ABF Investment Team

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking an Associate or Vice President for its Asset-Based Finance investments in New York. The role involves evaluating, underwriting, and managing a diverse range of asset-backed and cash flow-oriented opportunities.

You will build models, perform due diligence, and work with senior teams on execution and strategy to drive portfolio performance.

Qualifications

• 3–8+ years in private ABF, structured products, or related lending roles.
• Strong understanding of consumer, commercial and residential credit assets.
• Experience underwriting asset-backed transactions and securitizations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and execute investment opportunities across credit sectors.
• Perform collateral, cash flow, and structural analysis on asset-backed deals.
• Build financial models to evaluate risk-adjusted returns and portfolio performance.
• Conduct diligences on originators, issuers, borrowers, and servicing platforms.
• Monitor portfolio investments and identify relative value opportunities.
• Collaborate with senior investment professionals on execution and strategy.
• Prepare investment memoranda and present to committees.

Skills

Financial modeling

Structured credit

Credit analysis

Portfolio management

Due diligence

Cash flow analysis

Valuation

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree

CFA designation a plus

Job description

Associate / Vice President, Asset-Based Finance Investments

A leading alternative investment manager is seeking an Associate or Vice President to join its Asset-Based Finance (ABF) investment team in New York. The successful candidate will help evaluate, underwrite, and manage investments across a broad range of private and structured credit opportunities, with a focus on asset-backed and cash flow-oriented investments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and execute investment opportunities across consumer, commercial, and residential credit sectors.
• Perform detailed collateral, cash flow, and structural analysis on both private and public asset-backed transactions.
• Build and maintain financial models to evaluate risk-adjusted returns, downside scenarios, and portfolio performance.
• Conduct diligence on originators, issuers, borrowers, and servicing platforms.
• Monitor existing portfolio investments and identify relative value opportunities across the ABF universe.
• Work closely with senior investment professionals on transaction execution, portfolio construction, and investment strategy.
• Prepare investment memoranda and present recommendations to internal investment committees.

Qualifications

• 3-8+ years of experience in private ABF, structured products, specialty finance, structured credit, securitization, or related investing/lending roles.
• Strong understanding of consumer, commercial, and/or residential credit assets, including areas such as mortgage, unsecured consumer, auto, equipment finance, small business lending, receivables, or other specialty finance sectors.
• Experience underwriting asset-backed transactions, warehouse facilities, forward flow agreements, securitizations, or other structured credit investments.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and quantitative skills.
• Ability to evaluate collateral performance, cash flow dynamics, and transaction structures.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree and/or CFA designation is a plus.

Preferred Backgrounds

Candidates may come from:

• Private credit funds or ABF-focused asset managers
• Structured products investment teams
• Specialty finance platforms
• Investment banking securitization or structured finance groups
• Ratings agencies covering ABS, RMBS, or specialty finance
• Insurance asset management or credit investment platforms

This is an opportunity to join a growing investment team with exposure across the full breadth of the asset-based finance market and play a meaningful role in sourcing, underwriting, and managing investments across a diverse portfolio of structured credit assets.