Analyst, Global Corporate Securities

AB CarVal is an established global alternative investment manager and part of AllianceBernstein’s Private Alternatives business. Since 1987, AB CarVal’s team has navigated through ever-changing credit market cycles, opportunistically investing $149 billion in 5,765 transactions across 82 countries. Today, AB CarVal has approximately $16 billion in assets under management in corporate securities, loan portfolios, structured credit and hard assets.

We are currently seeking an Analyst to join the Global Corporate Securities team in Singapore. The role holder will be responsible for identifying, analyzing and monitoring single name corporate investments globally. The Analyst will play an important role in underwriting and managing investment transactions across Asia, Europe, and the US.

The role holder will be required to build financial and valuation models, perform detailed analysis on existing and potential future investments (including bonds, bank debt, equity, trade claims, liquidations, and joint ventures), analyzing legal documents, and working with counterparties/advisors. The role holder must interact effectively with senior management, internal administration, legal and tax resources, as well as external parties.

This position will be based in our Singapore office and will report to the Managing Director, Global Corporate Securities, in Singapore.

Key Responsibilities:

- Perform bottoms-up fundamental credit analysis including financial statement analysis, financial modeling, industry research and preparation of requisite approval materials for prospective investments.
- Responsible for supporting idea generation and defending investment recommendations within assigned sectors / geographies.
- Develop and/or gain in-depth sector and industry knowledge including key trends, drivers and issues that are likely to impact investment performance and make relative value recommendations within and across companies and sectors.
- Assist in monitoring companies in the existing investment portfolio, including ongoing reviews and analysis of financial statements, monitoring of industry trends, and preparing internal presentations for senior leadership.
- Provide timely and thorough risk analysis and deal screening.
- Communicate internally with team and externally with trading desks and counterparties and assist in the preparation of related internal and external presentations as needed.
- Undertake special projects as directed by senior management.

Required:

- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related discipline.
- Demonstrable ability to analyse complex deals.
- Ability to interpret and analyse financial modelling, familiarity with more corporate capital structures, including the ability to analyse debt transactions.
- Experience of analysing and modelling investments into public and private companies and/or joint ventures.
- Strong spoken and written communication skills.
- Self-initiative to learn and develop skills in an unstructured environment.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently and effectively and to meet challenging deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and in teams.
- Strong numerical and critical reasoning skills.
- Attention to detail with the ability to audit own work.
- Ability and desire to periodically work extended hours and join frequent evening calls.
- Ability to travel as needed.

Preferred:

- MBA, CFA or related qualification.
- Experience in financial markets, preferably in credit and particularly in distressed debt, stressed High Yield, and / or special situations; other experience gained in public or private equity and leverage finance is a plus.

Singapore