P&A Analyst

Job Description

Analyst, Private Credit – Portfolio & Account Management | Antares Capital LP

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Antares Capital LP, located in Chicago, IL or Atlanta, GA. Antares is a prominent private credit firm, where the Portfolio & Analytics (P&A) team is critical for overseeing and managing one of the largest middle-market portfolios in the private credit space. This Analyst position is essential for monitoring the performance of assigned loan accounts, generating industry insights, and supporting various portfolio-related activities, ensuring portfolio health and strategic decision-making.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Chicago, IL or Atlanta, GA

• Team: Portfolio & Analytics (P&A) team, utilizing an industry coverage model
• Mission: Oversee and manage a portfolio of cash flow loans, monitor industry trends, and support portfolio-related requests to ensure portfolio health and strategic growth.
• Tech Stack: Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, financial spreading software

What You’ll Actually Do
• Monitor: Oversee the performance of assigned cash-flow loan portfolios by reviewing financial statements and ensuring ongoing compliance with loan agreements and internal policies.
• Communicate: Establish and maintain direct relationships with borrowers, management teams, and third-party lenders and investors, including managing lender portals.
• Report: Prepare clear and concise written business updates on portfolio performance, present assigned loan accounts at internal portfolio reviews, and proactively highlight any concerns with comprehensive assessments and recommendations.
• Underwrite: Conduct financial and business due diligence for borrower-related transactions, including company and industry research, cash flow modeling, and dataroom analysis to assess creditworthiness.
• Support: Assist senior team members in preparing approval memos, presenting underwriting results and recommendations to an investment committee, and leading the closing and funding processes.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree, with a preferred concentration in finance, accounting, business, or economics.
• Experience: 3+ years related experience in private credit, commercial corporate lending, corporate credit ratings, valuations, or accounting.
• Skills: Financial statement analysis, strong written and verbal communication skills, highly organized with the ability to prioritize tasks in a deadline-driven environment, ability to work productively in cross-functional teams, proficiency with Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and financial spreading software.
• Bonus: Portfolio management experience.