Credit Financing Group Associate/Principal

InforCapital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KKR is hiring an Associate/Principal for its Credit Financing Group in New York. The role focuses on structuring, negotiating and executing financing transactions across the global credit platform, partnering with portfolio managers, legal counsel and counterparties.

Candidates should have 3–6+ years of experience in credit financing, asset-backed finance, structured finance, leveraged finance, or fund finance, with strong modeling and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in credit financing, asset-backed finance, structured finance, leveraged finance or fund finance.
• Strong understanding of credit facilities, structured credit products and financing documentation.
• Excellent financial modeling and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the structuring, negotiation and execution of financing transactions.
• Drive legal negotiations for new financings, amendments, extensions and refinancings.
• Build and maintain financial models to evaluate economics and covenant compliance.
• Research new financing products and capital structure innovations.
• Develop relationships with counterparties and investors; present recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Credit financing

Asset-backed finance

Structured finance

Leveraged finance

Fund finance

Job description

KKR is hiring an Associate/Principal for its Credit Financing Group in New York. KKR is a leading global investment firm offering alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions, sponsoring investment funds that invest in private equity, credit, and real assets, with strategic partners managing hedge funds and insurance subsidiaries offering retirement, life, and reinsurance products through Global Atlantic Financial Group.

The Credit Financing team sits within KKR's Global Macro and Asset Allocation (GMAA) platform and is responsible for developing, structuring, executing, and managing financing solutions across KKR's global credit platform. The team partners closely with portfolio managers to develop and execute financing strategies that optimize capital structures across private credit funds, BDCs, evergreen institutional vehicles, SMAs, and other investment strategies globally. It executes financing solutions across the capital structure, including asset-backed lending facilities, middle market CLOs and CLO warehouse facilities, NAV financing solutions, financing for KKR's ABF portfolios, repo facilities, unsecured debt, private placements, and other bespoke financing structures, and oversees firmwide liability management.

The Associate/Principal will play a central role in structuring, negotiating, and executing financing transactions across KKR's global credit platform, working closely with portfolio managers, senior management, financing counterparties, legal counsel, rating agencies, and other stakeholders to originate and execute transactions and develop innovative financing solutions.

Responsibilities include leading the structuring, negotiation, execution, and ongoing management of financing transactions; driving legal negotiations for new financings, amendments, extensions, waivers, refinancings, and other liability management initiatives; developing financing strategies by evaluating lender appetite, market conditions, and capital structure alternatives; building and maintaining financial models to evaluate financing economics, borrowing capacity, structural terms, and covenant compliance; researching new financing products and capital structure innovations; building relationships with financing counterparties, institutional investors, and syndicate partners; and presenting financing recommendations to senior investment committees and executive leadership.

Candidates should have 3-6+ years of experience in credit financing, asset-backed finance, structured finance, leveraged finance, or fund finance, with a strong understanding of credit facilities, structured credit products, and financing documentation, plus strong financial modeling and analytical skills.

KKR is seeking a Credit Financing Group Associate/Principal to join their Private Credit team in New York, United States.

The position is Full-time.

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