Senior Infrastructure Credit Manager - Alternative Investments

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Senior Infrastructure Credit Manager - Alternative Investments

Country:
United Kingdom

IT STARTS HERE
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Santander Alternative Investments (SAI)  is the Group's  €10bn alternatives platform  supported by  over €4.4bn in co-investment from Santander Group . This includes private credit, real assets, infrastructure, private equity, and GP stakes.
SAI forms part of  Santander Asset Management (SAM) , a  €255bn global asset manager  operating across 10 countries across Europe and Latin America and with more than 50 years of experience. SAM combines the best of complementary worlds, technology and expertise, to provide optimal solutions for clients.  We deliver a simple, innovative and transparent service with a sole objective: offer our clients a comprehensive range of products with the right balance between risk and return.
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THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE
Santander Asset Management  are looking for a  Senior Infrastructure Credit Manager - Alternative Investments,  based out of  London.
As a Senior Infrastructure Credit Manager within the Targeted Enhanced-Yield Infra Debt Fund, you will play a pivotal role in the sourcing, execution, and management of global infrastructure and energy private credit high-yield investments. You will be expected to independently source and analyse investment opportunities, structure and negotiate transactions, conduct comprehensive financial, ESG, and legal reviews.  You will also take responsibility for preparing well reasoned investment materials and presenting proposals to the fund's Investment Committee.
Working closely with senior management, you will help implement the fund's investment strategy, ensuring disciplined risk management and sustainable long term value creation. Alongside execution responsibilities, you will contribute to ongoing portfolio monitoring, produce clear and timely investor reporting, and build strong relationships with sponsors, advisors, counter parties, and institutional clients.
We're  shaping the way we work  through innovation, cutting-edge technology, collaboration and the freedom to explore new ideas. To succeed in this role, you will:
Evaluate investment opportunities in the infrastructure and energy high yield private credit markets, leveraging relationships with companies, advisors, banks, and asset managers across geographies.

Undertake the preliminary structuring and perform detailed credit, business model, and risk analyses of transactions, taking primary responsibility for drafting and preparing screening materials, investment committee memorandum, and related documentation.

Conduct comprehensive due diligence processes, including financial modelling, legal reviews, ESG assessments, and analysis of technical, regulatory, and market risks, ensuring robust and well-documented investment recommendations.

Perform detailed cash flow modelling and cash extraction analysis to evaluate debt service capacity, downside scenarios, and overall investment resilience.

Drive the execution of approved transactions, leading negotiations of term sheets, financing agreements, and ancillary legal documentation, while coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

Implement and monitor Investment Committee decisions across the daily activities of the fund, ensuring timely and accurate execution.

Actively contribute to the ongoing monitoring of portfolio assets, including performance analysis, covenant compliance, ESG reporting, and financial…