Our client is a newly launched Asset-Based Finance (ABF) investor focused on the lower-middle market. The firm provides private, asset-backed financing to originators, owners of cash-generating asset pools and specialty lenders across Europe and the UK. The senior team brings a strong structured credit investment track record from leading global asset managers, together with senior operating experience at fintech platforms and financial institutions. The fund has secured anchor capital from a strategic partner.
The Role
Our client is seeking a driven and intellectually curious Investment Analyst / Associate to join its investment team at an early stage of the platform’s build-out. Reporting directly to the senior team, you will work across the full investment cycle, from first call to exit. Key responsibilities include:
- Origination and screening: source and assess inbound and proprietary opportunities across consumer, SME, real-asset and broader specialty finance collateral, conducting initial market analysis as well as platform and credit assessments.
- Underwriting: analyse data tapes and historical performance (delinquencies, defaults, prepayments, recoveries); build asset- and liability-side cash-flow models with stress scenarios; support operational and legal due diligence on originators and servicers.
- Structuring and execution: help shape facility terms (advance rates, eligibility criteria, triggers, covenants) and coordinate with counterparties, legal counsel and third-party advisers through to closing.
- Investment committee: prepare investment memoranda and present analysis and recommendations to the investment committee.
- Portfolio monitoring: track portfolio performance against underwriting assumptions, review servicer reporting, and identify early-warning indicators and remedial actions.
- Fund building: contribute to investor materials, LP reporting and the development of the firm’s investment processes and infrastructure.