Senior Operations Associate, Private Fund and CLO, Senior Associate

Guggenheim Investments•Chicago, IL

2d•$120,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

Guggenheim is seeking a Senior Operations Associate to join our Asset and Entity Servicing team. This individual will be responsible for the modeling and ongoing maintenance of CLOs and Private Funds. The position requires close interaction with various parties including traders, client service support, custodian/trustee banks, fund administrators, legal counsel and credit analysts. This role will involve working in a dynamic team environment, presenting opportunities to further develop bank loan industry knowledge, and supports the Private Fund and CLO Operation team’s objectives and initiatives. This position is located in our New York City office, full-time.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree with at least 5 years of relevant work experience in investment management or financial services environment
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel
Must be able to multi-task in a fast paced and challenging environment
Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without current or future visa sponsorship or transfer.

Nice To Haves

At least three years of CLO-related and/or structured product experience
Knowledge of Wall Street Office, Aladdin, Allvue, and Bloomberg
Strong analytical skills including ability to analyze and manage large sets of interconnected data and information
Ability to design, document and assist in implementing processes
Organized, detail-oriented and extremely thorough with strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to take initiative
Operational knowledge of both broadly syndicated and Middle Market CLO structures, leverage facilities, warehouses, and other structured products
Ability to navigate legal documents such as Indentures, Credit Agreements, Loan Servicing Agreements, Collateral Management Agreements, etc.

Responsibilities

Upon closing a CLO transaction, develop and maintain CLO model that provides testing guidelines and limits specified in Indentures by use of proprietary excel templates. Guidelines include overcollateralization, interest coverage and collateral quality tests. This includes revising the model as needed due to any amended terms that may occur post-closing
Run pre-trade testing for proposed trades utilizing the CLO models and approve trades in Aladdin’s Compliance Dashboard. Additional testing may occur based on the results of the proforma trade analysis
Review and tie-out extensive data for trustee monthly and quarterly payment reports, which includes management and incentive fees
Direct cash entries with loan reconciliation team for Wall Street Office and GPIM cash team for PAM on any cash activities unrelated to trading. Entries may include quarterly waterfall payments, any borrowings or margin calls, and paid expenses
Advise corporate accounting of any management fees or Guggenheim reimbursable expenses that are expected with support such as management fee accrual calculations or invoices
Provide daily CLO snapshots which includes KPI, positions summary, proforma quarterly distribution, redemption analysis, and transactions to portfolio managers and trade desk
Assist team lead/VP with data collection for any ad hoc requests related to due diligence/RFP, audit, revenue and fee analysis
Calculate and distribute monthly fee income offset file and coordinate signoff from fund and corporate accounting, portfolio management, legal, and client service
Maintain borrowing base files for leverage facilities and facilitate any fundings or paydowns on the leverage as directed by portfolio management
Monitor cash needs and submit borrowing requests for CLO warehouses which includes working closely with the loan closing team to manage expectations around loan settlements
Refresh monthly private funds team metrics and quarterly QPR. Provide necessary information needed to produce 1099-MISC by compiling vendor payments and tax IDs for tax reporting on annual basis
General fund oversight
Calculate and signoff on waterfall calculations relating to Risk Retention vehicles