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Today, our team is guided by our core values - Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy - and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.\nJob Description\nREPORTINGRELATIONSHIPS\nReports to: VP,Shared Business Services\nSupervises: n/a\nPRIMARY FUNCTIONS AND ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES\nWe are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented professional to support the Credit Secondaries investment team across underwriting, portfolio management, market monitoring, and internal database initiatives. The role will provide exposure to private credit, secondary transactions, portfolio analytics, and investment decision-making processes. Responsibilities include:\nPrimary Functions\nSupport the evaluation of prospective Credit Secondaries investments, including LP-led and GP-led transactions.\nReview and organize diligence materials, including loan tapes, financial statements, portfolio reports, capital account statements, and broker materials.\nTranscribe and validate loan-level and portfolio-level data within internal underwriting models and ensure the accuracy of model outputs, analytics, and reporting exhibits.\nBuild, update, and maintain underwriting and portfolio monitoring models, including return analyses, sensitivity scenarios, and valuation outputs.\nPerform quantitative and qualitative analysis of underlying credit portfolios, including borrower performance, industry exposure, concentration risks, and key portfolio trends.\nRoll forward underwriting models using updated financial information and assumptions provided by the investment and finance teams.\nMonitor and summarize quarterly performance of publicly traded Business Development Companies (BDCs), including earnings, valuation marks, portfolio activity, and market developments.\nMaintain internal databases and trackers, including closed deal databases, transaction comparables, underwriting assumptions, portfolio monitoring tools, and market intelligence repositories.\nAssist with preparation of investment committee materials, diligence summaries, pricing analyses, portfolio reviews, and other investment-related deliverables.\nSupplementary Tasks\nConduct company, industry, and market research to support underwriting, valuation, and portfolio monitoring activities.\nSupport the development and enhancement of internal analytical tools, databases, templates, and reporting frameworks.\nIdentify opportunities to improve processes, automate recurring tasks, and enhance data quality and operational efficiency.\nCollaborate with investment professionals across geographies on strategic initiatives, recurring business activities, and ad hoc analytical projects\nQUALIFICATIONS\nEducation:\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in business, finance, or another pre-professional field, or a discipline with exposure to Private Credit and Secondaries.\nStrong academic background and demonstrated interest in private credit, alternative investments, secondaries, or financial markets.\nExperience Required:\n3-6 years of experience preferred. Experience in private credit, direct lending, leveraged finance, credit research, investment banking, valuation, transaction advisory, portfolio management, secondaries, or private markets operations would be highly relevant.\nPrior exposure to fund modeling, credit analysis, cash flow modeling, portfolio monitoring, or investment committee materials is preferred.\nExperience with Power BI, VBA, Python, SQL, or other automation tools is a plus.\nGeneral Requirements:\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to reduce complex problems and models into key drivers. 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