modeling skills
• Leadership experience
• High proficiency in Word, Power Point and Excel
• Strong investment judgment
• Preferably cross asset class experience across middle market and broadly syndicated loans
• Promote and demonstrate a positive, team-oriented attitude
• Applied experience in valuation and investment analysis, in both credit and equity
• CFA (highly desirable)

For further information, please contact Andrew in complete confidence on 086 8111 821 or apply for this position.