CLO Modeler

CLO Modeler / Structured Finance Analytics Associate

Hybrid, Charlotte, Chicago, Houston or Boston

We are seeking a CLO Modeler to join a structured finance analytics team supporting new issuances, transaction maintenance, reporting, and cash flow analysis. This role is ideal for professionals with hands-on experience modeling CLO transactions within Solvas, CDO Suite, or similar industry platforms.

Responsibilities

• Interpret trust indentures, offering memoranda, and governing transaction documents.
• Build, maintain, and update CLO transaction models within Solvas and/or CDO Suite.
• Translate deal documents into waterfall logic, payment priorities, and transaction rules.
• Configure and test coverage tests, collateral quality tests, triggers, and covenant calculations.
• Validate model outputs against trustee and investor reports.
• Support new issuance onboarding, model conversions, and transaction amendments.
• Generate and analyze cash flow projections, compliance results, and reporting outputs.
• Perform scenario analysis and stress testing, including default, prepayment, and spread sensitivity analysis.
• Partner with portfolio managers, operations teams, trustees, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate transaction modeling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience working with CLOs, structured finance transactions, or securitizations.
• Hands-on experience with Solvas, CDO Suite, or similar CLO modeling platforms.
• Strong understanding of CLO deal mechanics, waterfalls, and structured finance concepts.
• Advanced Excel skills; SQL experience preferred.
• Ability to interpret legal transaction documents and implement deal structures within modeling platforms.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• CLO analytics or modeling experience.
• Trustee, asset manager, rating agency, or structured finance consulting background.
• Experience supporting new issuances, refinancings, resets, or deal conversions.
• Knowledge of syndicated loans, fixed income products, and securitized transactions.

Keywords: CLO, CDO Suite, Solvas, Structured Finance, Waterfall Modeling, Securitization, Syndicated Loans, Collateralized Loan Obligations, Cash Flow Modeling, Compliance Testing, SQL, Excel.