Associate, Private Credit Investments

Role Purpose

The Associate will evaluate and execute private credit and real estate investment opportunities. Key responsibilities include financial analysis, credit underwriting, due diligence, and portfolio monitoring.

What You Will Do

• Perform comprehensive financial analysis, including valuation and cash flow modeling, to assess investment prospects.
• Underwrite and perform credit analysis on loan collateral across all major property types within private credit investments, loan pools, and the corporate credit landscape.
• Work with the team to perform due diligence on prospective investments and participate in all aspects of the investment process from origination to deal closing.
• Review credit agreements and loan structures in coordination with broader deal-level diligence workstreams.
• Determine deal and loan-level risk ratings, assist in identifying risk assets across the portfolio to monitor performance, and provide periodic asset management updates.
• Create and edit financial models to determine base and bear case commercial real estate (CRE) asset valuations and perform sensitivity analysis.
• Aid in the structuring and analysis of structured credit transactions, including loan portfolio acquisitions, NAV facilities, private placements, SRTs, and more.
• Prepare investment committee and quarterly asset review presentation materials.
• Present investments to senior leadership on a regular basis.
• Track issuer/industry trends and macroeconomic events that could impact portfolio holdings.
• Think creatively about ways to improve the team's existing processes.

What You Should Have

• Strong curiosity and desire to learn and think creatively.
• College (BS/BA) degree in Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or STEM-related subjects.
• 1–2+ years of experience in a real estate, credit, or investment banking role, including real estate acquisitions, real estate credit, M&A or advisory investment banking, debt capital markets, leveraged finance, or other credit-focused roles.
• Familiarity with commercial real estate or structured finance is a plus.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.