Associate Investment Manager – Structured Credit & Asset-Backed Portfolio in London

Location: London

Job Type: Permanent / Full-time

Company: Omni Bridgeway

About Omni Bridgeway: Omni Bridgeway Limited is a publicly listed company on the ASX (ASX:OBL) and a global leader in legal finance, with professionals around the world managing a diversified portfolio of legal assets. We work with individual claimants, law firms, corporations, sovereigns and multilateral institutions, assessing investment and enforcement opportunities across Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the UK and the US.

About the Role: The Associate Investment Manager role sits within the asset-backed / structured credit strategy, which invests in secured facilities collateralised by large, structured portfolios of consumer and corporate legal claims, where the underlying asset is the contingent legal receivable arising from individual litigations. The Associate Investment Manager supports the Portfolio Manager across the full investment lifecycle: actively monitoring live investments against modelled returns, key assumptions and deal covenants; building and maintaining financial models; assisting with underwriting and structuring new transactions. The role combines active portfolio management, structured-credit analysis, financial modelling, legal and economic assessment, counterparty and defendant credit-risk analysis, and deal structuring and negotiation. It requires strong commercial judgement, and clear, accurate written and oral communication with internal stakeholders, external investors and counterparties. The Associate Investment Manager will continue to deepen their understanding of legal finance, structured credit and risk management within the context of the role and investment strategy.

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Asset Management and Monitoring: Monitor and manage live investments against modelled returns, key assumptions, borrowing-base / advance-rate tests and deal covenants, identifying variances and escalating issues on a timely basis. Track portfolio performance, cash collections, waterfall and cash-sweep mechanics, and maintain watchlist, impairment and fair-value assessments in conjunction with the Finance team. Provide instructions and act consistently with the relevant facility documentation; review amendments, waivers and settlement or enforcement decisions with a view to protecting Omni Bridgeway’s position. Maintain robust records, data and management information to support accurate internal and external reporting.
• Reporting: Prepare and contribute to reporting to internal stakeholders, fund investors, and management, including performance updates, portfolio analytics and ad-hoc analyses. Support the Capital Formation team with investor-facing materials and queries relating to the strategy and portfolio, where required. Monitor relevant legal, regulatory and macroeconomic developments across applicable jurisdictions and assess their impact on the portfolio.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Work constructively with the Portfolio Manager, Investment Managers, Pricing & Structuring, Finance and Capital Formation teams, adopting a ‘team-first’ mindset. Build and maintain strong relationships with external counsel, borrowers, brokers and other counterparties. Contribute to internal meetings, knowledge management and the development of reusable analytical frameworks and templates; support and guide junior colleagues as appropriate. Uphold confidentiality and compliance obligations at all times.

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Underwriting and Origination Support: Conduct legal, financial and economic analysis of new investment opportunities, including assessment of claim merits, the relevant legal and regulatory framework, and routes to monetisation or recovery. Perform counterparty and defendant credit-risk analysis, including assessment of borrower and obligor creditworthiness, capital adequacy, provisioning and ability to satisfy claims. Build, maintain and stress-test financial models covering fair value modelling, Monte Carlo analysis, scenario modelling and analysis, cohort/vintage performance, expected loss and recovery curves, cash-flow waterfalls, advance rates and projected returns (IRR, MOIC) - working with the Pricing & Structuring Team. Assist in structuring and negotiating facility terms, return structures, risk-sharing arrangements, covenants and security packages with borrowers, counsel and intermediaries. Prepare due diligence reports and investment committee papers, presenting opportunities, key risks and recommendations clearly and objectively.

Key Technical and Behavioural Competencies:

• Strong structured-credit and quantitative skills, with the ability to build and interrogate detailed financial models and translate analysis into commercial decisions.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency in financial modelling; comfort working with large datasets.
• Sound understanding of legal principles, litigation and recovery processes, and the risks associated with consumer-claims and legal-finance investing.
• Strategic and commercial mindset, with the ability to evaluate risk and make reasoned decisions under conditions of uncertainty.
• Strong negotiation, deal-structuring and stakeholder-management skills.
• Excellent written and oral English, with precise, data-driven and professionally toned drafting.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams to deadline.
• Ethical, personable, proactive and collaborative, with strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.

Required Experience:

• Several years’ relevant experience in structured credit, private credit, asset management, a hedge fund, private equity, or in the banking & finance / structured credit team of a law firm.
• Demonstrable experience in financial modelling, credit analysis and/or deal structuring.
• Experience monitoring or managing a credit or investment portfolio is advantageous.

Required Education and Qualifications:

• A strong degree in a quantitative or analytical discipline - finance, economics, mathematics, physics or engineering.
• A second qualification in law is preferred but not essential.
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CFA) are advantageous.