Credit Analyst: Deals / Investment Associate at Prescient

Purpose of role:

• We are seeking a Credit Analyst with strong transaction origination and execution experience to join our investment team. This is a front-office, deal-driven role where you will work closely with investment professionals on structuring, negotiating, and closing credit and hybrid transactions, while still applying rigorous credit analysis.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Drive end-to-end execution of transactions, including structuring, negotiations, term sheet preparation, and documentation.
• Support origination by identifying and assessing new deal opportunities in private debt, hybrid finance, and project finance.
• Build and refine complex financial models to analyse returns, capital structures, and downside scenarios.
• Lead aspects of due diligence across financial, legal, and operational streams, liaising with advisors and counterparties.
• Prepare high-quality investment committee reports and present recommendations on transaction structures and risks.
• Engage directly with sponsors, management teams, lenders, and legal counsel to progress deals to closing.
• Support portfolio companies and borrowers’ post-investment, ensuring ongoing compliance and performance monitoring.
• Contribute to pipeline development and market coverage, maintaining strong industry and counterparty relationships.

Required experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field (Honours/Master’s preferred).
• 3–6 years’ experience in deal execution within investment banking, private debt, structured finance, corporate lending, or advisory.
• Demonstrated ability to close transactions, including structuring and legal negotiations.
• Advanced financial modelling and structuring expertise.
• Commercially minded with a strong grasp of credit fundamentals and risk assessment.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, with confidence in engaging senior stakeholders and counterparties.
• Ability to thrive in a deal-oriented, fast-paced environment.

Key competencies:

• Ability to generate ideas and think logically.
• Structured work style, attention to detail and accuracy is of the utmost importance.
• Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills oral and written.
• Strong ability to manage complex processes and focus on business outcomes in a complex uncertain environment.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated, driven and results oriented.
• Ability to listen and respond to new ideas, input and diverse perspectives.
• High levels of self-confidence, assertive as well as healthy levels of EQ.
• Must be able to manage workflow on longer-term research projects.
• Energetic problem-solver.
• Ability to demonstrate an advanced degree of technological competence.
• Passionate about investments.