Senior Specialist, Investment Diligence

Charterhouse

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: GP186-4913

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Charterhouse are currently handling a search, for one leading financial services client’s in Abu Dhabi, whom are presently looking to hire a Senior Specialist within Investment Diligence.

Siting within the Office of the CEO, this role will support the undertaking of risk management review and assessments, to in turn, support the Chief Risk Officer across investment appraisals and due diligence spanning a range of asset classes, financial structures and investment transactions. The coverage within this role, will span potential transactions across hedge funds, equity and debt funds, private equity and infrastructure funds; with a geared focus towards areas of financial analysis, credit risk reviews, industry trend analysis and value creation. In the support of a central due diligence committee, this role shall take ownership of the development and presentation of independent reports, to present and discuss findings, across these technical disciplines whilst proposing mitigation steps, within any potential investments, to meet both group compliance policy and risk management parameters. In conjunction, this role shall also focus towards the development of practices and tools to have oversight of areas of distressed debt, leveraged loans and corporate debt investments; whereby adequate analysis and due diligence can be introduced and rolled out to support the overall investment philosophy and appetite.

Requirements

The client will look to hire a seasoned risk specialist from an MBA and/or CFA background coupled with a degree from a reputable “red brick” university. The candidate shall be able to demonstrate a career background from a Tier 1 investment organisation with exposure to an international money-market centre. The successful candidate will possess up to 10 years of experience, within a hands-on risk management and/or investment analysis based position, coupled with an in-depth focus across a broad range of asset classes. The client envisages hiring a candidate from an asset management firm, a sovereign wealth fund or a global macro hedge fund operator; whereby experience and product knowledge can be easily transitioned and introduced to their platform and operation. The candidate shall be expected to deliver a demonstrable track record across financial and credit analysis, along with a detailed knowledge, across a range of financial structures and products. These technicalities shall be closely assessed during the selection process; to ensure the strongest applicants are selected. In conjunction, the nature of the client requires a candidate who is highly driven and focused on long-term career goals whilst seeing this opportunity within a leading UAE and Abu Dhabi institution.

About the Company

The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.

Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.

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