VP, Opportunistic Credit & Special Situations

InforCapital, partnership; Newport Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

PIMCO’s opportunistic credit team in Newport Beach seeks a Vice President to identify, evaluate, underwrite, and manage opportunistic credit and special situations investments. You will interact across our investment organization, including portfolio management professionals within our alternatives platform.

The role requires 4+ years in investment banking, credit research, or credit investing; strong credit analysis and financial modeling skills; outstanding academic credentials and leadership;

Qualifications

• 4+ years of investment banking, credit research, and/or credit investing experience.
• Strong experience in credit analysis and financial modeling; restructuring/distressed experience is a plus.
• Outstanding academic credentials and demonstrated leadership capabilities.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, and a proactive, collaborative mindset.
• Experience managing tasks with minimal direction and making timely decisions.
• Excellent written and oral presentation abilities; persuasive and credible communicator.

Responsibilities

• Assist in identifying and evaluating public and private debt and equity investments and special situations.
• Partner with deal teams on diligence, underwriting, and management of investments.
• Perform deep-dive research on industries and companies, including financial modeling and credit documentation review.
• Communicate investment ideas and analysis to senior team members, portfolio managers, and investment committees.

Skills

Credit analysis

Financial modeling

Underwriting diligence

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)

Job description

PIMCO’s opportunistic credit team manages funds focused on investing in directional and relative value opportunities across public and private corporate debt and equity, stressed/distressed capital structures, and various event-driven and special situation opportunities. PIMCO is seeking a Vice President to join this opportunistic credit team, to be based in our Newport Beach office. You will be directly involved in identifying, evaluating, underwriting, and managing opportunistic credit and special situations investments. You will also interact across our investment organization; including Portfolio Management professionals within our alternatives platform, as well as across the firm’s corporate research group.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in identifying and evaluating public and private corporate debt and equity investments (both long and short), and special situation opportunities
• Partner with PIMCO Alternatives deal teams on diligence, underwriting, and management of selective investments
• Perform deep-dive research on industry sectors and individual companies, including detailed financial modeling and credit documentation review
• Communicate and present investment ideas and analysis to senior team members, portfolio managers, and investment committees

REQUIREMENTS

• 4+ years of meaningful investment banking, credit research, and/or credit investing experience
• Strong experience in credit analysis and financial modeling, restructuring/distressed experience is a plus
• Outstanding academic credentials and demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Strong work ethic and integrity; you should be a team player who is proactive and self-motivated
• Experience managing tasks with minimal direction and an ability to make preliminary decisions in a short time frame
• Good communicator, strong written and oral presentation abilities; needs to be persuasive and credible
• Ability to work effectively on multiple projects simultaneously

Source: Pimco’s Career Page

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