Blackstone Credit & Insurance – Chief Investment Office, Portfolio Management, Senior Associate

Business Unit Description:

Blackstone Credit & Insurance (“BXCI”) is one of the world’s leading credit investors. Our investments span the credit markets, including private investment grade, asset based lending, public investment grade and high yield, sustainable resources, infrastructure debt, collateralized loan obligations, direct lending and opportunistic credit. We seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for institutional and individual investors by offering companies capital needed to strengthen and grow their businesses. BXCI is also a leading provider of investment management services for insurers, helping those companies better deliver for policyholders through our world-class capabilities in investment grade private credit.

Job Title:

Senior Associate

Job Description:              

The Portfolio Management Senior Associate will work within the BXCI Chief Investment Office to manage all aspects of private & public credit investing for BXCI’s Multi-Asset Credit Platform, with a specific focus on BXCI’s multi-asset credit retail & private funds.

The main areas of responsibility include:

• Portfolio Construction Research
  • Developing strategic asset allocation approach for multi-asset strategies subject to specific portfolio objectives and constraints
  • Assisting with research on tactical asset allocation factors and development of allocation signals

• Asset Class Research
  • Conducting research across private & public credit markets, including collaborating with dedicated sector investment teams to maintain real-time views on asset class characteristics and performance drivers
  • Contributing to firm-wide asset class reviews and development of sector views

• Portfolio Management
  • Partnering with asset class investment teams to implement strategic and tactical asset allocation decisions, including evaluating deployment opportunities in furtherance of overall portfolio objectives
  • Monitoring asset class valuations, market structure, and macro conditions to contribute to positioning recommendations
  • Assisting with management of fund liquidity, balance sheet positioning, and tracking of capital inflow / deployment pipeline
  • Developing and maintaining portfolio models, performance & risk analytics, and other relevant monitoring / reporting tools.

Qualifications:                                 

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, have sound judgement and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition to strong analytical skills, the successful candidate should have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or similar discipline (CFA or CAIA a plus)
• 5+ years of relevant investment experience (cross-asset investing and / or asset allocation experience a plus)
• Strong technical, analytical, financial modeling, and quantitative skills
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and keen attention to detail
• A strong work ethic, professional integrity, and a positive attitude
• Highly self-motivated and intelligent with the ability to work effectively in a team environment; proactive and takes initiative
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$150,000 - $200,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual’s experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.