Location: Chicago, IL
Experience: 2+ years
The Opportunity
A large global alternative investment platform is seeking an Associate to join its direct lending team.
What You’ll Do
- Evaluate new private credit investment opportunities
- Perform company, industry and business-model diligence
- Build financial models and conduct valuation and credit analysis
- Identify key investment merits, risks and downside scenarios
- Support transaction structuring, documentation and closing
- Prepare investment committee materials and present recommendations
- Monitor portfolio companies following investment
- Work directly with company management teams and senior investment professionals
What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of investment banking or related experience
- Leveraged finance, credit or sponsor finance exposure is a plus
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills
- Genuine interest in fundamental credit investing
- Ability to form and communicate an independent investment view
- Strong academic background and communication skills
Why Consider It?
- Exposure to both sponsor-backed and non-sponsored lending
- Industry-agnostic mandate across a wide range of business models
- Significant responsibility and autonomy at the Associate level
- Deep investment team with substantial resources dedicated to underwriting
- Long-term career path rather than a traditional two-year Associate program
- Opportunity to invest alongside the firm
- Growing private credit platform within a scaled global asset manager
Private Credit Associate in Chicago at Connect Search, LLC
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