Securitization Analyst - Structured Finance (1-4 yrs)

Analyst - Investment Management - Structured Finance

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated Investment Management Analyst to join our Asset Based Finance (ABF) team within the Structured Finance Group. As an integral part of our team, you will gain exposure to a diverse portfolio of Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) investments and play a pivotal role in underwriting, monitoring, and managing these deals for our institutional clients.

Responsibilities:

- Deal Management: Collaborate closely with ABF Deal Analysts to assist in investment management and monitoring activities for structured finance deals.

- IC Memos: Support the deal team in updating Investment Committee approval memos, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of each deal's intricacies.

- Term sheets: Analyze closing documents such as credit agreements, indentures and note purchase agreements and set up processes for analyzing and monitoring the deal post-closing.

- Due Diligence: Perform pre-deal due diligence and stratify the collateral pool using Python to assess risk and investment potential.

- Surveillance and Reporting: Update surveillance data and create one-pagers for presentations to senior management for both Public and Private deals.

- Cashflow Modeling: Develop and update cashflow models for structured finance deals. Monitor key metrics to assess risk and expected returns. Conduct stress case scenarios and analyze their impact on repayments.

- Collateral Analysis: Create and update asset-level one-pagers for collateral analysis, assisting in underwriting and post-deal monitoring.

- Asset Valuation: Track and review revaluation events for underlying assets, ensuring accurate pricing of collateral.

- Sector-Level Analysis: Update monthly sector-level presentations and pro-actively highlight potential issues to senior management.

- Covenant Monitoring: Continuously monitor covenants and key performance indicators (KPIs) at the deal level, thereby assist the Business Analytics team to run portfolio-level analysis.

- Ad Hoc Projects: Undertake multiple ad hoc projects as requested by senior management to assess the impact of macro events.

- Client request/ Compliances: Ensure compliance with investor requirements from an investment management perspective.

- Data and Tools: Leverage advanced tools such as Intex and Python for in-depth analysis. Utilize Tableau, Street Diligence and Sigma for enhanced data visualization.

Skills Required:

- MBA in Finance, CFA, or CA qualification.

- Experience in analyzing Asset Backed Finance deal structures and collateral is a plus.

- Strong analytical and quantitative skills.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Word).

- Ability to summarize complex information succinctly and efficiently.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

- Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy and precision.

- Ability to work independently and collaboratively while demonstrating high sense of ownership and accountability.

- Thorough understanding of basic financial concepts and the ability to critically implement them.