Vice President, Structured & Asset Backed Credit

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Global Atlantic Financial Group is a leading insurance company meeting the retirement and life insurance needs of individuals and institutions. With a strong financial foundation and risk and investment management expertise, the company delivers tailored solutions to create more secure financial futures. The company's performance has been driven by its culture and core values focused on integrity, teamwork, and the importance of building long-term client relationships. Global Atlantic is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KKR, a leading global investment firm. Through its relationship, the company leverages KKR's investment capabilities, scale and access to capital markets to enhance the value it offers clients. KKR's parent company is KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR).

Role Overview:

This individual will be integrally involved with all aspects of the investment process for all structured and asset-backed credit, including: evaluating potential investments and executing transactions, developing strategies to increase origination, tracking markets, assessing relative value across asset classes, determining asset allocation and portfolio construction, managing portfolio rotation trades, and managing existing positions. The individual will work with both the GA and KKR Investments team as we build out our integrated investment function. This is an opportunity to be a senior member of a high-profile investment strategy at Global Atlantic focused on a wide range of asset classes across the risk/return and liquidity spectrums, including residential real estate, consumer finance, small business, transportation, equipment, renewable energy, infrastructure, commercial real estate, and collateralized loan obligations, and spanning securities, whole loans, direct lending, whole assets, and platform investments.

Responsibilities:

1. Evaluate individual investment opportunities:

• Conduct comprehensive financial analysis to assess potential investments across a wide range of sectors and geographies
• Prepare and present GA & KKR investment memos outlining key findings and recommendations
• Collaborate across GA and KKR teams to facilitate investment decision-making and deal execution processes

2.  Tracking Markets

• Regularly monitor structured products markets (RMBS, CMBS, ABS, CLO) as well as more illiquid sectors and track themes / economics / relative value across asset classes
• Regularly interface with the street and consume research to help form market views

3.  Build relationships across KKR and externally to support GA growth:

• Cultivate strong dialogue and relationships with key stakeholders across GA and KKR in order to mutually communicate priorities and objectives, market views, progress vs. plans, and future outlook
• Stay ahead of market trends and developments to inform investment decisions
• Leverage GA & KKR infrastructure to identify new opportunities and partnerships

4.  Portfolio construction and asset allocation:

• Use information from #’s 1 – 3 above (evaluating individual deals, tracking markets / relative value, KKR dialogue) to design GA’s capital deployment strategy (allocation to different asset classes, duration, liquidity, currency, fixed / floating rate, etc.)
• Run portfolio construction analytics to help determine areas to lean in / avoid based on the characteristics of the existing portfolio
• Communicate GA’s portfolio construction and asset allocation strategy to KKR and GA stakeholders
• Track incoming transaction pipeline / market themes, to ensure alignment with deployment objectives

5.  Portfolio Management

• Design portfolio rotation trades to help GA achieve its financial targets
• Monitor the portfolio to identify potential risks and opportunities
• Collaborate with KKR team to actively manage any higher touch positions and implement strategies to achieve optimal outcomes

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or related field
• 6+ years of experience in investment banking, sales & trading, private equity, or investment/asset management
• Candidates must possess superior analytical skills; a strong grasp of financial concepts; exceptional written, interpersonal, and communication skills; attention to detail; and a maturity that enables them to contribute to a collaborative and constructive work environment.
• Proven track record of developing and executing investment strategies or strong demonstrated interest in investing.
• Experience leading and negotiating transactions.
• Energetic, inquisitive and an initiative to take on high-impact projects that cover new ground for the team and business at-large.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently to solve complex problems.
• Knowledge of insurance company-specific investment and accounting considerations a plus.
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

 

Joining Global Atlantic Financial Group's Investment Office offers a unique opportunity to drive impact and contribute to the success of a leading financial services organization at a stage of high growth. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for investing and executing commercial opportunities, we invite you to apply and join our team.

 

Various jurisdictions have passed pay transparency laws that require companies provide salary ranges for any positions for which they are accepting applications. Global Atlantic has offices in Atlanta, Batesville, Bermuda, Boston, Des Moines, Hartford, Indianapolis, and New York City. The base salary range posted below is inclusive of the lowest cost of living geography to the highest in which we have a Global Atlantic office. 

Global Atlantic’s base salary range is determined through an analysis of similar positions in the external labor market. Base pay is just one component of Global Atlantic’s total compensation package for employees and at times we hire outside the boundaries of the salary range. Other rewards may include annual cash bonuses, long-term incentives (equity), generous benefits (including immediate vesting on employee contributions to a 401(k), as well as a company match on your contributions), and sales incentives.  Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Compensation for our more senior positions have a larger component of short-term cash bonus and long-term incentives. 

The base salary range for this role is

$150,000—$265,000 USD

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Global Atlantic reserves the right to modify the qualifications and requirements for this position to accommodate business needs and regulatory changes. Future adjustments may include obtaining specific licenses or certifications to comply with operational needs and conform to applicable industry-specific regulatory requirements, state and federal laws.