Portfolio & Trading Assistant Position Available In Miami-Dade, Florida

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Company:
Arena Investors, Lp
Salary:
JobFull-timeOnsite

Job Description

Arena Investors, LP is a global investment management firm that seeks to generate attractive risk adjusted, consistent and uncorrelated returns by employing a fundamentals based, asset-oriented financing and investing strategy across the entire credit/equity spectrum in areas where conventional sources of capital are scarce. Arena is looking to expand the PIPEs/Event-Driven/Arbitrage team through the addition of a Portfolio/Trading Assistant. In this role, this individual will work with the Portfolio Manager. Ideal candidates will be organized, self-motivated, resourceful and able to work effectively with all internal functional groups.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide oversight of existing trading positions, conversion/warrant levels, and target levels.
  • Provide real-time analysis of target universe of current/potential investments.
  • Maintain credit risk and market risk analysis spreadsheets.
  • Monitor news flow for any updates on investments, potential investments, industries, etc.
  • Listen to relevant conference calls (deal announcements, earnings, sell-side analysis, expert calls) and attend conferences to enhance our investment research processes.
  • Develop reporting tools to update Portfolio Manager intraday.
  • Create and maintain various screening tools for potential investment opportunities.
  • Maintain multiple outreach campaigns to target companies for potential investment opportunities.
  • Assist in creating investment memos to be presented to the Investment Committee for approval to allocate capital to various investment opportunities.
  • Assist in structuring transactions, negotiations and closing PIPE deals.
  • Work with operations, legal, financial and accounting teams on process management, diligence, identifying errors, etc.

Requirements The individual will have demonstrated an ability to work in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment with an ability to think broadly about the business, incorporating continual improvement of processes and procedures with a goal of excellence while focusing on accuracy and efficiency.

  • BA (or equivalent) with finance, accounting, economic or quantitative focus
  • Experience with merger arb/relative value trading/analysis or direct lending/PIPEs
  • Ability to execute basic equity/credit/bond transactions
  • Basic risk arbitrage analytics maintenance
  • Knowledge of convertibles, bonds, bank debts, CDS, derivatives, options, etc.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • 1-2 years PIPEs/trading experience
  • Experience with Excel Macros or other computer science based automation is a plus

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