Senior Financial Analyst - Private Credit Operations (Hybrid)

Senior Financial Analyst

The Senior Financial Analyst will work directly with other Investment Operations team members to handle daily operational activities for private debt and private equity investments, including Asset Backed Finance, Middle Market Direct Lending, Opportunistic Credit, Infrastructure Credit, and Real Estate Credit. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of the processes, documentation, data management, and fund manager communication required to execute transactions and administer assets post-close. This role will focus on supporting Investment Operations with the building the operational framework and processes needed to support private credit investments. This role will work directly with internal Portfolio Management, Finance, Tax, technology, and reporting teams to ensure private credit deals are properly accounted for and reported from funding to exit.

Responsibilities

• Perform and review lifecycle accounting: including trade activity processing, principal and interest (P&I), fees, expenses, and capital activity (contributions / distributions) in accounting book of record (ABOR)
• Review of Issuer and Asset level reference data setup and maintenance
• Perform and review daily cash and position reconciliations across all entities focusing on timely resolution of cash and position breaks
• Liaison with Cash Management to ensure accounts have sufficient liquidity and wires are processed in a timely manner
• Prepare ad-hoc reporting for various stakeholders as well as support regulatory reporting across multiple bases of accounting
• Drive process improvements and long-term systematic automation: identifying inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and enhancing workflows across the Clearwater solution
• Review private deal pipeline on a regular basis to ensure that all deals are tracked in a timely manner
• Analyze legal documents, such as credit agreements and fee letters, to identify critical terms for each private deal
• Participate in developing and documenting operational procedures and controls and ensure they are properly executed with appropriate escalation to stakeholders if warranted
• Support document management for private credit deals

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and/or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience, with degree.
• Advanced computer skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4-5 years of relevant experience working in an investment operations capacity
• Strong knowledge of private credit fund concepts across a range of strategies, including corporate direct lending
• Strong knowledge of general finance, process documentation and cross functional operations
• Solid analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve problems
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Proven ability to manage tasks with competing priorities and deadlines, while independently driving projects to completion

Working Conditions

• Hybrid Office Environment. (In Office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.)
• Fast-paced deadline-driven office environment.
• Occasional Travel <10%

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $80,000.00- $106,000.00 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company's discretion.