Associate, Direct Lending

Direct Lending Associate

We are seeking a Direct Lending Associate to support the management of a diversified portfolio of performing credit investments, with a primary focus on direct lending strategies. The role will work closely with senior portfolio managers, investment professionals, and risk teams to support portfolio construction, monitoring, reporting, and performance analysis across private and syndicated credit investments.

This is a highly analytical, detail-oriented role that provides broad exposure to portfolio management, credit risk, and investor-facing processes within a growing private credit platform.

Primary Responsibilities

• Generate customized client/investor reporting for both internal and external distribution. Assist senior team members in responding to specific client requests.
• Perform portfolio analytics and assist portfolio managers with ongoing allocation and portfolio rebalancing.
• Participate in investment committee meetings, quarterly portfolio reviews, regularly scheduled and ad hoc credit discussions. Track investment decisions made by the portfolio managers.
• Assist portfolio managers by creating screens for investment opportunities to help facilitate trades.
• Collaborate with sector analysts on underwriting and amendment processes and work with traders to facilitate feedback to bank counterparts.
• Track existing and prospective investment activity across Global Corporate Credit and support the portfolio management function as needed.
• Act as liaison for Global Corporate Credit team to coordinate credit-platform and firm-wide initiatives.
• Assist the team with additional ad hoc projects and requests as needed.

Qualifications & Experience

• 3-5 years of investment banking, capital markets, research, sales and trading, or buy-side experience (areas include Leveraged Finance, Financial Sponsors, Restructuring or M&A are a plus)
• Bachelor's degree with strong academic record.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and rigorous work environment; demonstrated ability to prioritize competing demands and meet deadlines
• Initiative and ownership of responsibilities must show a proactive, positive attitude
• Strong interest in Corporate Credit
• High proficiencies in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Bloomberg.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA/MS is a plus

Firm Overview

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of September 30th, 2025, Apollo had approximately $840 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit

Our Purpose & Core Values

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

• The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.
• The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.
• A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

• Outperform expectations
• Challenge Convention
• Champion Opportunity
• Lead responsibly
• Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

Our Benefits

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm's benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family

Pay Range

$175,000 - $200,000