eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Thorek/Scott and Partners

• Location

  Canada-ON-Toronto

• Compensation

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  22 Sep 2008

• eFC Ref no

  421752

Our client, a premier Canadian distressed fund, is seeking a Senior individual with a strong focus and experience with Distressed companies to join their team. The company has an opportunistic, value-based strategy with a focus on extracting value across the capital structure..

The successful candidate will be results driven, highly numerical and possess an entrepreneurial spirit. With solid experience, the individual should have excellent technical skills and feel comfortable performing analysis and providing recommendations on distressed companies, bankruptcy and default situations. This is a premium opportunity for an outstanding and tremendously talented individual to join a highly profitable business with the determination to succeed in distressed investments opportunities.

Responsibilities:
 

• Perform bottom-up valuation analysis of distressed companies, bankruptcy, high-yield and default situations
• Formulate investment ideas, research, and provide recommendations of investment opportunities
• Communicate and defend investment ideas

Qualifications:

General:
 

• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Determined, entrepreneurial.

Specific:

• Experience working in leveraged finance, high yield debt, structured finance, prop desk, private equity or a hedge fund
• Proven track record of value investing in distressed high yield debt
• Impressive academic track record
• Financial analysis and modelling skills

A leader in the field of executive search, Thorek/Scott and Partners has been successfully bringing people and opportunities together for more than three decades. Maintaining a passionate dedication to the highest standards of excellence and integrity, few can match our understanding of the marketplace, or our swiftness in assessing and fulfilling its needs. Thorek/Scott specializes in the Financial Services industry, including Wealth Management, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Capital Markets, Commercial and Corporate Banking, Corporate Finance, Equity Research and Sales and Trading. We have significant experience placing key employees across all functional areas including Front Office, Risk Management, Quantitative Analytics, Finance and Accounting, Compliance, Audit, Information Technology and Human Resources.