Director, Private Debt

IA Financial Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Director of Private Debt to join their high-performing team in Toronto. This role offers the chance to manage a significant private debt portfolio, develop relationships with institutional investors, and play a key role in strategic decision-making. With over 10 years of experience in credit analysis and a strong understanding of financial markets, you'll contribute to a dynamic environment focused on innovation and growth. If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge and make a meaningful impact, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in credit analysis and private equity.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets and private debt.
• Advanced proficiency in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Manage part of the private debt portfolio and develop investor contacts.
• Analyze funding conditions and monitor compliance with guarantees.
• Coordinate complex projects related to the private debt team.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Negotiation skills

Decision-making skills

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting

Graduate degree in finance

CFA designation

Job description

Job Description

iAGAM / Private investments / Quebec City-Montreal-Toronto / English-French bilingualism / Hybrid / Start as soon as possible

Our best investment is you!

iA Global Asset Management (iAGAM), a member of iA Financial Group, is one of the leading asset managers in Canada, with close to 100 billion dollars in assets under management. iAGAM manages individual and institutional mandates and a wide range of asset classes, including shares, fixed-income securities, currencies, private equities, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and mortgages.

iAGAM can offer you a stimulating career along with opportunities for you to grow and continue to learn.

We are currently looking for a Director, Private Debt to help us carry out our mission. Does the idea of being part of the biggest finance team in Quebec City make you want to consider a new career as a director in private debt?

As an experienced private investment manager, you now have the opportunity to join a high-performing, experienced and multidisciplinary team and help to implement an evolving mandate!

Depending on years of experience, the individual selected could be placed at the assistant director or director level.

Your main duties:

• Manage part of the private debt portfolio
• Develop and maintain contacts with institutional investors, securities brokers and other capital market stakeholders
• Solicit, analyze and negotiate the funding conditions of new private funding opportunities
• Work with various experts (lawyers, lenders and other stakeholders in transactions)
• Meet and discuss with managers from issuing companies and their representatives
• Analyze and monitor documentation related to portfolio investments
• Analyze the evolution of borrowers’ financial situations
• Help develop and use referral and credit analysis systems
• Monitor compliance with previously negotiated guarantees
• Help develop and implement the private debt team’s strategy
• Play a mentor role for certain team members
• Coordinate complex projects or initiatives related to the activities of the private debt team, as required

Skills:

• Strong communication skills
• Negotiation, decision-making and influencing skills
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills
• High level of independence combined with a keen interest in working as part of a team

Desired profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
• Graduate degree in finance and a professional CFA designation
• More than 10 years of experience relevant to the position, in credit analysis and private equity*
• Good knowledge of financial markets and private debt
• Knowledge of the infrastructure industry and project financing (asset)
• Advanced level of French and English language proficiency, as the role will involve daily strategic verbal and written interactions (about 50% of the time in English) with Toronto-based internal partners within the Investment sector, in both team meetings and presentations. English will also be used for all transactional and business development activities (e.g., participation in meetings with issuers, drafting of investment summaries).

Intrigued by this challenge? Recognize yourself in the profile? We want to learn more about you!

*Profiles with 7 to 10 years of relevant experience could also be considered for the assistant director level.

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Location(s) Québec, Québec Other Possible Location(s) Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Ontario
Company Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. Posting End Date 2025-05-16 Company Overview

iA Financial Group* is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 8,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than four million clients and 25,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management.

With over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. Because, for over 125 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate.

At iA, we’re invested in you.

* iA Financial group includes of the following entities: iA Services financiers, iA assurance auto et habitation, iA Gestion privée de patrimoine, PPI Management, Investia, iA Gestion de placements, Prysm, iA Clarington, Michel Rhéaume et associés, Garanties Nationales, WGI Manufacturing, WGI Service Plan Division, Lubrico, iA Financement auto Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At iA Financial Group, we support and celebrate diversity. We strive to provide a workplace that is recognized as inclusive for all, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, language, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family situation, or physical or mental disability.

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