About Magnetar

Magnetar is a leading global alternative asset manager with $17B+ AUM as of June 30, 2026. We are based in Evanston, IL—just north of Chicago and easily accessible by the “L”—with additional offices in New York, London, Menlo Park, CA, and Austin, TX.

Grounded in two decades of investing experience, we aim to generate consistent performance for our investors by identifying differentiated investment opportunities and building scalable businesses across our core strategies: Alternative Credit and Fixed Income, Quantitative Investing, and Venture.

Magnetar employees are among the best in the business at what they do. Our employees thrive on intellectual curiosity, collaboration and identifying creative solutions to complex problems. Our team is made up of highly skilled, passionate professionals who care deeply about delivering results for our investors, our firm and one another. We are proud to foster an inclusive, welcoming environment that empowers each employee to succeed.

At Magnetar, our commitment to our employees matches our dedication to our work. We offer top-tier benefits including comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance, a 401k match, competitive paid time off, wellness programs, daily lunches, and professional development through Magnetar University. We are also passionate about giving back, supporting financial education and community engagement through our Foundation and various volunteer initiatives.

We hope you’ll consider joining us as you explore a career at Magnetar!

Position Overview

The Portfolio Finance & Reporting team is responsible for ensuring the appropriate funding of numerous investment vehicles operated by the firm, maintaining third-party financing relationships, and reporting assorted metrics to internal and external audiences. The team monitors liquidity of each of the firm's investment vehicles, tracks their various financing facilities, and reports both current and projected liquidity to senior management and various trading desks. Other responsibilities include ad hoc reporting requests from senior management, trading desks, business development and investor relations.

The team interacts with fund accounting, portfolio managers, operations, legal and prime brokerage personnel daily and is an integral part of the firm's internal control and management reporting framework.

The role offers exposure to a wide variety of work: additional key responsibilities for portfolio finance staff include negotiating counterparty documents and monitoring margin, financing, and stock loan terms. As such, the individual will be expected to acquire in-depth knowledge of prime broker margin and financing rules across a range of methodologies. The team is also responsible for cultivating relationships with external parties to help secure financing at either the investment vehicle or asset level. While monitoring liquidity and margin, portfolio finance staff also maintain several systems that generate critical information used across the firm.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain forward-looking models that project fund-level cash flows and liquidity needs — including the new deal pipeline, capital calls and distributions, asset lifecycle events, operating expenses and financing costs — to inform deployment strategy
Work with portfolio managers to track the pipeline of potential financing opportunities in the portfolio
Manage FX hedging processes across the firm’s investment portfolio
Participate in calls with external financing providers and assist with preparation for counterparty credit calls
Monitor margin calls, collateral postings and available liquidity across counterparties
Maintain internal margin calculations and coordinate the setup of new accounts and related margin terms, as well as changes to existing accounts
Monitor stock loan reporting tools and assist trading desks with stock loan needs
Prepare recurring internal reporting and support external reporting requirements
Perform ad hoc analysis and special project work supporting information requests, system enhancements and new product launches

Qualifications

Undergraduate or graduate degree in Finance or Accounting with strong academic performance
1-5 years of experience in the financial services or banking industries with relevant experience in margin, funding, or treasury preferred
Proficient in Microsoft office applications with emphasis on Excel
Optimistic attitude and a willingness to contribute however and wherever possible or required. Seeks out an environment with the potential to rapidly assume additional challenges and responsibilities.
Energetic, flexible, attention to detail and demonstrated capability to be proactive.
Deadline-driven individual with proven ability to work with focus under time or other constraints.
Ability to effectively prioritize projects for maximum effectiveness and efficiency of group needs

The annual base salary range for this position is $70,000 to $130,000 USD. The actual base salary will depend upon the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, skills, business needs and market. This role may be eligible for a discretionary bonus and if awarded is based on a variety of factors including firm and individual performance.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.

We verify human presence and geolocation before processing your application in order to prevent applications from bots. All applicants have 48 hours to complete verification, if left incomplete, your application will be withdrawn. If you have questions regarding identity verification or need further assistance or accommodation in completing the verification, please contact [email protected].

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

AI Disclaimer

Magnetar uses AI tools such as Claude, an AI assistant developed by Anthropic, to support certain recruiting and talent acquisition activities, such as tracking candidates’ status in the recruiting process, interviewer preparation, and interviewer feedback consolidation.These tools may facilitate recruiting and hiring-related processes. Information processed may include application materials, resumes, interview notes, interviewer feedback, candidate status information, and related communications. Magnetar uses an enterprise version of Claude that operates in a closed-loop environment and does not permit information processed by the system to be publicly available.

The AI tool currently used for these purposes is Claude, an AI assistant developed by Anthropic. Magnetar uses AI for the following types of positions: exempt positions.

Hiring decisions are made by authorized Magnetar personnel. No AI tool makes or determines any employment decision. AI-generated output is used only as a support tool and is subject to human review. Magnetar does not rely solely on AI-generated output, including any score, tag, classification, ranking, recommendation, or similar output, with no other factors considered. Magnetar also does not use any such output as one of a set of criteria where the AI-generated output is weighted more than any other criterion, or to overrule conclusions derived from other factors, including human decision-making.

Magnetar will not use artificial intelligence with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure, or the terms, privileges, or conditions of employment in a manner that has the effect of subjecting employees or applicants to discrimination on the basis of protected classes under the Illinois Human Rights Act or any other appliable law, or use zip codes as a proxy for protected characteristics.

Fraudulent Job Alert

Magnetar is aware of fraudulent job post schemes, such as phishing emails, that invite candidates to apply and interview for positions at Magnetar. We take this matter very seriously. Please be aware that Magnetar does not send unprompted emails soliciting applications or offering interviews. If you have applied for a position at Magnetar through our Careers Page, any follow up communication will come from “@magnetar.com”. Any emails from accounts that do not end in “@magnetar.com” are fraudulent. Suspicious messages can be reported to Magnetar at [email protected].

About the company

Magnetar Capital manages capital for investors across a mix of investment strategies, including credit, fixed income, systematic strategies, event-driven approaches, and venture capital. It operates in the alternative asset space with a history in the collateralized debt obligation market before the 2007-2008 crisis and today emphasizes distinct, data-informed systematic investing alongside traditional credit and macro strategies. A notable venture-capital effort funds AI startups by providing compute time as a form of capital rather than cash-for-equity, supporting early-stage AI development. The firm’s approach combines multi-strategy asset management with a nontraditional form of financing for startups, aiming to generate returns for its investors through a diversified set of investments and partnerships in technology-driven ventures.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$4.4B

Headquarters

Evanston, Illinois

Founded

2005

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

TensorWave raised $350 million on June 10, 2026, validating Magnetar’s AI thesis.
Magnetar backed TensorWave again in 2026, showing conviction across successive rounds.
Neostellar disclosed Magnetar’s TensorWave SPV funding on August 5, 2026, confirming deployment pace.

What critics are saying

June 2026 AI-bot fund still depends on humans for final trades and oversight.
TensorWave’s AMD bet concentrates Magnetar on one infrastructure theme, exposing execution risk.
Magnetar’s 2007 CDO reputation still shadows talent recruiting and counterparty trust.

What makes Magnetar Capital unique

Magnetar launched a $235 million AI venture fund in August 2024.
Magnetar’s AI venture fund gives startups reserved CoreWeave GPU access and HPC.
Trevor Mottl is building a humanless AI quant platform, launched June 2026.

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401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Wellness Program

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