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    Associate/Senior Associate, Structured Products - Montpelier, United States - National Life Group

    National Life Group
    National Life Group Montpelier, United States

    6 days ago

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    Description

    Summary

    The Associate/Senior Associate, Structured Products plays a key role within the growing structured credit strategy of NLG Capital. This role will support senior members of the SPG team on sourcing, analyzing, trading, structuring, and executing complex structured finance and asset-backed transactions.

    The Associate/Senior Associate has visibility across both the public and private markets, supporting the underwriting, ongoing monitoring, and investing of 4a2 and 144a ABS transactions. Additionally, the candidate will serve as a key team member, helping to evaluate asset originators and collateral, while developing structural solutions appropriate for NLGs balance sheet.

    Successful candidates will have relevant experience within investment banking, rating agencies, asset management firms, asset originators, or other intermediaries within structured finance. The Associate/Senior Associate will have analyzed collateral and transactions across consumer finance, equipment lease/financing, residential solar, mortgages, and/or other asset backed sectors.

    Responsibilities

  • Support the team in sourcing, modeling, and analyzing syndicated and private transactions across the asset backed securities and loan markets
  • Support the SPG team in reviewing deal documentation, negotiating transaction terms, and structuring of forward flow agreements, warehouse financing, and term securitizations
  • Coordinate with internal and external legal counsel, rating agencies, and industry experts to identify and execute on solutions appropriate for NLG
  • Support ongoing portfolio and market monitoring, proactively identifying emerging risks and opportunities and recommending appropriate courses of action
  • Perform timely surveillance of existing investments in both securities and whole loans, and maintain a clear system to communicate asset and market level performance across the investment team
  • Support the research efforts for both traditional and esoteric securitized asset classes, including collateral and prepayment analysis, risk and default modelling, and cross sector relative value comparisons
  • Collaborate with other members of SPG team to develop and implement sub-sector and security selection recommendations for securitized strategies
  • Contribute to the development and distribution of asset class insights and reporting on portfolio and trading activity, aiding strategic decision making across the firm
  • Monitor credit, prepayment, liquidity and market dynamics for risk management and balance sheet valuation exercises, including cashflow forecasting and other analytical exercises
  • Provide key input to the fixed income team's strategic and tactical asset allocation dialogue across fixed income sectors and portfolios
  • THE PERSON

    Pivotal Experience & Expertise

  • Bachelors degree in finance, economics, or a quantitative field
  • Advanced degree and/or CFA (optional, but seen favorably)
  • 3+ years structured finance or whole loan experience spanning consumer finance, residential solar, equipment lease/financing, or other esoteric asset-based financing markets
  • Deep understanding of structuring process and documentation provisions in complex structured transactions
  • Experience in a structuring, capital markets, rating agency, buy-side, or banking role strongly preferred
  • Experience with cash flow modeling and systems including Intex
  • Demonstrated experience with deal structuring, negotiation, and documentation across flow agreements, warehouse, and/or securitization
  • Understanding of accounting implications and insurance general account investing preferred but not required
  • Must have broad strategic investment perspective and understanding
  • Strong leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills. Focus on strategic talent management; experience mentoring, teaching and training staff
  • Active student of the markets, with a passion for their work
  • Able to articulate market conditions to a variety of audiences who may or may not have substantive investment knowledge
  • Cultural Fit

  • Results-driven mindset
  • Thrives in an environment where the best ideas that drive the best results are rewarded
  • Has the integrity to communicate all relevant facts and information in evaluating decisions and the humility to admit what you do not know
  • Love of learning – comfortable in an organization that seeks to continually learn from its failures and successes to drive better investment decisions
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and the mentality required to address and ultimately own those ambiguous situations – finds answers and solutions
  • Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback in both real time and structured environments
  • Demonstrates transparent, direct, and open communication across the organization
  • Promotes collaboration and has a "firm first" attitude – does what is right for the firm
  • Commitment to our mission and values
  • In addition to base salary, other rewards may include an annual bonus, quarterly bonuses, commissions, and other long-term incentive compensation, depending on the position. National Life offers a competitive total rewards package which includes: a 401(k) retirement plan match; medical, dental, and vision insurance; a company funded wellness account for director and below employees; 10 paid holidays; a generous paid time off plan (22 days of combined time-off for non-exempt employees and exempt employees have discretion in managing their time, including scheduling time off in the normal course of business, but in no event will exempt employees receive less sick time than required by state or local law); 6 weeks of paid parental leave; and 6 weeks of paid family leave after a year of full-time employment

    National Life is accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis and the role remains open until filled.

    National Life Group is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, VT – founded in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, TX – chartered in 1955, and their affiliates. Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York. Equity Services, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, is a Broker/Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser affiliate of National Life Insurance Company. All other entities are independent of the companies of National Life Group.

    Fortune 1000 status is based on the consolidated financial results of all National Life Group companies.

    National Life Group

    1 National Life Dr

    Montpelier, VT 05604

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