Senior Vice President or Managing Director, Asset Backed Finance

Our CompanyOaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $193 billion in assets under management. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. The firm has over 1,200 employees and offices in 22 cities worldwide.We are committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.The Oaktree ABF StrategyOaktree Asset Backed Finance (“ABF”) is a recently formed strategy which invests in pools of contractual assets, or “assets”, such as loans, leases, receivables, mortgages and licensing agreements, which may or may not reference property or other hard assets. Asset categories include corporate, consumer, real estate, transportation, equipment, infrastructure, energy, intellectual property and other esoteric types.Oaktree ABF:Purchases, or commits to purchase, assets, with or without leverage.Lends, or commits to lend, secured by assets, in a senior or mezzanine position.Insures, or provides capital relief against, assets.Provides essential capital to a business primarily engaged in the origination and servicing of assets.Overview of Role & QualificationsOaktree seeks an experienced ABF investor to lead all phases of the private ABF investment process, supervising more junior analysts and serving as a subject matter expert in a number of ABF verticals and competencies. The individual will be responsible for the following:Follow up on introductions and inquiries of potential relevance to the ABF strategy.Supervise and assist more junior ABF analysts as they collect, evaluate, organize and summarize the initial information which accompanies an ABF opportunity.Lead calls, virtual and in-person meetings with asset originators, borrowers, sellers and their respective advisors.Lead diligence, negotiation of terms and documentation, building models and preparing investment memoranda for consideration by the ABF investment committee.Learn and understand Oaktree’s various pools of capital available for ABF investments.Present information about investments to partners such as clients, prospects, financing providers and co-investors.Supervise more junior analysts in the monitoring, surveillance and valuation of existing investments.Partner with various Oaktree colleagues to arrange financing or issue securitizations.Experience Required10+ years’ experience originating, negotiating, analyzing and structuring private asset backed investments.Command of fixed income fundamentals and deep understanding of the risks, mitigants and attributes of various contractual asset types.Experience supervising more junior analysts.Expertise in financial agreements governing private asset backed investments.Some experience leading rating agency processes for securitizations.Personal AttributesClever, curious, resourceful, enjoys solving problems.Driven, productive, responsible.Focused on consistency, avoiding bad outcomes and long-term results for clients.Team oriented, high integrity, friendly, empathetic, outgoing.Professional, sophisticated communicator in a variety of formats.Effective teacher.EducationBachelor’s Degree from a top university.Base Salary Range$250,000 - $275,000. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives and a comprehensive benefits package.Equal Opportunity Employment PolicyOaktree is committed to diversity and equal opportunity employment. This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors.

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