Position Overview

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of June 30, 2024, Apollo had approximately $696 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.

The Role

Apollo’s Credit Risk team is seeking a Principal to play a critical role in the build-out of the Asset-Backed Finance (“ABF”) Credit Risk function and act as the Credit Risk Manager for ABF investment activities. The Principal Risk Manager will be responsible for overseeing a portfolio of Residential Mortgage, Pooled Commercial Real Estate, and Consumer Asset-Backed transactions.

The successful candidate will work closely with Origination teams and other risk leaders on the evaluation of credit risk in new and existing transactions, and their analysis and independent views will be heavily relied upon by the Apollo senior risk officers to gain comfort in signing off on transactions. To ensure alignment between the business and the firm’s risk appetite, the incumbent will develop strong partnerships with deal teams while enhancing the stature of the credit risk team through a stronger culture of review and challenge. 

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in securitized products in public and private formats across a variety of ABF asset classes.

Primary Responsibilities

• Evaluate and provide sound judgment on all Residential Mortgage, Pooled Commercial Real Estate, and Consumer Asset-Backed Finance transactions including new underwritings, existing portfolio positions, and troubled credits
• For new underwritings, establish early engagement with deal teams on key risk issues through the underwriting process; conduct complete analysis on transactions, highlight risk concerns early and on an ongoing basis, and challenge deal teams appropriately
• Demonstrate an ability to form an independent view, raise concerns early and consistently, and document the analysis in a succinct manner, leveraging others across the Apollo ecosystem to support sector or asset-specific knowledge
• Actively engage in ongoing risk management, including reporting, analytics, and stress testing to ensure that existing investments continue to be appropriately monitored and challenged in light of changes in the macro and local risk environments
• For troubled credits, play a lead role in driving the process to the best solution in partnership with the PMs
• Act as a self-sufficient risk manager by independently leading transactions, including presenting diligence findings, making recommendations, and answering questions to various investment committees
• Utilize all tools available and work with the Technology team to develop new risk views (data, reporting, tools, etc.) if there are gaps in information needed to get to the correct analysis.

Qualifications & Experience

• Undergraduate degree with a record of academic achievement
• 10+ years of experience with responsibility for critical, high-impact decisions of significant financial impact and complex criteria across multiple asset-backed finance verticals with particular focus on the consumer and commercial sectors, including unsecured consumer, credit cards, student loans, real estate markets required
• Exposure to Esoteric Corporate Asset Backed, CLOs, and more bespoke or less liquid asset classes (e.g., venture debt, SME lending, fund finance, royalties) beneficial.
• Experience underwriting Corporations from a fundamental credit perspective is preferred.
• Strong foundation in risk while also very solution-oriented with a thorough understanding of the commercial needs of a fast-growing business balanced with maintaining risk discipline
• Strong analytical skills, multi-asset class experience, and an ability to build risk management tools to aid in governing the risk in the portfolio
• Extensive financial analysis and modeling skills, expertise in credit risk management, and a strong understanding of risk metrics/models/systems
• Ability to incorporate and understand information from a variety of sources to stay ahead of market/economic trends and evaluate the impact on the portfolio
• Robust interpersonal skills to support communication with external counterparties and management of internal stakeholders, both within the Credit ecosystem and across broader investment platform
• Excels in a rigorous and fast-paced team-oriented work environment; adept at managing competing priorities across multiple projects, transactions, and workstreams

About Apollo

Our Purpose & Core Values

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

• The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.
• The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.
• A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

• Outperform expectations
• Challenge Convention
• Champion Opportunity
• Lead responsibly
• Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

Our Benefits

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family.

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The firm and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other criteria prohibited under controlling federal, state or local law.

Pay Range

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is committed to championing opportunity.

The firm and its affiliates comply with applicable discrimination and equal opportunities legislation in all of its jurisdictions and do not discriminate in employment or recruitment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

The contents of the qualifications and experience section of this job description are a guideline only. If an applicant can otherwise demonstrate their suitability for the role they will be considered.

The base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.