Director, CLO Capital Markets & Structuring

The Director, US CLO Capital Markets & Structuring supports the CLO Portfolio Manager and serves as the internal lead for CLO structuring, cash flow analytics, and transaction execution. This role is responsible for designing, modeling, documenting, and executing CLO structures across new issuance and post-issuance transactions, ensuring efficient execution and alignment with portfolio objectives, rating agency requirements, and operational capabilities.

• Develop and maintain CLO cash flow models to evaluate tranche sizing, credit enhancement, reinvestment mechanics, and weighted average life profiles.
• Analyze performance scenarios (defaults, recoveries, prepayments, spread changes) to support structuring decisions aligned with equity return targets and rating agency requirements.
• Evaluate structural features such as non-call periods, OC/IC triggers, and reinvestment flexibility, providing recommendations based on market conditions and portfolio characteristics.

• Lead the CLO structuring process from warehouse through pricing and closing.
• Coordinate execution timelines and deliverables across arranging banks, legal counsel, rating agencies, trustees, and internal teams.
• Monitor market conditions, investor demand, pricing trends, and comparable transactions to support new issue execution.
• Participate in investor engagement and ensure alignment across portfolio management, operations, legal, compliance, and risk teams.

• Review and negotiate key structural provisions in transaction documentation in partnership with external counsel.
• Ensure consistency across legal documentation, cash flow models, and marketing materials to maintain structural accuracy and transparency.

• Monitor compliance tests, collateral metrics, and structural cushions post-issuance.
• Identify and analyze refinancing, repricing, and reset opportunities to improve capital structure efficiency and investor outcomes.

• Establish and maintain structuring processes, governance standards, and documentation controls across the CLO platform.
• Partner with risk management and compliance to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of experience in CLO capital markets and/or structuring
• Demonstrated experience modeling CLO cash flows and executing CLO transactions

• Advanced degree or CFA designation preferred
• Bloomberg, Power BI, Intex
• Strong analytical, organizational, and cross-functional coordination skills
• Strong project management and process optimization skills

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. 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.

$211000 - $285000 / year

The base salary range for this role is $211,000 - $285,000 as indicated above. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, experience, and alignment with the role's responsibilities.

In addition to base pay, this role participates in an annual profit share bonus plan

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don't accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

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