Vice President, Direct Lending

Overview

Marathon is a New York-based global investment advisor with over $22 billion of capital under management. The firm was founded in 1998 and is managed by Bruce Richards (Co-Founder & CEO) and Louis Hanover (Co-Founder & CIO) and employs more than 180 professionals, with 9 Partners that includes Christine Chartouni, Jason Friedman, Jeff Jacob, Jamie Raboy, Andy Springer, Gaby Szpigiel. Its corporate headquarters are in New York City, and it has offices in London, Tokyo, Miami, Los Angeles, and Luxembourg. Marathon is a Registered Investment Adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.marathonfund.com.

Responsibilities

Vice Presidents work closely with the origination and underwriting team to assist with sourcing, underwriting and closing Direct Lending transactions.  The team is seeking a candidate to join the New York team with the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Support team in identifying, analyzing and executing Direct Lending investments
• Lead all stages of the investment process for new investment opportunities, including:
  • Prepare detailed investment committee memorandums
  • Build detailed financial models
  • Perform extensive due diligence
  • Conduct industry deep dives
  • Liaise with sponsors and third party advisors
  • Review legal documentation
  • Present opportunities to senior investment professionals
  • Participate in frequent calls with key management executives, industry experts, law firms, and sell-side/buy-side network to continually evaluate business strategy and company outlook
  • Ongoing monitoring of portfolio investments

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from top tier university
• 4 - 6 years of experience preferred in investment banking, consulting, private credit or private equity
• Demonstrated strong work ethic, commitment to excellence, and unquestionable integrity
• Highly motivated self-starter who is coachable; willing to embrace a collaborative firm culture
• Superb written, verbal, and interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Strong quantitative and financial modeling skills
• Analytically strong and intellectually inquisitive

The average salary for this role $150,000-$175,000 in base pay and is exclusive of any bonuses or benefits.  The base pay offered will be determined based on your experience, location, skills, training, certifications and education, and in addition we will also consider internal equity and market data.  We do not anticipate that candidates hired will begin at the top of the range however, from time to time, it may occur on a case by case basis. 

No agencies please

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V