Assistant Vice President, Capital Solutions
About The Position
The Assistant Vice President, Capital Solutions is part of Antares’ Capital Solutions team and is responsible for managing the structuring and placement of Antares’ CLOs, hybrid financing solutions, CLO-related fund vehicles, insurance solutions, and other asset-based financings. The role reports to a Managing Director on the Capital Solutions team. The position serves as a conduit between internal groups seeking optimal funding solutions and external financial intermediaries, including CLO arrangers, CLO investors, lending banks, and non-bank lenders. It executes financing transactions from start to finish. The role is primarily CLO-focused, with the ideal candidate also bringing experience in one or more of bank ABL lending, rated feeders, and CLO tranche trading. The role includes CLO transaction negotiation and execution, cash flow modeling and portfolio analysis, CLO documentation and closing, post-closing compliance and surveillance, investor and lender communications, rating agency management, and oversight of CLO warehouse facilities. The position also supports internal marketing and product groups with transaction materials and analysis.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a quantitative field.
- 5 to 7 years of experience in CLO structuring at a sell-side institution.
- Direct experience running rating agency models, bank structuring models, and third-party structuring tools.
- Working knowledge of CLO risk retention rules and applicable securities law and regulatory requirements.
- Strong proficiency in Intex and Excel.
- Solid understanding of rating agency methodologies relating to CLOs.
- Direct experience managing rating agency relationships and processes for CLO transactions.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience and relationships with CLO tranche investors.
- Strong work ethic and comfort working in a fast-paced environment with hard project deadlines.
- Strong cash flow modeling skills and fluency with CLO indentures and offering documentation.
- Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
- Willingness to comply with pre-employment screening, including drug testing, reference verification, and background check.
- Willingness to work from the New York office and travel as necessary.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in one or more of bank ABL lending, rated feeders, and CLO tranche trading.
- Programming experience.
- Knowledge of insurance capital requirements.
Responsibilities
- Negotiate and execute CLO transactions with arrangers, including Private Credit and BSL CLOs, warehouses, and hybrid financings.
- Lead cash flow modeling, portfolio construction, and arbitrage analysis to size CLO liability structures and optimize equity returns across BSL and Private Credit deals.
- Manage CLO execution from structuring through closing, including directing arrangers, working with counsel on offering documents, reviewing CLO document terms, and running closing processes.
- Monitor post-closing compliance and surveillance, including OC/IC and collateral quality tests, and coordinate trustee and investor reporting for CLOs and other applicable asset-based financing transactions.
- Respond to investor and lender inquiries regarding Antares CLOs and financing facilities, collaborating with internal partner functions to provide accurate reporting information.
- Assist internal marketing and product groups with marketing materials and transaction collateral, and prepare analysis and presentations for ad hoc requests.
- Manage rating agency relationships and processes end-to-end, including portfolio presentations, model runs, and negotiation of structural terms and documentation.
- Oversee CLO warehouse facilities throughout ramp-up, reinvestment, and take-out, coordinating with lending banks and internal portfolio managers on eligibility criteria and portfolio construction.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Employer-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k)
- Profit sharing
- Paid time off
- Maven family and fertility benefit
- Parental leave, including adoption, surrogacy, and foster placement
- Other voluntary benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus based on company, business unit, and individual performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
