Job Description
GROUP DESCRIPTION: Apex Credit Partners LLC (“Apex”) is an asset management platform focused on managing leveraged loans and CLOs with approximately $4 billion in assets under management. Apex is wholly-owned by Jefferies Finance LLC, a joint venture of Jefferies Group LLC and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company formed in 2004.
POSITION: Apex is actively looking for experienced Vice President level positions for our New York mid-town office with the following attributes:
- Analyst buy-side role with 5 – 7 years of overall experience
- Underwriting of leveraged loan transactions as well as monitoring existing exposures within assigned industry sectors
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: As an analyst on the Apex team, you will be assigned certain industries and assume responsibilities related to underwriting new primary transactions and covering existing loan investments. These responsibilities will include the following:
- Analyze primary issuance and secondary market opportunities
- Conduct investment due diligence and assess key credit considerations
- Preparation of underwriting approval/decline memos for formal credit committee approval
- Continuous oversight/coverage of all investments
- Provide quarterly analysis of financial and operating performance
- Prepare amendment, waiver, and consent requests
- Buy/hold/sell recommendations based on credit and relative value
REQUIRED BACKGROUND:
- Significant experience in bank loan underwriting and research with in-depth quantitative credit, financial analytical, and critical thinking skills expertise
- Demonstrated modeling, written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail
- Significant experience analyzing CIMs, models, credit agreements, and term sheets
- Team player who is a resourceful self-starter, willing to assist with the training of junior analysts, and to work on special projects
- Strong experience with the following industries: consumer, retail, auto, logistics, industrials, aerospace and defense, healthcare
- CFA, MBA, and/or formal credit training is a plus
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $175,000 - $225,000.
The salary offered will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, Jefferies offers, for eligible employees, an annual discretionary incentive and retention bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Jefferies also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays and paid parental leave.
About Us
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.
At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and individuals with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.
Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
