Senior Quantitative Valuation Analyst
Senior Quantitative Valuation Analyst
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Job Description
Benefit Street Partners (BSP) is owned by Franklin Templeton a dynamic firm that spans asset management wealth management and fintech giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. With clients in over 150 countries and offices on six continents youll get exposed to different cultures people and business development happening around the world.
Benefit Street Partners operates independently as a Specialist Investment Manager and is a leading credit-focused alternative asset management firm. Established in 2008 the BSP platform manages funds for institutions high-net-worth and retail investors across various strategies including: private/opportunistic debt liquid loans high yield special situations long-short liquid credit and commercial real estate debt. These complementary strategies leverage the proprietary sourcing analytical operational and compliance capabilities that encompass BSPs robust institutional platform.
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Firm Overview
Benefit Street Partners (BSP) is a leading credit-focused alternative asset management firm with approximately $77 billion in assets under management. Established in 2008 the BSP platform manages funds for institutions high-net-worth and retail investors across various strategies including: private/opportunistic debt liquid loans high yield special situations long-short liquid credit and commercial real estate debt.
BSP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources Inc. that together with its various subsidiaries operates as Franklin Templeton. Together we are dedicated to delivering strong results and exceptional service to clients team members and business partners. For over 65 years Franklin Templetons success has been a direct result of the talent skills and persistence of our people and we are looking for qualified candidates to join our team.
What are Senior Analyst team responsible for
Benefit Street Partners - Alcentra is seeking an Operations Senior Analyst to oversee and manage the day-to-day activities of our Private asset valuation process. The ideal candidate will be process driven have a strong background in financial services with extensive knowledge of leveraged loans and CLO products.
The Valuation Operations Senior Analyst will be part of a global team supporting Benefit Street Partners - Alcentras monthly and quarterly valuation processes including liaising with 3rd party valuation firms investment teams finance teams and auditors working with these groups to meet desired deliverable timelines. An ability to manage multiple tasks while working under strict time deadlines is essential. This role will focus primarily on Private Debt Distressed and Special Situations investments and CLOs. The ideal candidate will have a mix of operations and finance / accounting experience in managing and strong analytical and communication skills. This individual will collaborate with colleagues across the front middle and back office and will report to a VP of Finance out of the Boston office.
What is a Senior Analyst responsible for
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Facilitate monthly and quarterly Valuation Processes covering a variety of credit strategies and asset types across hundreds of borrowers/issuers
- Help recruit train manage and develop a Valuation Operations team to support the firms global Valuation Processes
- Manage the population of assets in scope for valuation
- Communicate effectively with the global team on day-to-day workflow status open items questions personnel etc. navigating time zone differences as necessary
- Design the systems and processes needed for efficient valuation workflows with an initial focus on Special Situations and Structured Credit pricing
- Leverage technology automation and AI tools to streamline workflows
- Support the creation of summary materials for valuation committees to review and approve significant changes/events valuation and market trends and key judgments
- Prepare documentation in support of compliance with external audit requirements including SOX reporting
- Work with the Global Valuation Specialist to drive enhancements and improvements to the overall valuations and reporting processes procedures use of internal resources and technology
What ideal qualifications skills & experience would help someone to be successful
The successful candidate will ideally possess:
- 4-6 years of experience within financial services. Credit experience required
- Experience with leveraged loans CLOs and leverage facilities preferred
- Ability to partner and communicate effectively across an organization including with technology finance operations portfolio analytics portfolio management and deal teams
- Strong Microsoft Office skills are required
- Assist in the scoping and build of dashboards and analytics using Power BI and related tools in the ecosystem
- Familiarity with relational database and visualizations tools including SQL server Power BI a plus but not required
- Proven record of project management/oversight with strong communication skills
- Team player with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels within the firm
- Knowledge of capital markets/ illiquid valuations a plus
- Demonstrated technical analytical and problem-solving skills including leveraging technology to streamline processes
- Ability to complete multiple tasks under the pressure of tight deadlines
- Comfort facilitating the valuation processes across a large quantity of diverse investments in parallel
Work Shift Timings - 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM IST
Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!
Our culture is shaped by the variety of perspectives and experiences brought by talent from around the world. Regardless of your interests lifestyle or background theres a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools resources and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.
By joining us you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health saving for lifes adventures taking care of your family members or making a positive impact in your community we aim to have them covered.
Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry age color disability genetic information gender gender identity or gender expression marital status medical condition military or veteran status national origin race religion sex sexual orientation and any other basis protected by federal state or local law ordinance or regulation.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
