Athene
Principal, Risk Manager - Residential Real Estate (AASP)
New York City 151 W 42nd Street · Principal
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 24 days ago
Financial AnalysisLoad TestingLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic SpeakingUnderwriting
About the role
- This individual will be a self-sufficient risk manager, handling transactions in a strong and independent way; this includes delivering an informed view to the Risk Heads and other Atlas and Apollo risk seniors.
- This candidate will act as an important control function, protecting capital and assessing downside risks.
- The ideal candidate will have experience as a Credit Risk Officer in a decision-making role for mortgage and asset-backed financing transactions and is comfortable challenging the status quo and establishing guardrails the business can operate in.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate an ability to challenge the business (sales/portfolio/structuring teams), substantiate support or dissent for a deal and where there is dissent, work with the deal team on structural improvements which might move a transaction from "no" to "maybe/yes"
- Work with Legal and the deal teams on the loan agreements to ensure that documents accurately reflect the deal structure, economic terms and asset waterfalls
- Work closely with other control function partners including i) Legal, Due Diligence, and Compliance to escalate and review any reputational or franchise risk considerations including fraud and double pledging risk and ii) Treasury to evaluate any liability or liquidity considerations.
- Produce documentation which includes thorough market, borrower, structure, and collateral analysis to support recommendation.
- This would include but not be limited to understanding and sensitizing stress testing analysis provided by the business and/or obtaining other market intelligence to support risk conclusions and considerations.
- Lead responsibly
- Drive collaboration
- ATLAS SP Partners is a global investment firm that seeks to provide stable funding and capital markets services to companies seeking innovative and bespoke structured credit and asset backed finance solutions.
- ATLAS SP is proud to build upon a legacy of excellence anchored in deep expertise and client service across the asset management landscape.
- ATLAS SP is backed by a diverse set of institutional capital partners, including affiliates of Apollo, and other third-party financial institutions.
Requirements
- Extensive financial analysis and modelling skills, expertise in credit risk management, and strong understanding of risk metrics/models/systems
- Must have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal and be comfortable presenting prospective deals to investment committee(s)
- Must be able to communicate complex risk-related concepts to both internal and external parties
- Product expertise is required for this role.
- This individual will have strong knowledge of the market and be able to communicate informed views of product and client risks including strength of originators and aggressiveness of terms and structure.
- Strong subject matter knowledge of multiple asset classes in the consumer and commercial sectors, including unsecured consumer, renewables, credit cards, student loans.
- Ability to roll-up sleeves and work alongside 1LOD to underwrite highly structured warehouse (loan) facilities
Compensation
- $300,000 Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is committed to championing opportunity.
Benefits
- Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm's benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family.
- Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits.
- Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions.
- Now as a standalone securitized credit origination platform, ATLAS SP continues to benefit from the team's leadership, experience and operational strength to serve client needs across the full ABS financing spectrum.
- These relationships can provide ATLAS SP with investment-grade capital partners and strategic benefits designed to enhance its financial and operational strength and to accelerate growth in client offerings.
- The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.
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