Valuations Specialist

careersdeltacapita; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Capita Group in London is seeking a Valuations Specialist focused on independent valuation of private illiquid credit positions. You will oversee external providers, build valuation models, assess risk, and present to the Valuation Committee.

Ideal candidates have ~5 years in valuation with a credit focus, strong modelling skills, and CFA progress. This hybrid fixed-term role requires a UK work permit and offers exposure to governance and audit trails.

Qualifications

• ~5 years' + experience in a valuation function.
• Valuation experience with a genuine credit focus from IB, independent firm, manager or accounting practice.
• Experience in Private Markets, Private Credit, PERE, Infra or alternatives valuations.
• Experience valuing illiquid and private positions across bonds, loans and private equity, incl. restructurings.
• Strong modelling capability to build and maintain a valuation model from scratch.
• Understanding of valuation risk and scenario analysis for judgemental positions.
• Ability to challenge external providers and defend positions to a Valuation Committee.
• CFA qualification (or working towards) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Valuation modelling: Build and maintain models for illiquid credit and private positions.
• Valuation risk and scenario analysis: Identify risks and run scenarios to frame outcomes.
• Third-party provider oversight: Manage relationships with external valuation firms and challenge their outputs.
• Corporate restructures: Value positions through restructuring where capital structure and timing drive outcome.
• Valuation Committee: Prepare materials and present, defending marks to senior audience.
• Governance and documentation: Maintain audit trails behind valuations for stakeholders.

Skills

Valuation modelling

Valuation risk

Third-party oversight

Presentation to committee

Communication

CFA (preferred)

Education

CFA qualification (preferred)

Job description

Valuations Specialist — Credit & Illiquid Assets

This role sits within the valuation function and is focused on the independent valuation of private, illiquid credit positions.

The core of the role is oversight of the third-party valuation providers who value these positions independently: challenging their outputs, understanding the drivers behind them, and owning the internal view that sits alongside. You will build and maintain the valuation models that support that challenge, assess valuation risk across the book, and attend and present to Valuation Committee.

Key Responsibilities

• Valuation modelling: Build and maintain valuation models for illiquid credit and private positions, ensuring methodology remains appropriate as positions and market conditions evolve.

• Valuation risk and scenario analysis: Identify and articulate key valuation risks and sensitivities across the book and run scenario analysis to frame the range of reasonable outcomes on the more judgemental positions.

• Third-party provider oversight : Manage the relationship with the external valuation firms who independently value the portfolio. Review and challenge their methodologies, assumptions and outputs and resolve differences between their marks and internal view.

• Corporate restructures: Value positions through restructuring processes where capital structure, recovery assumptions and timing drive the outcome.

• Valuation Committee: Prepare materials for and present at the Valuation Committee, explaining the basis of marks and defending judgements to a senior audience.

• Governance and documentation: Maintain a clear, well-documented audit trail behind valuations, supporting internal stakeholders, audit and the wider control framework.

Essential Skills and Experience

• ~5 years' + experience in a valuation function

• Valuation experience with a genuine credit focus from either investment bank, an independent valuation firm or provider, another investment manager, or an accountancy firm's valuation practice

• Other suitable/relevant backgrounds include work in Private Markets, Private Credit, PERE, Infra or alternatives Valuations

• Demonstrable experience valuing illiquid and private positions from fundamentals, ideally across bonds, loans and private equity, with exposure to corporate restructuring situations.

• Strong modelling capability, able to build a valuation model from scratch and maintain it, not only review someone else's.

• Sound understanding of valuation risk and the ability to apply scenario analysis to judgemental positions.

• The confidence and communication skills to challenge external providers and to present and defend a position to a Valuation Committee.

• CFA qualification (or working towards) preferred. A formal accounting qualification is not required

How We Work:

Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require any reasonable adjustments through your interview process, please use the designated space within the application questionnaire.

Who We Are:

Delta Capita Group (a member of the Prytek Group) is a global managed services, consulting, and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology based mutualized services for financial institutions for non-differentiating services.

Our 3 offerings are:

• Managed Services

• Consulting & Solutions

• Technology

This is a hybrid fixed term contract position located in London. For this role, a valid working permit for the UK is mandatory.