Position Overview
ABOUT APOLLO
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.
OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES
Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:
The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.
The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.
A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.
We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:
Outperform expectations
Challenge Convention
Champion Opportunity
Lead responsibly
Drive collaboration
As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.
OUR BENEFITS
Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family. Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The ideal candidate will collaborate with and support the senior Apollo financials credit analyst, who is part of an internationally diverse, [24]-member team that invests in APAC & Emerging Markets (EM) corporate, financials and sovereign debt. This position requires:
Experience: 2+ years’ experience analyzing the financial statements of banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and non-bank financial companies, including reviewing bond offering documents. Excel skills: Strong Excel skills to build spreadsheets detailing historical financial performance (income statement, balance sheet, liquidity, and regulatory capital), including stress test analysis. LBO modelling is desirable but not mandatory. PowerPoint Skills: Strong PowerPoint skills to support the production of internal and external presentations. Attributes: A self-motivated, detail-oriented, analytical, and self-starter individual capable of developing extensive knowledge of sectors covered. Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with APAC & EM bank and insurance regulations is desirable.
The APAC & EM team bases its investment decisions on credit fundamentals and relative value analysis. Therefore, the position requires previous experience in fundamental credit analysis (bottom-up driven) with a focus on the specific credit skills necessary for understanding banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and non-bank financial companies.
PRIMARY:
The successful candidate will:
Work closely with the team’s senior financials analyst ("Relevant Analyst"), supporting him in the preparation and maintenance of financial models for all issuers covered by the Relevant Analyst. These models include historical financials and key credit metrics.
Collaborate with the Relevant Analyst to build financial forecasts and run stress test analyses for all relevant names using the Apollo’s Common Lens Framework.
Stay updated with news in the sectors covered by the Relevant Analyst and prepare a weekly summary of these news events for the Portfolio Manager.
Assist team members in researching identifying, originating, and execution of private credit transactions.
Have some familiarity with the impact of macroeconomic and political factors on APAC & EM credit investments, reporting these events to the Relevant Analyst as they occur.
Be familiar with bank and insurance regulations in the APAC & EM financials sector.
Prepare earnings update emails for all names covered by the Relevant Analyst.
Assist the Relevant Analyst in preparing credit approval memoranda for new investments and periodic reviews of existing positions.
Support the Relevant Analyst in preparing PowerPoint presentations for new deal screening meetings and for investment committee approval meetings.
Provide other presentation support on an ad hoc basis.
Qualifications & Experience
2+ years’ experience in financials credit research.
Knowledge of:
Bottom-up fundamental credit analysis.
Challenges and opportunities in the broader financials sector, including some knowledge of regulatory regimes in major Asia & Emerging Markets jurisdictions.
Macroeconomics and its impact on corporate credit.
Effective written and oral English communications skills.
Financial Modelling skills required.
Computer Skills: Excel, power point required.
Master’s Degree and/or CFA desirable but not mandatory depending on work experience.
Apollo provides equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, veteran status, gender/sex or sexual orientation, or any other criterion or circumstance protected by applicable law, ordinance, or regulation. The above criteria are intended to be used as a guide only – candidates who do not meet all the above criteria may still be considered if they are deemed to have relevant experience/ equivalent levels of skill or knowledge to fulfil the requirements of the role. Any job offer will be conditional upon and subject to satisfactory reference and background screening checks, all necessary corporate and regulatory approvals or certifications as required from time to time, and entering into definitive contractual documentation satisfactory to Apollo.