Blue Owl

Liquid Credit, Portfolio Analytics / Portfolio Optimization (CLO) – Vice President / Principal

Blue Owl$200K — $250K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in structured finance, credit, or related fields.
  • 3-7 years of CLO experience, preferably in various roles like collateral manager or middle office.
  • Strong knowledge of CLO structures and ability to interpret governing documents.
  • Expertise in advanced Excel including Power Query and VBA, with a focus on large datasets.
  • Familiarity with AI tools for data synthesis and analysis, particularly for portfolio management.
  • Hands-on experience with common CLO and loan/Cash flow tools like Intex and Bloomberg.
  • Proficiency in SQL/Python for automation and analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Produce and maintain daily/weekly portfolio reports and KPIs for PMs and traders.
  • Ensure data integrity by reconciling inputs from various reports and systems.
  • Track and flag potential CLO compliance and structural issues.
  • Conduct hypothetical trade analysis and assess impacts on various tests and constraints.
  • Collaborate with PMs to generate optimization and liquidity management ideas.
  • Support new processes with trade testing and reporting for warehouse requirements.
  • Design automated workflows for data cleaning and integration, reducing manual tasks.

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedule from Monday to Thursday in the office.
  • Opportunities for discretionary bonuses based on performance.
  • Access to advanced analytics tools and technologies.
Full Job Description
This role is in office Monday to Thursday. The Role We are seeking a high-output 7athlete8 to sit at the intersection of portfolio management, trading, and structured credit, owning analytics and tooling that improve portfolio construction, monitoring, and trade decision-making across our CLO platform. This person will build and automate Excel- and dashboard-based analytics, data-mine large datasets, run hypothetical trade and test analysis, and support relative value / peer comparisons vs other managers and vehicles. Responsibilities Portfolio monitoring & daily/weekly analytics 9 Produce and maintain daily/weekly portfolio snapshots, dashboards, and KPI packs for PMs/traders (exposures, concentrations, collateral quality, tests, price/rating moves, watchlist signals). 9 Reconcile inputs across trustee reports, internal systems, and market data; ensure data integrity and 7one version of truth.8 9 Track CLO compliance tests and structural triggers; proactively flag potential issues before they become binding constraints. Optimization, trade support & scenario analysis 9 Run pro-forma / hypothetical trade analysis and communicate impacts on OC/IC tests, WARF/WAS/WARF cushion, concentrations, CCC buckets, and other indenture constraints. 9 Partner with PMs and trading to propose optimization ideas (relative value, risk reduction, par build, liquidity management). 9 Support new issue, reset, refi, and warehouse ramp processes with reporting/tie-outs and trade testing. Tooling, automation & data mining 9 Build, enhance, and automate Excel-based portfolio tools (Power Query, Pivot/Power Pivot, advanced formulas, VBA where helpful) and/or integrate with BI dashboards. 9 Design repeatable workflows for ingesting, cleaning, and mapping large datasets (loan terms, ratings, pricing, exposures, test data) and reducing manual steps. Peer / manager comparisons & investor analytics 9 Create benchmarking views to compare portfolios vs peer managers/vehicles (risk posture, quality metrics, concentrations, tail risk, trading cadence, performance drivers) and respond to ad hoc investor and internal questions quickly with data. Stakeholder management 9 Act as a connective hub across PMs, trading, operations/middle office, legal/structuring, and tech/data teams to ensure analytics are accurate, scalable, and decision-useful. Qualifications 9 7+ years of total professional experience within structured finance, credit, or related fields. 9 3-7 years of direct CLO experience, ideally in a collateral manager, trustee, auditor, middle office, ratings, structuring/trading support, or valuation seat. 9 Strong understanding of CLO structures and portfolio test mechanics; ability to interpret governing docs and translate into a model/checklist. 9 Advanced Microsoft Excel: large dataset manipulation, modeling, automation (Power Query/Power Pivot preferred; VBA helpful). 9 Utilized AI tools (e.g., Claude) to aggregate and analyze unstructured data, supporting portfolio construction, stress testing, and ongoing risk surveillance. 9 Experience leveraging AI tools (including Anthropics Claude) to synthesize large datasets, automate research workflows, and enhance decisionmaking. 9 Proven experience producing portfolio reporting (weekly/monthly/quarterly) and reconciling trustee / system outputs. 9 Strong written/verbal communication1 can synthesize complex trade/test impacts into clear 7so what8 recommendations. 9 Hands-on with common CLO / loan / cashflow tooling (Intex, CDO Suite/Solvas, WSO, Nexus, Bloomberg data extraction). 9 SQL and/or Python for data processing, automation, and repeatable analytics. 9 BI/dashboard experience (e.g., Power BI) and ability to publish executive-ready views and self-serve analytics. 9 Experience building internal tools/reports specifically to facilitate daily monitoring, optimizations, and hypothetical tests in partnership with PMs/traders. The base annual salary range for this Connecticut-based position will be $200,000 to $250,000. Actual salary offered will be based on the candidates skill, experience, and qualification for the role. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, based on factors such as individual and team performance.

About Blue Owl

Blue Owl is an insurance company that uses data and technology to provide personalized insurance products to its customers. The company offers auto, home, and renters insurance, and uses artificial intelligence to determine the best coverage options for each customer. Blue Owl was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Blue Owl
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2020
5 Year Trend
+50%
Revenue
$50 million
NASDAQ

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