Oaktree Capital Group, LLC

Assistant Vice President, Pricing & Valuation (Private Equity & Private Credit)

Oaktree Capital Group, LLC$160K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of valuation experience in appraisal, Big 4, or financial advisory firms
  • Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
  • Strong financial modeling capabilities
  • Experience in team management
  • Ability to prioritize competing tasks independently

Responsibilities

  • Manage quarterly valuation review for 100+ private credit and equity investments
  • Supervise and guide analysts and managers in preparing valuations
  • Coordinate third-party valuation reviews for securities
  • Liaise with investment teams on valuation methodologies
  • Collaborate with multiple departments to execute the valuation process
  • Serve as ASC 820 subject matter expert, ensuring compliance
  • Prepare ad hoc analyses and market research for senior management
  • Identify process improvements for the valuation function

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with a diverse international team across U.S., Europe, and Asia
  • Engagement in complex valuation issues related to private credit and equity
  • Involvement with a prestigious firm known for financial integrity
  • Support for professional development through advanced valuation practices
  • Collaborative work culture with multiple departments and external partners
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

The individual's primary responsibility will be to work as part of the Oaktree's valuation team and assist with valuation of portfolio assets within Oaktree's private credit, private equity funds and other funds in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
  • Manage the quarterly valuation review process for 100+ private credit and private equity investments, ensuring timely completion, data integrity, and compliance with ASC 820 and financial reporting requirements.
  • Supervise analysts and managers responsible for preparing quarterly portfolio valuations, providing technical guidance, reviewing work products, and ensuring adherence to valuation policies and deadlines.
  • Coordinate third-party valuation reviews for private debt/private equity securities, performing first-level reviews of valuation models, key assumptions, and legal agreements to validate complex waterfall distribution methodologies.
  • Liaise with investment teams to review valuation methodologies and proposed marks, facilitating discussions and escalating complex valuation matters to senior management as appropriate.
  • Partner with Investment, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Legal, offshore teams, external auditors, and third-party valuation firms to execute the quarterly valuation process, resolve issues, and support financial reporting.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on ASC 820, providing technical guidance, reviewing complex valuation matters, and supporting compliance with fair value accounting requirements.
  • Prepare ad hoc valuation analyses, market research, and reporting to support senior management, and strategic business initiatives.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency, consistency, and quality of the private valuation function.


Qualifications
  • 8+ years of valuation experience within valuation/appraisal, Big 4, or another financial advisory firm.
  • Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English
  • Strong modeling experience.
  • Experience managing a team.
  • Ability to manage tasks with competing priorities and deadlines, and self-initiating other value-added tasks.

Personal Attributes
  • The successful candidate must have great organizational skills and be able to handle complicated work efficiently and effectively
  • The candidate must take the initiative to ask questions and detect problems
  • He/ She must be a team player and demonstrate a strong work ethic
  • The successful candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.


Education

A Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance or Economics. Master's degree a plus. CFA holder a plus

About Oaktree Capital Group, LLC

Oaktree Capital Group, LLC is a global investment management firm specializing in alternative investment strategies. The firm was founded in 1995 by a group of individuals who had been investing together since the mid-1980s in high yield bonds, convertible securities, distressed debt, real estate, control investments and listed equities. Oaktree has more than 950 employees and offices in 19 cities worldwide. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in distressed debt, corporate debt (including high yield debt and senior loans), control investing, convertible securities, real estate and listed equities. Oaktree's clients include 75 of the 100 largest U.S. pension plans, more than 400 corporations around the world, and over 350 endowments and foundations globally.
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