Principal, Cross-Asset Investor - Alternative Investment Fund

Our elite global Alternative Investment Fund client is seeking to recruit a Principal to originate, lead and execute direct investment transactions across asset classes, across the capital structure and across industry verticals and to support strategic growth initiatives across the platform.

Responsibilities:

• Originate, ead and execute direct investment transactions across asset classes, across the capital structure and across industry verticals
• Support strategic growth initiatives across the platform
• Lead transactions from initial evaluation through deal close
• Oversee deal structuring, due diligence, valuation and transaction negotiation
• Collaborate closely with external stakeholders and counterparties throughout the transaction lifecycle
• Evaluate financial models, valuations, financial due diligence, capital structure analysis and business projections to formulate sound investment recommendations
• Present investment recommendations to internal investment committees and senior leadership
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders including bankers, co-investors, financial sponsors, management teams and intermediaries
• Develop and cultivate proprietary deal flow and represent the platform with key market participants
• Lead sourcing, evaluation and management of corporate development transactions and strategic platform growth initiatives including joint ventures, strategic partnerships and acquisitions on behalf of the fund platform
• Evaluate, cultivate and execute new business ventures including new product, investment strategies and business line expansion
• Work closely with other investment teams, capital formation and operations to analyze new business venture economics, develop business cases and build go-to-market plans
• Undertake ad-hoc and special projects

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• MBA or CFA preferred
• 10+ years of direct investing and transaction execution experience across the capital structure
• Private equity investing experience highly desirable
• Hybrid capital, preferred equity, structured equity, structured credit, opportunistic credit or special situations investing experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience originating, leading and executing complex transactions and strategic initiatives from deal evaluation to close
• Advanced financial technical skills including modeling, valuation and due diligence
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus, mobilize resources, influence key stakeholders and lead new business initiatives
• M&A transaction, joint venture and/or strategic partnership development experience strongly preferred
• Entrepreneurial mindset with sound judgement, intellectual curiosity and strong problem solving skills
• Demonstrated experience mentoring, coaching and professionally developing junior investment professionals
• High degree of integrity with a commitment to excellence