Valuations Specialist

Delta Capita; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Capita seeks a Valuations Specialist focused on private illiquid credit positions. You will own independent valuation processes, challenge third‑party marks, build robust valuation models, and present insights to the Valuation Committee.

You will oversee governance, drive scenario analyses, and ensure clear audit trails across the valuation book. A CFA is preferred; hybrid London contract with scope to contribute across private markets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a valuation function
• Valuation experience with a genuine credit focus from banking, independent valuation, or alternatives
• Experience valuing illiquid and private positions across bonds, loans, and private equity
• Strong modelling capability to build and maintain valuation models
• Sound understanding of valuation risk and scenario analysis
• Ability to challenge external providers and present to a Valuation Committee
• CFA preferred; formal accounting qualification not required

Responsibilities

• Valuation modelling: Build and maintain models for illiquid credit and private positions; adapt as positions/markets evolve.
• Valuation risk and scenario analysis: Identify key risks and sensitivities; run scenarios to bound outcomes.
• Third-party provider oversight: Manage external valuation firms; review methodologies and resolve differences with internal view.
• Corporate restructures: Value positions through restructurings where capital structure and timing drive outcome.
• Valuation Committee: Prepare materials and present the basis of marks and defend judgements to senior audience.
• Governance and documentation: Maintain clear audit trail behind valuations for stakeholders and controls.

Skills

Valuation modelling

Valuation risk

Third-party oversight

Governance

Presentation to committee

Communication

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.

This is a hybrid fixed term contract position located in London. As the selection and interview process is ongoing, please submit your application in English as soon as possible, if your profile is selected, a member of our team will contact you within 4 weeks. For this role, a valid working permit for the UK is mandatory.

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

To know more about Delta Capita and our culture click here: Working at DC - Delta Capita.