Portfolio Analyst - Structured Finance
Stage 1 Financial
Salary undisclosed
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Description
COMPANY OVERVIEW
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries.
THE TEAM
The Portfolio Monitoring Unit (PMU) plays a central role in the ongoing management and oversight of KKR’s ABF investments. The team is responsible for performance analytics, transaction modelling, valuation, and strategic optimisation across a growing portfolio of 200+ deals. Operating across a wide range of asset types and industries, the PMU team supports both institutional and insurance-related mandates.
Headquartered in Dublin, with team members in London and Gurugram, the ABF PMU team has grown to 13 investment professionals. As part of the business’s strategic expansion, KKR has launched a rapidly growing High Grade ABF platform. This business focuses on public and private ABF investments primarily in the investment grade or near-investment grade space.
We are now hiring an Analyst/ Associate to help manage this portfolio, with an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a key strategic initiative at KKR.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Proactive monitoring of the performance of public and private ABF transactions, including regular engagement with servicers and originators.
- Preparation of quarterly portfolio reviews and participation in Investment Committee presentations.
- Financial modelling, conducting scenario and sensitivity analyses.
- Maintaining performance data and risk metrics within KKR’s internal portfolio management systems.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with Investor Relations, Risk, ESG, and other teams on reporting, investor materials, and ad hoc portfolio requests.
- Coordinating with third-party valuation agents to support valuations of private transactions.
- Identifying underperforming or high-risk assets and supporting trade or repositioning recommendations.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- ~3+ years of relevant experience in credit risk, structured finance, ABF/securitisation, transaction services, leasing, restructuring, or a rating agency.
- A proven ability to quickly absorb new information and a commitment to learning new asset classes and analytical tools.
- Direct experience with ABF, structured credit, or secured lending is highly advantageous.
- Familiarity with tools such as Excel, Intex, Bloomberg, Tableau/PowerBI, and FactSet is beneficial.
- A strong academic background, ideally in a quantitative or finance-related discipline.
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly.
- A self-starter mindset, with the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Solid understanding of financial statements, cash flow modelling, and deal structuring.
- Strong written communication and presentation skills.
#LI-ONSITE
KKR is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by applicable law.
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Benefits
- stock options
About this role
KKR's Portfolio Monitoring Unit in Dublin is expanding its High Grade ABF platform and seeking an Analyst or Associate to monitor and support a rapidly growing portfolio of public and private asset-backed finance transactions. You'd work within a 13-person team spread across Dublin, London, and Gurugram, taking on performance analytics, financial modelling, valuation coordination, and quarterly reporting across 200+ deals spanning multiple asset classes and industries. The role involves regular engagement with servicers and originators, scenario analysis, maintaining portfolio data in internal systems, and collaborating with teams across Investor Relations, Risk, and ESG to identify underperforming assets and support repositioning decisions.
This position suits someone with roughly three or more years in structured finance, credit risk, ABF, securitisation, transaction services, or rating agency work—ideally with direct ABF or structured credit experience. You'll need strong quantitative skills, proficiency with Excel and ideally tools like Intex, Bloomberg, and Tableau or PowerBI, and the ability to absorb new asset classes quickly. A finance or quantitative academic background, solid grasp of financial statements and cash flow modelling, and clear communication skills are essential, as is a self-starter mentality to thrive in a dynamic environment.
This is a full-time, in-office role based in Dublin. It offers the chance to contribute to a strategically important initiative within a major global investment firm during a period of platform expansion.
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