Associate Director/Director, Private Markets Credit

BMO U.S.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Accident and life insurance

Retirement savings plans

Job summary

The Associate Director, Private Markets Credit at BMO Financial Group leads sourcing, underwriting, and monitoring of private market credit investments with a focus on investment-grade opportunities. The role supports diverse lending strategies while aligning with risk appetite and governance frameworks.

You will conduct rigorous credit analysis, build financial models, prepare investment memoranda, and present recommendations to governance forums. Collaboration with multiple teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in private placements or related credit investing roles.
• Experience underwriting and executing complex credit transactions across multiple sectors.
• Strong financial statement analysis and covenant analysis skills.
• Proven ability to source and evaluate private market credit opportunities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management.
• Professional designations (CFA, CPA, MBA) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Source, evaluate, underwrite, and execute private market credit investments.
• Perform detailed credit analysis and financial modeling for new and existing investments.
• Assess transaction structures, pricing, tenor, collateral, and risk mitigants.
• Prepare investment memoranda and present to governance forums.
• Monitor portfolio performance and conduct ongoing credit surveillance.
• Collaborate with risk, legal, finance, and portfolio teams to support execution.

Skills

Private credit

Credit underwriting

Financial modeling

Deal execution

Risk assessment

Education

CFA

CPA

MBA

Job description

Application Deadline and Address

Application Deadline: 10/21/2026 Address: 250 Yonge Street Job Family Group: Customer Solutions #bmoinsurance

The Associate Director, Private Markets Credit is responsible for the sourcing, underwriting, execution, and ongoing monitoring of private market credit investments, with a primary focus on investment-grade and crossover private placements. The role also supports commercial lending, infrastructure debt, project finance, structured investments, and other private credit opportunities. The successful candidate will provide independent credit analysis and recommendations while ensuring alignment with approved investment objectives, risk appetite, governance frameworks, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Source, evaluate, underwrite, and execute private market credit investments, with a primary focus on private placements across a broad range of industries and sectors.
• Conduct detailed credit analysis, financial modeling, due diligence, covenant analysis, and risk-return assessments for new and existing investments.
• Evaluate transaction structures, pricing, tenor, collateral, guarantees, covenant packages, and other credit risk mitigants.
• Prepare investment memoranda, credit approval packages, portfolio reviews, and committee materials, and present recommendations to appropriate governance forums.
• Support or exercise Delegated Lending Authority (DLA), where authorized, in accordance with applicable approval authorities, credit policies, governance frameworks, and risk appetite.
• Monitor borrower and portfolio performance through ongoing credit surveillance, annual reviews, covenant compliance, risk rating assessments, and sector analysis.
• Identify emerging risks, credit deterioration, concentration concerns, and policy exceptions, and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate commercial lending, infrastructure debt, project finance, and other private credit opportunities as part of the broader private markets portfolio.
• Collaborate with portfolio management, risk, legal, finance, operations, and external market participants to support transaction execution and portfolio management.
• Maintain effective relationships with issuers, placement agents, sponsors, lenders, advisors, and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in private placements, private credit, commercial lending, corporate banking, institutional asset management, or a related credit investing role.
• Demonstrated experience underwriting and executing complex credit transactions across multiple sectors and jurisdictions.
• Strong expertise in financial statement analysis, credit underwriting, financial modeling, covenant analysis, and transaction structuring.
• Experience with private placements, commercial lending, infrastructure debt, project finance, and other alternative credit investments.
• Strong written and verbal communication, analytical, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• CFA, CPA, MBA, or other relevant professional designation is considered an asset.

Salary and Compensation

Salary: $80,000.00 - $175,000.00 Pay Type: Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type. Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position. BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards.

• health insurance
• tuition reimbursement
• accident and life insurance
• retirement savings plans

To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world. As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

Accommodations

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

BMO Overview

BMO is a leading bank driven by a single purpose: to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. Everywhere we do business, we’re focused on building, investing and transforming how we work to drive performance and continue growing the good. Who we are We’re proud to be fueling growth and expanding possibilities for individuals, families and businesses. More than 12 million customers count on us for personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment services. As the 8th largest bank in North America by assets, we provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment services to more than 12 million customers. In Canada, the United States and across the globe, we’ll continue to build, invest and transform to drive performance that serves the good that grows.

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