Senior Finance Associate - Credit (BDC)

BAIN CAPITAL SPECIALTY FINANCE OVERVIEW

Bain Capital Specialty Finance (“BCSF”) is a business development company utilizing the significant experience and expertise of Bain Capital Credit’s Private Credit Group, which has over 20 dedicated professionals around the world who exclusively focus on middle-market investments. This scale enables the team to remain focused on sourcing and analyzing a large opportunity set, while remaining highly selective in approving credits. Our approach facilitates detailed focus on structuring, monitoring, and managing each of its current and prospective portfolio company investments.

BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT OVERVIEW

Bain Capital Credit is a leading global credit specialist with $48 billion in assets under management. We invest across the credit spectrum and in credit-related strategies, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, structured products, private middle market loans, bespoke capital solutions, distressed securities and assets, non-performing loans, hard assets and equities. Since inception, a strong sense of alignment with our partners has been ingrained in our culture. We are a private partnership and invest a significant amount of our own capital alongside our limited partners. We have approximately $1.5 billion of employee co-investment committed across Bain Capital Credit funds. Bain Capital Credit's Investment professionals are dedicated to sourcing, analyzing, documenting and executing on attractive credit opportunities across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, and are supported by robust operational and technical resources.

BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW

Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $185 billion of assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Since our founding in 1984, we’ve applied our insight and experience to organically expand into several asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital and real estate. We leverage our shared platform to capture cross-asset class opportunities in strategic areas of focus. With offices on four continents, our global team aligns our interests with those of our investors for lasting impact.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Work directly in the preparation and/or review of various Business Development Companies’ (“BDCs”) reporting requirements which include some or all of the following:

• 10-Q and 10-K SEC filings

• Weekly performance reporting including returns, positioning, and attribution analysis

• Bi-weekly dividend estimate

• Review and reconciliation of outside Administrator’s NAV package

• Materials for BDC Board of Directors

• Work with Investor Relations to prepare investor decks and earnings release

• Analytical review of quarterly balance sheets and income statements

• Close interaction with outside accountants to assist in their audit work

• Close interaction with third party service provider to document evidence of internal controls operating effectively

• Close interaction with legal and compliance teams to ensure BDC’s remain in compliance with regulatory requirements

• Capital and board reporting to investors of Joint Ventures

• Frequent /Challenging / Unique Ad hoc requests

• Application of provisions described in complex legal documents for Joint Ventures (e.g. PPMs/LPA/IMAs) including:

  • Capital Call Provisions

  • Capital Allocations

  • Carried Interest Allocations

  • Distribution Provisions

  • Management Fees

  • Expenses (ability to charge as well as expense cap provisions)

  • Investment Restrictions/Compliance

• Close interaction with Portfolio Management team to address issues surrounding investment objectives and constraints within each fund’s investment mandate. Responsible for having an understanding of asset classes owned within each fund, which may include bank loans, equities and structured products.

• Close interaction with deal staff to address any question that arises as part of the financial reporting process.  Responsible for understanding the nature of their question and addressing accordingly either through providing additional information as needed or developing new solutions to address their needs.

• Close interaction with Operations and outside Administrator when issues are discovered as part of the financial reporting process.  Responsible for determining the root caus