Investment Professional, Private Credit
Aksia Overview
Aksia is an alternative assets specialist providing investment solutions for institutional investors globally. We offer investment management, advisory and research services across hedge funds, private credit, private equity and real assets. As of November 30, 2025, Aksia advises on over $329 billion and manages $35 billion of client capital across funds-of-one, SMAs and products.
Team Overview
Aksia’s Private Credit team maintain broad and deep coverage of the private credit universe, across all sectors, so that they can underwrite primary funds, co-investments/directs and secondaries and help clients to build portfolios that meet their needs, on an advisory basis (across primaries or SMAs offered by GPs) or a discretionary basis (across all investment types, implemented via bespoke mandates or products).
Position Overview
Aksia is seeking an Investment Professional to join the Private Credit team in London. The role will have exposure to all aspects of the Private Credit team, with a primary focus on client-facing responsibilities, acting as a Private Credit‑literate partner to Aksia’s institutional investor base. This individual will serve as the primary face of Aksia’s Private Credit team for select institutional clients and prospects, with meaningful exposure to business development alongside investment content.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a key Private Credit investment representative in meetings with institutional clients and prospects, articulating portfolio construction, positioning, performance, risks, and market views.
- Act as a bridge between the sector-focused members of the Private Credit team and clients, translating manager- and deal‑level analysis into clear, client‑ready materials and discussions.
- Partner with the pan-alternative business development and client‑facing teams to support marketing, fundraising, and cross‑selling initiatives related to Aksia’s Private Credit strategies.
- Support the preparation and delivery of regular portfolio and market updates, performance reviews, and forward‑looking outlooks for Private Credit clients and investors.
- Collaborate with legal, client operations, risk, accounting, and other internal stakeholders to support the implementation, monitoring, and reporting of Private Credit mandates.
Qualifications
- Approximately 10–12 years of relevant experience at an investment firm, private credit manager, private markets allocator, or investment bank/leveraged finance platform with meaningful exposure to private credit or related credit markets.
- Either (i) a highly client‑facing background working with institutional investors and a strong grounding in investment and credit research fundamentals, or (ii) a research/investment‑oriented background in private credit or leveraged finance with a clear interest in moving into a more client‑focused, externally facing role.
- Strong understanding of credit investment analysis and documentation, including complex capital structures, covenant packages, restructurings, and primary/secondary fund due diligence.
- Proven ability to distill complex portfolios and investments into clear, actionable narratives for internal stakeholders and institutional clients.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with comfort presenting to senior investment staff and sophisticated institutional investors.
- Strong collaboration skills and a desire to work in a fast‑growing, global, and team‑oriented environment.
- High degree of integrity, professional maturity, and commercial judgment.
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