Structured Finance Investment Analyst
Summary
The Structured Finance Investment Analyst supports private credit deal origination by analyzing loan datasets, modeling portfolio performance, and conducting operational due diligence. The role requires proficiency in Python and Excel to evaluate European lending markets and prepare credit materials for senior management.
You will support the origination of structured private credit deals by analyzing loan originator datasets, benchmarking portfolio performance, and modeling whole-loan portfolios and loan-backed structures across scenarios. You will research European lending markets, conduct operational due diligence, develop analytical tools, respond to internal inquiries, prepare credit materials, and coordinate deal execution.
Responsibilities
- Perform quantitative analysis on loan originator datasets to support investment decisions
- Calculate stratified performance analytics for benchmarking and investment decision-making
- Model whole-loan portfolio performance across multiple scenarios
- Model the performance of loan-collateralized structures across multiple scenarios
- Research European lending markets and identify target markets
- Monitor European lending developments and identify potential originators
- Conduct operational due diligence on originators, including required travel
- Develop scripts, models, and standardized processes to streamline analysis
- Address inquiries from credit, compliance, finance, operations, and data teams
- Draft analytical documents for credit committee and senior management review
- Coordinate cross-functional efforts through deal execution
Requirements
- Prior experience working directly with structured products, preferably securitization
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, mathematics, or engineering
- More than two years of relevant financial-sector experience
- Functional knowledge of credit products, preferably private credit
- Mastery of Microsoft Excel and Python for financial modeling
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
Benefits
- Performance-related bonus scheme
- Private medical and dental insurance through Bupa, including children's cover
- Life insurance
- Income protection and critical illness cover
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Salary sacrifice pension matched up to 10%
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Emergency parental leave
- Emergency childcare and nursery benefit
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Charity giving through CAF
- Annual wellbeing budget
- Team socials, annual summer and Christmas parties, and other events