Jefferies
Head of Valuations
New York, NY, United States · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- Primary Location: New York Full Time Salary Range of $300,000-$325,000 #LI-MB1
Responsibilities
- Lead the valuation process for the direct lending business, including privately originated loans, illiquid credit positions, equities, warrants, and other Level 3 assets.
- Maintain and enhance valuation policies, methodologies, documentation standards, and governance procedures.
- Manage relationships with third-party valuation firms, pricing vendors, auditors, and other external stakeholders.
- Support audit, investor due diligence, regulatory, and internal control processes related to valuation.
- Ability to operate independently, manage deadlines, and maintain strong valuation governance and controls.
Requirements
- 8-12+ years of relevant experience in valuation, private credit, leveraged finance, asset management, audit, or valuation advisory.
- Experience valuing private credit, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed credit, or other illiquid debt instruments.
- Strong understanding of fair value principles, ASC 820, and Level 2 / Level 3 asset valuation.
- Knowledge of broadly syndicated loan pricing, pricing vendors, broker quotes, and secondary loan market dynamics.
- Strong credit judgment and ability to assess borrower performance, liquidity, leverage, covenant compliance, and capital structure.
- Experience working with auditors, valuation firms, fund administrators, investment teams, and senior stakeholders.
Nice to have
- CPA, CFA, ASA, or similar designation preferred.
- Experience at a private credit manager, BDC, CLO manager, alternative asset manager, valuation firm, or Big Four valuation practice.
- Prior experience preparing valuation committee materials or managing valuation governance processes, including materials for BDC Boards.
- Team management or supervisory experience preferred
- Provide independent, credible challenge to valuation assumptions.
- Improve consistency, transparency, and efficiency across valuation and pricing processes.
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Compensation
- Primary Location: New York Full Time Salary Range of $300,000-$325,000
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