Senior Analyst (Senior Associate), Private Credit

OMERS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pension plan in Canada is seeking a Senior Analyst to join their Global Credit team in Toronto. This role involves assessing investment opportunities in private credit, creating comprehensive financial models, and conducting due diligence to support portfolio management. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of relevant experience and a strong academic background in Business or Economics. Join a dynamic team focused on delivering solid investment solutions.

Benefits

Employee development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion programs

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in private debt/credit investing, leveraged finance, investment banking, or private equity.
• Knowledge and experience with direct lending/private credit strategies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess private credit investment opportunities and produce recommendations.
• Conduct in-depth due diligence and prepare investment committee memos.
• Liaise with stakeholders on financial reporting and portfolio construction.

Skills

Credit analysis

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Undergraduate degree in Business, Economics, or Math

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

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Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

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Global Credit is a key pillar of OMERS investment strategy, providing a diversified, and reliable income stream for the OMERS Plan. The Global Credit team brings together a team of credit investment specialists across sectors, geographies, and parts of the capital structure, with the objective of selecting strong risk-adjusted return investment opportunities across public and private credit markets.

As a member of the Global Credit team in Toronto within the Alternative Investments sleeve, this role is focused on supporting new investments due diligence and monitoring existing portfolio activity across the Private Credit landscape including, direct lending partnerships, infrastructure credit, asset-based finance, hybrid capital, co-investments across the capital structure, and select fund investments. Our investment philosophy is centered on building a diversified, high-quality portfolio of sub-investment grade private credit. Your primary duties will include analyzing, recommending, monitoring prospective and existing positions and supporting portfolio-level decisions for the team. You will develop relationships with existing and prospective external partnerships and have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a high performing team.

You will consistently demonstrate investment excellence, including sound judgment and timely, well-reasoned decision-making skills. You will help foster an engaged and collaborative team culture that is focused on investment results, innovation, mutual respect, and diverse thinking.

As a Senior Analyst (Senior Associate) you will be responsible for:

• Assessing private credit investment opportunities (i.e. Direct Lending, Asset-Based Lending, Junior Debt, Infrastructure Credit etc.), with the objective of producing solid investment recommendations
• Produce comprehensive credit analysis and financial modeling to support investment decisions
• Conducting in-depth due diligence and preparing investment committee memos across a plethora of credit opportunities
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on financial reporting and attribution while providing input on portfolio construction
• Assist in the day-to-day operations of investment activities and portfolio management
• Perform portfolio monitoring activities by leveraging database software (Tableau, Power BI, and Excel)

To succeed in this role, you bring the following:

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Economics, or Math from a top-tier university with demonstrated academic excellence
• 3+ Years of experience in private debt/credit investing, leveraged finance, investment banking, or private equity
• Knowledge and experience with strategies involving direct lending / private credit (unitranche and junior debt), and fund investments
• Demonstrated ability to navigate Microsoft Excel, including detailed credit-related financial modelling and strong analytical skills
• Experience working with external fund managers would be considered an asset
• Passion for investing and ability to lead workstreams independently and within a team, helping to foster a collegial team culture
• Strong verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills. Desire to take initiative and collaborate directly with senior team members
• Demonstrated experience at managing projects by collaborating with cross-departmental internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to conduct detailed research, draw insights and convey complex ideas clearly in a well-defined timeframe while managing expectations across the team

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.