Assistant Vice President (AVP) – Leveraged Finance Research

About the role

This role is part of the front-office investments team and involves working closely with the onshore M&G Leveraged Finance Research team. This is a dual role and includes both team management and analytical contributions. The responsibilities include evaluating investment opportunities across leveraged loans & private corporate credit opportunities in the UK and Europe.

What you'll do

• Work closely with onshore front-office leveraged finance analysts covering leveraged loans, private corporate credit opportunities
• Support the underwriting of primary and secondary opportunities, assessing business quality, industry dynamics, management execution, sponsor behaviour
• Build and maintain detailed financial models covering earnings, cash flow, liquidity, debt capacity, leverage, covenant headroom and deleveraging pathways
• Review credit agreements, bond indentures and intercreditor arrangements to assess security, guarantees, covenants, baskets, portability
• Participate actively in management meetings, lender presentations, sponsor discussions and due diligence calls

What you need

• 9–12 yrs of experience
• Research
• Financial analysis
• Underwriting
• Power BI
• Excel
• Credit appraisal
• Chartered Accountant or MBA or CFA

Good to have

• CFA
• Bloomberg
• Investment banking
• VBA
• Python
• Cash flow