Blackstone Credit & Insurance - ABF Origination, Principal

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Business Unit Overview:

Infrastructure & Asset-Based Credit

Job Title:

Principal

Job Description/Responsibilities:       

Blackstone Credit & Insurance is one of the largest credit asset managers in the world and is a leading investor in structured credit through its Infrastructure & Asset-Based Credit platform.  The Infrastructure & Asset-Based Credit group employs a broad strategy with investments across infrastructure debt, asset-based lending, sustainable resources, specialty finance, and corporate solutions through both private and public markets.  The group targets investments across multiple key sectors including fund finance, consumer finance, commercial finance, transportation, energy transition, and infrastructure. 

This role will be focused on fund finance and key responsibilities include:

• Origination and structuring of debt and/or preferred equity solutions for GPs across the private equity, credit, infrastructure, and specialty finance sectors

• Lead deal teams on transaction execution and manage all aspects of the investment process including deal documentation, financial analysis and modelling, drafting of memoranda for internal and external use, and liaising with counterparties including rating agencies.

• Candidates should expect to work on numerous projects at once across various investment opportunities and take on an active role in assisting with and driving origination.

Qualifications:
Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition to strong analytical and quantitative skills, the successful candidate should have the following:

• 7+ years of experience in fund finance, structured finance, asset-based lending, or a related field, with a focus on originating and structuring investments

• Direct experience with lender finance, NAV lending, secondaries, and/or GP solutions is strongly preferred

• Proven experience structuring and executing complex, bilateral infrastructure and asset-based lending transactions

• Excellent relationship-building skills, with a proven ability to develop and maintain a network of industry contacts

• Self-motivated, results-oriented, with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement

• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to manage and execute deals with efficiency and precision

• Strong organizational and process management skills

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with an ability to convey complex ideas succinctly

• A strong team player who can also think and work independently, taking ownership of assignments and driving them to completion

• Ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines and responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business administration, or a related field

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.
Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at [email protected].

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.
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