This role is part of our advisory services business and involves working directly with global institutional investors such as investment banks, hedge funds and private equity firms. This is a two-pronged business line, which includes working with the client pre and post deal closure. Both these verticals would involve working closely with clients on financial modelling and analyzing transactions in the structured credit space as well as real estate. The candidate will be expected to take lead on the projects assigned to them and make sure that the deliverables are provided to client within the stipulated timeframe.

Key Responsibilities:

Work closely with the clients in supporting them through various stages in the life cycle of an investment transaction across various credit and alternate asset classes - loan portfolios, structured credit products, specialty financing and real estate.

Pre-deal closure:

- Work as an extended team of clients on portfolio underwriting which includes creating financial models from scratch, modelling for different scenarios, running sensitivities, and analytics

- Extract relevant data from information memoranda, loan tapes, rent rolls, rating agency reports, or credit agreements as required by clients or for modelling purposes

- Present the analysis or financial models to clients/third parties on calls as well as assist in the preparation of investment summaries and credit memos

- Critically review and audit financial models prepared by other parties and share observations and remediation with the client

Post-deal closure:

- Create credible, flexible, and fully transparent financial models to provide an independent valuation on a periodic basis to clients in the hedge fund, private equity and investment management space, based on regulatory requirements of alternative investment funds

- Use information from historical portfolio performance, market data tools (like Bloomberg), and other market insights to project future cashflows

- Run sensitivities to understand how the valuations will be affected by various market scenarios

- Provide support for asset management reporting, financial due diligence, post-deal analysis and business planning and any ad-hoc analytics for portfolio monitoring, surveillance, and reporting

- Present the valuation outputs to clients and auditors on calls

Required Experience/ Skill Set:

- Basic understanding of underwriting and various capital structures

- Ability to understand the deal dynamics from the legal documentation provided and decode capital structure

- High level of proficiency in financial modelling using MS Excel; ability to write VBA code is a plus

- Good attention to detail and a logical thought process to analyse qualitative and quantitative data

- Ability to work independently and manage smaller groups to ensure timely project completion

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to work well under pressure to meet client deadline

Desired Candidate Profile:

- Exposure to alternate investment space is desirable

- Flexibility to adjust work hours according to the client geographic location

- MBA or an equivalent master's degree

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