Associate - European Private Credit (f/m/d)

Allianz Global Investors; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Allianz Global Investors is seeking a seasoned investment professional to join our Paris-based private debt team. You will structure mid-market transactions, perform rigorous due diligence, and drive deal execution across Europe while expanding our private credit platform.

You will interact with investment committees, risk, legal, and product professionals; you will mentor junior staff and build your network over time to strengthen origination capabilities.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of relevant experience in the leveraged finance/private debt/debt advisory space.
• In-depth understanding of credit risk, financial modelling, and structuring of transactions.
• Proven track record of transactions from early stage 'pitching' phase through financial close and funding.
• Solid academic track record
• Curiosity and appetite for leveraging AI tools (e.g., LLMs, prompt-based workflows) to enhance analytical efficiency and decision-making quality.
• Fluency in English and French, third European language would be a plus (Dutch or German).
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth due diligence on individual companies and benchmarking to provide adequate risk/return analysis of potential investment
• Prepare investment committee/credit memos including financial modelling
• Review and negotiation of transaction documents
• Ability to interact and establish relationships with external parties
• Monitor existing investments
• Preparation of materials for investor communication whether in the context of reporting or fundraising
• Capacity to train and grow more junior staff
• Contribute to our origination effort by building over time a personal network

Skills

Leveraged finance

Private debt

Debt advisory

Credit risk

Financial modelling

Transaction structuring

Deal execution

English

French

MS Office

Tools

MS Office

Job description

In this role, you will be contributing to our investment capabilities by structuring and executing mid-market private debt transactions as Allianz Global Investors continues to expand its existing Private Credit platform across Europe.

You will be joining a direct lending team of 28 Investment professionals based in Paris, Munich, London, and Rotterdam. You will be expected to deliver seamless deal execution, with the ability to grow your profile and network over time.

The role is based in our Paris office.

What You Do

Investments

• Conduct in-depth due diligence on individual companies and benchmarking in order to provide adequate risk/return analysis of potential investment
• Prepare investment committee/credit memos including financial modelling
• Review and negotiation of transaction documents
• Ability to interact and establish relationships with external parties

Fundraising and client communication

• Monitor existing investments
• Preparation of materials for investor communication whether in the context of reporting or fundraising

Others

• Capacity to train and grow more junior staff
• Contribute to our origination effort by building over time a personal network

Key working relationships with

• Investment Committee Members
• Business enabling functions: Risk Management, Legal, Products, Operations, Compliance and Product Specialists.

What You Bring

• 4-7 years of relevant experience in the leveraged finance/private debt/debt advisory space
• In-depth understanding of credit risk, financial modelling, and structuring of transactions
• Proven track record of transactions from early stage 'pitching' phase through financial close and funding
• Solid academic track record
• Curiosity and appetite for leveraging AI tools (e.g., LLMs, prompt-based workflows) to enhance analytical efficiency and decision-making quality.
• Fluency in English and French, third European language would be a plus (in particular Dutch or German)
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications

Attributes / qualities

• Flawless work ethic
• Eagerness to join a developing platform with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Solutions oriented person
• Analytical mind with the ability to challenge e.g., views, statements, processes, etc.
• Capacity to ensure seamless analysis and execution of investments
• Potential and willingness to contribute to our origination effort.

What We Offer

• We empower our employees by ensuring flexible work arrangements that maintain a balance between performance, productivity, career development, and personal priorities (e.g., hybrid model/flexible working hours)
• Securing your future: Access to company pension/savings plans
• Shared success: Company share purchasing plan
• Support for what matters: Mental health and wellbeing programs
• Investments in your career: Career opportunities within the entire Allianz Group
• Investments in your skills: Comprehensive learning and development offerings, including certifications and professional qualifications
• Volunteering time
• ... and so much more!

About Allianz Global Investors

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager, managing assets for individuals, families,and institutions worldwide. Our shared goal to shape a future of opportunity for our clients is foundational to our culture and our values. We look to attract, and actively nurture, individuals with the drive to achieve excellence at every stage of the investment experience.

We believe an inclusive culture is key to a flourishing workforce. Not only do we celebrate the broad range of experiences, backgrounds, and attributes that our workforce brings, but we support our people to live and work in a way that promotes their own wellbeing.

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer.

We are united by a shared commitment: to put our clients first and at the centre of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions.

Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future - for our clients and for the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

If you feel inspired to promotethe activeasset management experience, this is the place for you. Join our international, technology-enabled, and agile environment.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

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