Investment Analyst

About Us:

Arena Investors, LP (“Arena”) is a global investment management firm that seeks to generate attractive risk adjusted, consistent and uncorrelated returns by employing a fundamentals based, asset-oriented financing and investing strategy across the entire credit spectrum in areas where conventional sources of capital are scarce.  Arena specializes in off-the-run, stressed, distressed, illiquid and esoteric special situation transactions through originations and acquisitions of asset-oriented investments across a wide array of asset types (including but not limited to private direct corporate credit, commercial real estate bridge lending, and commercial and consumer assets).

Quaestor Advisors, LLC (“Quaestor”) is an affiliated Special Servicer, which provides mid- and back-office services, including asset management, to Arena Investors and external clients.

Job Description:

• Develop bespoke financial models, perform data / investment analysis for potential investment opportunities in Asset-Backed Securities (ABS), Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) and CLOs.
• Conduct collateral and structural analysis across multiple asset classes.
• Monitor performance of existing positions and public markets.
• Collate and distill large sets of disparate data into actionable insights for the investment team.
• Participate in portfolio company monitoring and post-closing events.
• Perform financial analysis and relative value analysis for potential investments.
• Assist in the preparation of investment memoranda.
• Coordinate with internal functional groups including Asset Management, Treasury and Operations.
• Contribute to improve processes, reduce risks, and increase controls.

• The ideal candidate must be intellectually curious, have a strong work ethic and be technically proficient.
• Must have the ability to thrive in a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment and have the utmost level of personal integrity.
• Must have a post-graduate degree in finance from a Tier-1 institution.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the finance sector with exposure to credit investments. Knowledge of Structured Products including ABS/CLO/MBS is a plus.
• Must be proficient in Excel. Ability to write macros / computer programming is a plus.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• We provide a medical insurance of INR 10,00,000 that includes your one set of parents, spouse, first two living children & yourself. This insurance is fully paid up by Quaestor Advisors India Pvt Ltd.
• Further we provide a group term life insurance employee specific which is 5 times your CTC with no capping. This insurance is fully paid up by Quaestor Advisors India Pvt Ltd.
• Also, we provide a group personal accidental insurance employee specific which is 5 times your CTC with no capping. This insurance is fully paid up by Quaestor Advisors India Pvt Ltd.
• We do offer an OPD coverage on reimbursement basis of INR 25,000 per Indian financial year which will be prorated as per your joining date.