Vice President, Portfolio Analytics and Monitoring

Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with about $200 billion in assets under management. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities.  The firm has over 1,400 employees and offices in 25 cities worldwide.

We are committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.

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Responsibilities

Oaktree’s Risk, Reporting & Analytics (“RRA”) team is looking for a Vice President to play a leading role in Oaktree’s private credit analytics team. The Vice President will work closely with investment professionals, legal and compliance, accounting and tax, deal operations, and investment reporting teams. The ideal candidate will have strong familiarity with fund structures and terms common to alternative investment markets, private credit data and reporting, as well as portfolio company KPIs.  We are seeking an analytical and industrious professional with a passion for private credit, investment operations, data, and portfolio monitoring. The individual is expected to be a subject matter expert in the private credit investment lifecycle, with a deep understanding of the processes, documentation, and data management required to monitor private credit portfolios. In this capacity, they will manage deal reporting and analytics and help create tools to monitor investment risk and aid portfolio management. 

Responsibilities include:

• Collecting, organizing and managing data and information about prospective and existing investments to support portfolio management decisions, investor reporting, investor diligence and portfolio construction;
• Driving the effort to build and enhance the analytical frameworks and tools to support monitoring and reporting for Oaktree’s private credit businesses;

• Participating in data collection to support the valuation of existing investments;
• Assisting investment team with tracking of company-level data including financials, covenant compliance or other information rights;
• Partnering with the portfolio reporting teams to review quarterly valuations and marketing materials for accuracy;

• Developing a complete understanding of the roles and responsibilities, systems and processes across each internal functional group; and
• Partnering with investment professionals, outside and internal counsel, tax, accounting and compliance professionals to ensure good cross-functional communication and coordination throughout the investment process.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience at an asset management company, investment bank or other financial services company
• 5+ years of experience in private credit investment portfolio monitoring or portfolio analytics roles, including experience reviewing private credit documents (credit agreements, amendments, etc.) for key terms, data points and operational nuances
• Strong knowledge of private credit fund concepts across a range of strategies, including corporate direct lending, real estate lending, and specialty lending.
• Experience with industry technology used in supporting private lending and/or BSL strategies.
• Strong technical skills such as SQL, PowerBI and Python are required
• Outstanding communication skills to work cross-functionally and at all levels internally.
• Basic understanding of accounting and tax principles and concepts.

Personal Attributes

• A self-starter who originates ideas, and identifies and captures opportunities.
• Proven ability to operate independently and collaboratively on short- and long-term goals while maintaining the highest quality standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to leverage firm wide resources in an effective and judicious manner.
• A natural problem solver; have the resolve to independently identify and recommend improvements to enhance productivity, efficiency and the stakeholder experience.
• Demonstrates sound judgment and strong decision-making skills.
• Have a bias-to-action, results-oriented approach to work.
• Outstanding attention to detail, mature organizational skills and the ability to effectively create and manage complex proje