Assistant Vice President - Investments (7-10 yrs)

About Grip Invest:

- Grip is an investment platform that offers curated investment opportunities in lease finance with a low minimum investment amount and fixed returns.

- Grip is an investment marketplace that provides investors with options to co-Invest in physical assets such as vehicles, equipment and furniture, leased to corporates, to earn great returns.

- Leasing contracts are fairly common! In fact, most businesses such as airlines, heavy equipment companies and manufacturing giants lease their assets rather than own them.

- Grip manages the end to end journey for investments, leasing and returns.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

- Senior member of the team that hunts, evaluates, and executes investment opportunities in Corporate Bonds, PTCs, and SDIs.

- This role encompasses end-to-end responsibilities for making an investment.

- Undertake business development activities either through (a) direct outreach to corporates and NBFCs seeking to raise debt capital and/ or (b) via a network of bankers and arrangers.

- With the support of colleagues in credit, lead the detailed deal evaluation including financial analysis, sensitivity analysis, management discussions, compliance, and reference checks.

- Lead negotiations with the counterparty on commercial terms, covenants, and other term sheet clauses.

- Present the investment opportunity to the Investment Committee and accordingly fine-tune deal evaluation and deal commercials.

- Project manage the execution of approved deals including legal documentation, external rating exercise, and stock exchange approvals.

- Support relationship managers with marketing materials for placing this deal on our online platform.

Requirements:

- 7-10 years of experience in investments, corporate finance, or business development in a financial services company.

- Previously worked in investments in the fixed-income space or involved in evaluating NBFCs for the purpose of credit underwriting.

- Deep understanding of credit risk management, financial analysis, due diligence, etc.

- Experience in team management.

- Superb communication and negotiation skills.

- Excellent stakeholder/people management skills (both internal and external)