Principal Finance/Special Situations recruitment

Our client is a global investment firm that manages private investment funds across the credit, special situations and illiquid investment markets using an active long and short basis, with particular focus on defaulted and leveraged issuers. Through expanded deal flow and capacity, they are looking to strengthen their presence with a Senior Analyst or Associate level hire to the Australian business. You will be working closely with the Directors and assist them in assessing and structuring of new potential deals across all sectors/asset classes.

They have a strong pipeline and healthy capacity for opportunities, so are well placed to be involved in a broad range of exciting deals across diversified asset-based investing. Transaction size depends on the opportunity. The have significant experience in investing broadly and deeply in a diverse set of asset types with expertise across pricing, owning, financing and overseeing the management of physical and financial and capital assets to financial assets secured by diversified long-term cash flows. 

With relevant tertiary qualifications, it is expected you will have gained your strong research, analytical and modelling skills from time spent in either private equity, special situations fund, mezzanine fund or hedge fund. Gaining experience in working up and down the capital structure, including senior debt, mezzanine, equity means you can quickly and effectively develop your structuring skills to get to the core issues in any transaction. Given the small team environment, it is expected you will be a strong team player with well developed written and oral communication skills.