Structured Finance - Senior Associate

Structured Finance & Corporate Debt - Senior Associate

Sterling Williams are currently working with a City based Financial Institution who are looking to hire on a permanent basis for a Senior Associate to join their Portfolio Management team.

City of London - Hybrid (3:2)

Salary circa £60 - 65,000 pa plus benefits

Permanent

The Senior Associate will play a crucial role in the ongoing risk management and surveillance of clients' investments across various structured finance, private credit, and other investment types. The primary responsibility will be to ensure that all investments align with clients' risk appetite, adhere to established policies and procedures, and meet the requirements of relevant SLA’s.

You will be responsible for:

Credit Analysis: Conducting regular and comprehensive evaluations of the creditworthiness of individual investments, including forward-looking insight and analysis. Presenting findings both in writing and verbally to clients.

Investment Monitoring: Tracking the performance of investments using financial statements, manager or lender reports, compliance certificates, and other relevant documents. Identifying and highlighting any issues or early warning signs.

Market Analysis: Staying informed about market trends and economic conditions that could impact investments. Providing insights and recommendations based on analysis.

Portfolio Monitoring: Identifying potential risks within the portfolio and suggesting strategies to mitigate them. Ensuring proactive risk management.

The successful candidate will likely have experience in:

• Hold a university degree and have at least 2 years of suitable professional experience in Structured Finance, Portfolio Management, Private Credit, or traditional Credit Risk - have dealt with credit rating reviews, waiver requests etc.
• Open to consider candidates who come from a Ratings, Bank, or Asset Management background.
• Demonstrate solid analytical and technical skills and the ability to understand complex transaction documentation, financing structures, and models.
• Be comfortable in a client-facing role and able to confidently present recommendations up to the credit committee level.
• Exhibit good organisational and time management skills, a hands-on approach, diligence and attention to detail.
• Have good writing skills to produce robust, concise, and insightful decision papers.
• Be a team player with the ability to work in a multicultural and international environment, as well as the ability to explain modelling concepts, analytical approaches, reasoning and key conclusions