CLO Administration Specialist

Alcentra is owned by Franklin Templeton, a diversified firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. With clients in over 150 countries and offices on six continents, you’ll get exposed to different cultures, people, and business development happening around the world.

Alcentra operates independently as a Specialist Investment Manager and is headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Boston, Tokyo and Hong Kong. We are a leading, global asset management firm specializing in the sub-investment grade debt markets, experts in credit management, private credit, and structured credit strategies. Our investors include pension funds, insurance companies, government agencies, banks, wealth managers and high net worth individuals.

Visit www.alcentra.com to learn more who we are. 

The successful applicant will work in this high-achieving team that strives to deliver best-in-class service in everything that they do, with a specific focus on efficiency and value-add to the business. We cover all aspects of a CLO lifecycle including Warehousing, Closing, Effective Date Reporting, Interest Payment Dates and Resets. The team currently consists of 3 London-based and 2 Poznan-based CLO operations professionals.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of CLO Administration Specialist?

Daily Verifications

• checking of individual portfolio par and cash changes to ensure deal values are correct for start of day operations. Liaising with back office and internal teams to resolve any discrepancies as a priority

• validation of rating changes at issuer and asset level for Moody’s, S&P and Fitch

• monitoring and validation of spreads and other asset attribute changes, or missing information 

• monitoring of CLO compliance test results in the Order Management System (OMS)

Investor Reporting

• preparation of monthly CLO investor reports, working directly with the CLO Trustee to tie-out par, cash and test results – Coverage, Collateral Quality and Portfolio Profile Tests

• population of report checklists in preparation for report review and sign off

• delivery of report commentary to Trustee

• maintenance of internal deal calendar and report tracker to track report due dates and progress to timely report publication

Data Integrity

• review and resolve past due receivables, cash discrepancies and unapplied wires

• aged trade reviews

• monitoring of corporate actions and asset restructurings; working with the Front Office, Backoffice and Custodial teams to ensure they are processed accurately and timely.

Deal Management and Support

• assist in the preparation and issuance of CLO warehouse drawdown requests

• review of deal documentation including Offering Memorandums

• assist with regulatory reporting and audits. 

• tracking of deal expenses and liaison with service providers

• providing support for London colleagues including the calculation and provision of portfolio statistics, ad-hoc reporting and general requests

• participate in initiatives and projects related to the growth and improvement of the CLO platform and the wider business.

What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?

• 4+ years’ experience working with CLOs, or in a structured finance environment, with a sound knowledge of loans and bonds

• a degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics is preferred

• a high degree of proficiency in Excel

• reliable, personable, and hardworking with an ability to master new processes quickly

• excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with internal teams and external service providers

• willingness to ‘dig into the detail’ and support the team with a hands-on approach

• excellent attention to detail and ability to analyse complex data sets accurately

• a flexible team player who can work on multiple tasks simultaneously and meet challenging deadlines