Senior Manager, Pricing and Valuation

Oaktree; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Oaktree in Los Angeles seeks a Senior Manager in Pricing and Valuation to lead the pricing team in valuing public securities and OTC derivatives across portfolios.

You will monitor valuations, respond to fund administrators, develop controls, ensure regulatory compliance, and produce regular pricing reports while collaborating with Bloomberg and S&P Global tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of pricing experience with an investment manager or financial advisory firm.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, review and validate valuations to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

Skills

Pricing experience

Excel

SQL

Bloomberg

S&P Global

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics

CFA

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

S&P Global

Job description

Our Company

As a part of Brookfield's $416B credit platform, Oaktree is a premier credit manager emphasizing an opportunistic, value-oriented, and risk-controlled approach to investing across credit, equity, and real estate.

Our Company

As a part of Brookfield's $416B credit platform, Oaktree is a premier credit manager emphasizing an opportunistic, value-oriented, and risk-controlled approach to investing across credit, equity, and real estate.

Oaktree is committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.

Oaktree is wholly owned by Brookfield, a leading global investment firm with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. Brookfield owns and operates high-quality businesses and real assets that provide essential services and form the backbone of the global economy. It invests on behalf of institutions and individuals around the world across infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity, real estate, and credit.

For additional information, please visit Oaktree's website at http://www.oaktreecapital.com/.

Responsibilities

The Senior Manager in Pricing and Valuation primary responsibilities will be to work as part of Oaktree's pricing team in determining the values used for public securities and over-the-counter derivatives across Oaktree's portfolios.

• Monitor, review and validate valuations to ensure they are done accurately and in timely manner. Assist in responding to inquiries from fund administrators striking a daily net asset valuation (NAV)
• Assist in the creation of controls and processes that will help identify and resolve issues as well as increase efficiency
• Work with others to help ensure that pricing levels meet legal and regulatory requirements
• Assist in generating regular reports that are used in the monitoring of the pricing process

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5+ years of pricing experience with an investment manager or another financial advisory firm
• A strong ability to efficiently handle multiple demands and priorities under tight deadlines
• Experience with the demands of daily NAV strikes for 40 Act and UCITS funds as well as Board reporting
• Experience in using vendors (i.e., Bloomberg and S&P Global) to perform modeling of derivative products (i.e., IRS and CDS)
• Proven Excel skills
• Knowledge of programming languages (i.e., SQL) a plus

Personal Attributes

• The successful candidate must have great organizational skills and be able to handle complicated work efficiently and effectively
• The candidate must take the initiative to ask questions and detect problems
• He/ She must be a team player and demonstrate a strong work ethic
• The successful candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance or Economics or CFA

Base Salary

$120,000 - $145,000

Equal Opportunity Employment Policy

Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors. Staff members wishing to report violations or suspected violations of this policy should contact the head of their department or Human Resources.

For positions based in Los Angeles

For those applying for a position in the city of Los Angeles, the firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.