Senior Associate, BXCI Origination

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram

Job Description:

The position will offer exposure across our 1) private credit strategies, which include performing and opportunistic credit investing 2) sustainable resource investing, which includes renewable energy, infrastructure and investment grade debt, and 3) asset backed financing, which includes private and public securitised structures. The role will include both private equity style and credit focused due diligence and analysis.

Senior Associates are generalists and participate in all aspects of projects and can expect to work on a number of assignments at one time. Due to the relatively small size of the professional staff, deal teams are typically small. Senior Associates are therefore expected to assume important and integral roles in the screening, analysing and structuring of investment opportunities, as well as regularly attend client and internal meetings, negotiations, and due diligence sessions.

Responsibilities:

Typically, work will include private-equity style due diligence and financial analysis, modelling, research, competitive analysis and benchmarking, development of presentations, assistance in the execution of transactions, and drafting of investment memoranda. As well as being involved in specific investment processes, candidates will help lead individual research projects, focused on either specific industries or companies.

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

The successful candidate must have:

• 4-8 years of experience in private credit (direct lending, asset backed financing, and infrastructure finance) within top-tier alternative asset managers and/or top-tier investment banks
• Understanding of both private equity style and credit focused due diligence, modelling and analysis
• Comfortable with screening and structuring potential investments and being involved in due diligence meetings
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Professional fluency of English is required for global internal communication
• Strong communication skills with experience operating effectively across both regional and global team environments
• Bachelor degree or above in Management, Economics, or Finance. Focus on Corporate Finance is a plus.
• Strong academic track record