Associate - Asset Based Finance

Company Description

Indago Capital focuses on bespoke opportunities within the asset-based finance markets. Our mission is to deliver differentiated and strong risk-adjusted returns for our clients, and provide creative financing solutions to our counterparties. We invest in both private and public markets across various specialty finance sectors, including mortgage finance, consumer finance, and business finance. We engage in asset purchases, loan purchases, financing solutions, and platform investments. Indago Capital has long-term committed capital across insurance and opportunistic credit mandates, sourcing and structuring capital-efficient investments for our insurance clients. We are headquartered in New York.

Role Description

This is a full-time motivated, entrepreneurial on-site role for an Associate located in Gurugram. The Associate will be responsible for analyzing financial data, performing due diligence, assisting in structuring and executing investment transactions, and supporting portfolio management activities.

Responsibilities:

• Build and analyze asset-based and corporate financial models
• Stratify and compute historical loan performance based on loan tapes
• Draft investment memos and prepare due diligence checklists
• Monitor and report on portfolio performance and asset management
• Conduct market, borrower, and macroeconomic research
• Develop scalable data analytics and automation tools
• Collaborate on live deal execution and pipeline management

Basic Qualifications:

• Postgraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or quantitativefield, CFA or similar
• 1-4 years of experience in asset-based finance acrossmortgage, consumer, corporate, or specialty finance
• Strong financial analysis, financial modeling, valuation and due diligence skills
• Experience in investment transactions and portfolio management
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial databases

Preferred Qualification:

?Prior buyside or sellside experience focused on Private Asset-Based Finance, Structured Credit, Specialty Finance, or other Securitized Products

?Knowledge of Asset-Backed Securities (ABS), Residential and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS/CMBS), Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs), or similar products

?Proficiency in data analysis and statistical modeling using SQL, Python, and/or R

?Familiarity with documentation used in securitized transactions including Loan Sale Agreements, Credit Agreements, Servicing Agreements, and Indentures a plus

?Familiarity with interest rate products a plus

?Familiarity with platforms such as Intex, Bloomberg a plus

?Ideal candidates should be able to create institutional quality presentations materials for the Investment Committee or Investor Marketing books