At Validus, we help our clients to understand and manage their financial risks and financing needs through hands-on advice, transaction execution and award-winning technology. Our clients include some of the largest and most respected fund managers in private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate, as well as large institutions and corporates.

This Senior Associate role is a great opportunity to join a leading independent and fast-growing financial services firm focusing on the alternative investment space. It is an ideal role for someone looking to further develop their career in a fast moving and entrepreneurial environment.

Role:

The role encompasses working alongside the senior members of the BDCC team on deal execution (particularly around Event Driven transactions), contributing to business development efforts to grow the business, and executing on fund level FX strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Leading deal contingent and other event driven IR/FX projects as they arise within North America (including liaising with clients, counterparties, banks and lawyers to run an efficient process);
• Contributing ideas for innovation and technology development/adoption to improve event driven service delivery and create new products and solutions for our clients;
• Remaining abreast of market developments and actively contribute to our efforts around idea generation and value-add for existing clients;
• Ensuring marketing decks are maintained and updated to be used in prospecting
• Leading and delivering high quality internal business reporting;
• Striving for continuous improvement and consistency in service delivery (internal and external);
• Attending client, industry & networking events, leveraging the existing Validus relationships and your personal network to drive business development efforts for new and existing clients;
• Executing fund level FX strategies, monitoring strategy performance, and recommending improvements on the back of market developments;
• The role may require some travel.