Associate, Capital Markets & Structured Finance
About The Position
This Associate role offers broad exposure across NGC's Capital Markets activity, including ABS securitizations, lending facilities, private funds, and separately managed accounts. The Associate works closely with senior team members to execute new transactions and maintain existing facilities, gaining end-to-end visibility into how institutional financing vehicles are built, rated, and managed over time. The role reports to the Director of Capital Markets. The position supports structuring, execution, rating, legal coordination, transaction diligence, and post-closing management for pooled investment vehicles and lending transactions. It also involves developing and maintaining cash flow models, building rating agency stress scenarios and waterfalls, monitoring capital markets trends, preparing management reporting, and coordinating transaction-related meetings and administrative requirements.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in structured finance, asset-backed finance, capital markets, or a similar role; 3 or more years preferred.
- Advanced Excel modeling skills, including hands-on experience building structured finance waterfalls and cash flow analyses.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage projects and tasks independently or with limited supervision.
- Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple senior stakeholders and workstreams.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
- Prior experience specifically with C-PACE or commercial real estate credit.
- Familiarity with rating agency methodologies and stress-testing approaches.
- Exposure to both deal execution and ongoing asset or portfolio management functions.
- Experience preparing investor-facing diligence materials.
- Experience in Bloomberg.
- Three or more years of relevant experience.
Responsibilities
- Support execution, structuring, rating, and legal coordination for new transactions across pooled investment vehicles, including funds, securitizations, SMAs, and warehouses.
- Support ongoing management and maintenance of existing facilities and vehicles after closing, including monitoring and amendments.
- Coordinate with senior team members on execution of new transactions and ongoing portfolio maintenance of existing facilities.
- Build and maintain cash flow models for new transaction structuring and update them post-closing, including quarterly true-ups and roll-forwards.
- Build rating agency stress scenarios and cash flow waterfalls to test proposed ABS structures against agency methodologies.
- Manage key aspects of transaction execution and diligence from mandate to close across capital markets and lending transactions.
- Communicate transaction and project status proactively to internal stakeholders.
- Prepare reporting for senior management, including ongoing development of monitoring tools within the firm's CRM.
- Monitor capital markets trends to inform investment product design and relative value for clients.
- Coordinate meetings and manage administrative requirements related to Capital Markets transactions.
- Lead or support ad hoc projects as needed.
Benefits
- A comprehensive Total Rewards package.
- A superior retirement program.
- Competitive health, wellness, and work-life offerings.
- Learning experiences and development pathways.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
