SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Demonstrable understanding and experience of the CLO product and market, its investors, managers and dynamics
• Specific experience of analysing CLO debt and/or equity; familiarity with the underlying leveraged loan market a plus
• Knowledge and understanding of CLO structures and documentation and theirimpact and relevance to difference CLO tranches
• Awareness of current regulations affecting European CLOs
• Flexible, responsive and self-starting personality with keen attention to detail.Open-minded thought process and intellectual honesty.
• Must possess the desire and ability to work in a team-orientated environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the existing CLO portfolio management team in assessing investment opportunities in European CLOs across the entire capital structure and monitoring investments in the portfolios.

• Assist with the sourcing, analysis and underwriting of new issue and secondary European CLO investment opportunities
• Review CLO structures and documentation.Undertake transaction-level risk returns analysis, including by modelling CLO debt and equity structures, (e.g. in Intex). Make trading recommendations consistent with the existing investment process
• Alongside portfolio managers, help identify investment themes in European CLOs based on fundamental factors (e.g. relating to structure, manager, etc.) within an overall value assessment (e.g. relating to vintage, seniority, etc.)
• Monitor performance of investment in the portfolios and recommend strategy on existing exposures. Assist with risk management in the portfolios
• Interact with structurers, sell-side CLO sales and trading teams and other CLO managers to ensure market developments and technicals are known and well understood
• Work closely with product strategists to track CLO market trends and develop the client proposition in European CLO