Senior Vice President/Managing Director

Our Company

Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with over $200 billion in assets under management. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities.  The firm has over 1400 employees and offices in 24 cities worldwide. 

We are committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.

For additional information please visit our website at www.oaktreecapital.com.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Co-Heads of Sourcing and Origination, the successful candidate will be an integral member of the sourcing and origination team with a variety of broad responsibilities. Importantly, this individual will be responsible for originating, driving, and executing private credit solutions through the investment banking and direct lending community. The individual will operate seamlessly across all credit strategies at Oaktree. While the critical emphasis of this role will be a primary liaison for our credit strategies across the investment bank and direct lending ecosystem, he/she will also seek to originate opportunities directly with companies based on discussions with the investment banks.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Manage operational processes for executing debt and equity investments.    

• Maintain and originate relationships with financial institutions and competitors

• Collaborate with the investment team on deal-specific structuring/issues.

• Support fundraising, operational due diligence, and on-going communication with investors.

• Constantly improve and develop best practices for all aspects of financial and capital markets. 

• Monitor and maintain the highest level of controls, procedures and infrastructure.

• Drive financial discipline, accountability and a culture of continuous improvement and scalability.

• Ensure that effective internal controls, policies and procedures are in place and are operating to safeguard assets.

Qualifications

• The successful candidate will be an experienced capital markets professional. S/he should bring a strong track record from a global investment manager with multiple strategies and business lines. The individual will also have strong execution experience with exemplary debt, lender, and banking relationships ideally with exposure to M&A activity.

• Additional professional experience and competencies include but are not limited to the following:

• Minimum of 10 - 15 years of relevant work experience working in an institutional setting, preferably within a global investment management firm with focus on capital markets.

• Knowledgeable and experienced in capital markets, finance, tax, treasury functions and operational support of Oaktree services.

• Innovative self-starter with passion for and proficiency in maintaining productivity and efficiencies in the capital markets, investments and finance areas.

• Collaborative team player comfortable working seamlessly across functional business lines. 

• High degree of emotional intelligence: able to work constructively with a diverse array of internal and external constituencies. 

• Strong executive presence and strategic mindset.

Setting Strategy

• The ability to create and articulate an inspiring vision for the organization, not only for the areas s/he is directly responsible for, but the enterprise as a whole.

• The inclination to seek and analyze data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organization's overall strategy.

• An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas.

• The ability to effectively balance the desire/need for broad change with an understanding of how much change the organization is capable of handling, to create realistic goals and implement plans that are achievable and successful.

Executing for Results

• The ability to set clear and challenging goals while committing the organization to improved performance; tenacious and accountable in driving results.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to adapt nimbly and lead others through complex situations.

• A risk-taker who seeks data and input from others to foresee possible threats or unintended circumstances from decisions; someone who takes calculated risks.

• A leader who is viewed by others as having a high degree of integrity and forethought in his/her approach to making decisions; the ability to act in a transparent and consistent manner while always taking into account what is best for the organization.

Relationships and Influence

• Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.

• An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in his/her beliefs, and active drive.

• Creates a sense of purpose/meaning for the team that generates followership beyond his/her own personality and engages others with the greater purpose of the organization as a whole.

Education

Bachelor’s degree required.

Base Salary Range
$275,000-$300,000

In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives, a comprehensive benefits package and a flexible work arrangement.  The base salary offered will be commensurate with experience and/or qualifications, industry knowledge and expertise, as well as prior training and education.

Equal Opportunity Employment Policy

Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors. Staff members wishing to report violations or suspected violations of this policy should contact the head of their department or Human Resources.

For positions based in Los Angeles

For those applying for a position in the city of Los Angeles, the firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.