Vice President, Asset-Backed Finance

Lincoln International • New York, NY

113d • $250,000 - $250,000

About The Position

Lincoln International is seeking a Vice President to join the Valuations & Opinions Group with fixed income structured product experience. Officers work closely with the firm’s Managing Directors and clients in providing valuation and financial advisory services across multiple engagements and offices. Lincoln International’s practice is growing rapidly, and we are looking to add a talented individual to support our client service and quality control activities, expand our capabilities and bolster our marketing efforts. Responsibilities at Lincoln International are often more entrepreneurial than at other firms providing self-motivated individuals with many opportunities to contribute to a dynamic and growing platform. A successful candidate will be an assertive, motivated self-starter with the desire and potential to succeed in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Prior investment banking and/or transaction experience is preferred but not required.

Requirements

• Minimum of five years’ experience in performing business valuations, valuations of illiquid and complex securities, and/or structuring, trading, or whole loan modelling.
• Understanding of collateral risk characteristics, deal structures, terms, and conditions.
• Experience with third party systems such as Bloomberg and Intex.
• Proficiency in designing financial models for discounted cash flow, market multiple, market transaction, and option pricing analyses.
• Ability to develop valuation approaches for various forms of securities and unique instruments including equity and debt securities, loans, derivative instruments, structured products and intangible assets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to critically analyze companies and understand key business issues, including value drivers and investment risks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of credit markets.
• Experience with successfully managing teams of associates and analysts.
• Understanding of authoritative guidance related to valuations a plus.
• Ability to act as a primary point of contact with clients.
• Ability to effectively multi-task, managing multiple client engagements simultaneously.
• Excellence in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics, or Economics or MBA; strong academic record (both undergraduate and graduate).

Nice To Haves

• Active CPA, ASA and/or CFA preferred but not required.
• Understanding of ASC-820 and IFRS 13, valuation industry best practices, and emerging issues.

Responsibilities

• Leading project teams providing valuation and financial advisory services to clients, including determining appropriate valuation methodologies and reviewing financial models for mortgage whole loans, student loans, consumer loans as well as RMBS, CMBS, CLO, ABS, and other structured finance securities.
• Providing quality control oversight to engagement teams.
• Managing, training and developing associates and analysts at the firm.
• Proactive calling on potential new clients including alternative investment managers (hedge funds, private equity, private credit, BDCs, etc.), financial institutions, privately held business owners and publicly traded companies.
• Identifying and communicating potential engagements to management and writing business proposals and engagement letters.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits to eligible employees.
• Bonus pay eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees