Loan Monitoring Analyst

Reports to: Dual reporting to CFOs of Serengeti Asset Management and Rochefort Management

About the Team

Serengeti Asset Management is an opportunistic, value-driven investment firm that provides flexible capital solutions for innovative private companies and their shareholders. We invest in and build financing platforms for assets often ignored or underserved by other, more traditional capital sources. Our capital solutions seek to address complex situations through structure and creativity.

Your role will align with Rochefort Management at the firm, a joint venture with Hayman Capital. Rochefort is a private credit Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) specializing in providing capital to small businesses operating in Critical Technology industries. We invest $3M–$100M in companies that may not meet traditional bank lending criteria but have commercially validated products ready to scale.

As a Loan Monitoring Analyst at Rochefort, you will be key in evaluating and monitoring direct lending investments, working directly with CEOs, company principals, and senior investment professionals. This role offers hands-on exposure to the post initial investment lifecycle, from deal closing to portfolio management to investment exit.

Key Responsibilities

Investment Closing

• Work with research team, company management, lawyers, agent and finance team/fund administrator on investment closing including flow of funds, executed investment closing documents, post-closing requirements and investment files to ensure proper completion and documentation of investment closing process.

Investment Analysis and Monitoring

• Organize and maintain loan monitoring files.
• Review and evaluate borrower reporting information.
• Analyze financial statements, budgets to actual results, cash activity, tax returns and MD&A from company management and other loan monitoring findings to formulate clear, actionable recommendations and convey potential operational, strategic and legal risks to senior leadership.
• Synthesize industry data, macroeconomic trends, and company-specific insights to understand investment risk and opportunity.
• Facilitate regular interaction with borrower management regarding financial results and risks, financial plan and risks and affirmative and negative covenants to ensure thorough investment evaluation .
• Prepare and organize presentations, checklists and supporting documentation for senior internal leadership, internal files, and external stakeholders.
• Assist in the waiver of covenants, restructuring and negotiation of amendments to investment terms as needed.
• Assist with regulatory filings pertaining to the asset portfolio.

Financial Modeling & Valuation

• Understand detailed financial models to analyze and monitor potential investments and value such investments for accounting and other purposes, incorporating various valuation methodologies, including:

–   Discounted cash flow

–   Comparable company analysis

–   Precedent transaction Analysis

• Construct independent growth and profitability forecasts, triangulating data beyond management-prepared projections.

Investment Performance

• Oversee agent for accuracy of interest payments, amortization payments and exit proceeds.
• Track key performance data (debt to EV, ARR, etc.) at Underwriting and Current for direct lending positions to support investor relations with Quarterly and Year-End Investment Letters and Reports for direct lending investments.
• Compute IRR/MOIC for individual direct lending investments.

Who You Are

• 2-5 years of experience at a commercial bank or similar institution managing assets, ideally middle market secured loan.
• A highly analytical thinker with strong financial analysis and organizational skills.
• Able to synthesize financial and non-financial data into clear, actionable investment insights.
• A proactive, detail-oriented professional with strong communication, documentation and presentation abilities.
• You enjoy building authentic working relationships with team members and external stakeholders.
• You are able to work independently to some extent and demonstrate a positive and solution-oriented demeanor in the face of complexity.
• Passionate about private credit, technology investments, and working directly with company leadership.