Origination Trader

Position/Title**:** Analyst - New Origination Trader, Residential Credit

Pretium

Pretium is a specialized investment firm focused on U.S. residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit. Pretium was founded in 2012 to capitalize on investment and lending opportunities arising as a result of structural changes, disruptions, and inefficiencies within the economy. Pretium has built an integrated analytical and operational ecosystem within the U.S. housing, residential credit, and corporate credit markets, and believes that its insight and experience within these markets create a strategic advantage over other investment managers. Pretium’s platform has more than $70 billion of assets, comprising real estate investments across nearly 90 markets in the U.S., and employs approximately 7,000 people across 50 offices, including its New York headquarters, Miami, London, Seoul, and Sydney.  

Position

We are seeking an Analyst to join the Residential Credit team. This position will report to the Head of New Origination Loan Trading and is based in the Firm’s New York or Charlotte office.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn the business of acquiring, managing, and funding residential credit strategies
• Daily interaction with sell side institutions as well as Pretium operating companies providing Pretium sourcing, underwriting, and advisory services
• Oversee transactions as they progress through the typical trade life cycle
• Develop or design tools and processes to increase transactional throughput as well as streamline both internal and external reporting
• Apply computational methods to optimize trading, financing, and securitization strategies
• Analyze earnings, exposure, and mark to market to explain and report business performance

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in finance, economics or related field of study; progress towards CFA designation a plus
• Minimum 1 - 3 years of relevant experience
• Recognize how to articulate complex business strategies, problems, and solutions to an audience with extremely diverse skillsets and degrees of sophistication
• Prior experience directly facing the street in a trading and/or underwriting role
• Ability to function as a project leader
• Comfort with daily interaction with senior level team members and providing direction to senior support staff
• Strong analytics and experience with reporting and integrating various models and data
• Attention to detail, time management, and organizational skills are required