Analyst, Portfolio Management

Plexus Capital is seeking an Analyst for our Portfolio Management team, which focuses on portfolio monitoring, investment valuations, analytics, and restructurings.

Responsibilities

The Portfolio Management Analyst will be responsible for day-to-day activities that assist Plexus with monitoring and managing its structured credit and buyout funds. The position requires strong accounting and finance experience, working knowledge of the private credit and private equity, strong organizational and analytical skills, as well as the ability to build rapport with internal stakeholders and service providers. This position also requires the ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively across various levels of management.

Position is based in Plexus’ Raleigh, NC headquarters.

Portfolio Management

• Work closely with the Deal Execution team across Private Credit and Private Equity strategies, including allocation of deals, co-investment processes, funding mechanics and post-closing work streams.

• Actively monitor investments, paydowns, exits and amendments, and review credit agreements for each to establish and maintain relevant deal data and covenant and associated compliance reporting by portfolio companies.

• Maintain interest rate adjustments, risk ratings, compliance covenants, cash flow and amendment tracking schedules across the portfolio.

• Monitor interest collections and transaction-related financing covenants to ensure compliance with applicable thresholds.

• Closely monitor financial package reporting from portfolio companies and maintain status updates.

• Manage credit watchlist and work with portfolio and deal teams in instances of underperformance, assist with workout matters and identify and execute resolution strategy.

Valuations

• Liaise with core constituencies including deal professionals, Operations and Finance team, portfolio companies and third-party valuation service providers to prepare and review materials, inputs and assumptions for quarterly valuations.

Information Management

• Assist with onboarding process for new portfolio investments with deal team and portfolio companies and ensure proper data collection procedures are in place in Plexus systems.

• Design and develop high quality reporting for internal and external consumption.

• Leverage data to analyze and further enhance firm’s early warning systems and analytical capabilities.

• Assist in management of structured document repository.

Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Analyze complex financial information to provide meaningful, accurate, and timely financial and performance reporting on the portfolio to the Plexus Board of Advisors and other senior stakeholders for decision-making purposes.

• Assist the preparation and delivery of quarterly fund advisory board, fund leverage compliance and portfolio review presentation materials to effectively communicate results of portfolio performance.

• Assist the Operations and Finance team with the annual audit process, together with the Fund CFO, for all private credit and equity funds, including valuations and portfolio company financial statements.

• Assist in the preparation of investor reporting and diligence requests responses as needed.

Qualifications

Education and Certificates

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance or related fields.

Professional Experience

• 1-3 years related industry experience.

• Big 4 accounting/audit experience, experience working at a private credit or private equity sponsor, or related operational, financial or portfolio management role preferred.

• Experience coordinating and reviewing private equity and private credit quarterly valuation methodologies and/or a credit background with extensive financial statement analysis.

• Working with disparate data sets in an analytical capacity to draw conclusions on portfolio performance.

Competencies & Attributes

• Self-starter and a highly motivated individual.

• Strong interpersonal skills a must.

• Candidate must possess strong organizational skills and be extremely detail-oriented.

• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team and successfully manage multiple responsibilities under strict deadlines.

• Advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerBI (or similar tool), as well as proficiency in PowerPoint, Word and SalesForce, a plus.

• Comfortable working with large disparate data sets and analytically minded. Candidate must have experience analyzing and extracting key updates on trends and portfolio KPIs.

• Ability and openness to understanding operational, accounting, and legal aspects of investments.

• Comfortable operating in an entrepreneurial environment.