Senior Associate (or Associate)

Position Information

Hiring Manager:
Chief Operating Officer, Credit Opportunities
Department:
Credit Opportunities

Department Overview

Golub Capital Credit Opportunities ("GCCO") has a flexible mandate to deliver creative, customized financing solutions throughout the capital structure. Our solutions are tailored to meet the needs of sponsors, management, shareholders and other key stakeholders across a range of industries and financeable assets.

Primary strategies include:

• Corporate Credit (including senior / junior debt and preferred equity)
• Infrastructure Credit (including senior / junior debt and preferred equity)
• Portfolio and Fund Finance (including NAV / GP financing and secondaries)
• Structured Products (CLOs, SRTs)

Position Responsibilities

The Associate will support the Chief Operating Officer of GCCO.

Position responsibilities include:

• Preparing periodic portfolio investment reports and tracking investments
• Tracking and preparing monthly deal originations and activity including updating the CRM
• Monitoring deal origination activity including post-close requirements
• Monitoring various approvals, open to buy positions and trading activity
• Reviewing and monitoring liquidity including investment pipeline, credit facility utilization and cash position
• Assisting with fundraising, including updating diligence materials
• Assisting Product Specialist Team with preparing data for marketing materials
• Assisting with quarterly investor reporting and marketing materials
• Coordinating with the Direct Lending Middle Office Team on technology-related projects and aligning processes where relevant
• Inputting borrower's financial data into the Firm's credit monitoring database
• Communicating with deal professionals to understand the details of our borrower's business and financial statements
• Documenting and updating written procedures and policies
• Assisting with Firm's technology changes / upgrades and working with Technology Solutions Team on automating manual processes.
• Assisting with ad-hoc reporting requests (e.g., cashflows, trade activity)
• Other ad-hoc duties as assigned

Candidate Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Finance or Accounting
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience within Financial Services; experience in Operations at a large bank or asset manager is a strong plus
• Knowledge and understanding of financial statements including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements
• Strong working knowledge of Excel
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office desktop and Office365 tools (e.g., Word, SharePoint)
• Extreme attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative and work independently while demonstrating strong teamwork
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, manage time and priorities under pressure and meet deadlines
• Enthusiastic about working in office and creating a Gold Standard hybrid work culture

Critical Competencies for Success

Our Gold Standards Model defines key behaviors and competencies across 4 dimensions: Leadership, Achieving Results, Personal Effectiveness and Thinking Critically. These behaviors and competencies drive our ability to win together.

• Leadership: Role models in this area consistently focus on the right goals and priorities and continually develop themselves and others. Always team players, they influence and engage with others to contribute to a supportive and inclusive culture where all feel welcome.
• Achieving Results: Role models in this area are high achievers who develop careful plans and deliver consistently and effectively. They hold themselves and others accountable for delivering high quality results, and they remove barriers to ensure others can contribute and grow.
• Personal Effectiveness: Role models in this area build strong relationships, treat others with respect and communicate effectively. They are driven to exceed expectations and are adaptable to changing circumstances.
• Thinking Critically: Role models in this area understand our business, rely on analytical reasoning and seek diverse perspectives to solve problems. They are forward thinking, anticipating issues and addressing them in advance.

The department-specific competencies define the knowledge, skills and abilities that are needed to successfully perform the functional or technical work of this role.

• Deal Execution: Evaluates, structures and executes investment opportunities and transactions.
• Relationship Management: Establishes, develops and manages internal and external relationships.
• Portfolio Management: Actively monitors portfolio companies to identify risks and opportunities that may impact overall performance.
• Risk Management: Demonstrates credit acumen by leveraging tools and analyses and interpreting due diligence findings to guide decisions while balancing risks and rewards.
• Financial Analysis: Uses financial analyses and modeling to generate insights and support fact-based decision making.
• Competitive Positioning: Demonstrates knowledge of the Firm's capabilities, the Firm's position in the industry, competitors' capabilities and end markets. Recognizes implications of knowledge on Firm's positioning.
• Legal Documentation: Demonstrates knowledge of legal documentation, processes and procedures.

Compensation and Benefits
For Illinois and New York Only: It is expected that the base salary range for this position will be $135,000 to $145,000 for a Senior Associate and $110,000 to $120,000 for an Associate. Actual salaries may vary based on factors such as skills, experiences and qualifications for the role. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial and / or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits such as vacation, sick time and parental leave) dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an 'at-will position' and the Firm reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance, Firm or individual department / team performance and market factors.

Golub Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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