Quantitative Solutions Analyst

LCM Partners is one of Europe's leading alternatives investment management firms. We are widely recognised for our deep understanding of credit and track record of generating strong, risk adjusted returns for our clients through investments in performing, rescheduled and non-performing loans. We have one of the strongest origination capabilities in Europe and are responsible for managing over €65 billion across over 6,000 portfolios.

Our senior team has over 500 years of combined experience with backgrounds in asset management, investment banking, strategic consulting, M&A and business intelligence and the core senior management team has been in place for over 23 years. We benefit from a proactive approach with banks and financial institutions, often transacting on a repeat basis or building long term exclusive partnerships.

We foster a forward-thinking culture as we always seek out ways to improve. Our people embrace challenge, solving problems with creativity, analysis, and a positive attitude. We work hard and take pride in what we do. Our business is growing and we’d like you to be part of our team.

What you will do as a Quantitative Solutions Analyst

From day one, you’ll help evaluate the credit portfolios LCM Partners is looking to acquire and assess the performance of those we already own. Sitting in the Quantitative Solutions team, you’ll analyse portfolio data, contribute to valuation models and help develop and apply the framework used to track performance against underwriting assumptions. You’ll work on live transactions and existing investments across unsecured and secured non-performing loans (NPLs) and performing loan portfolios across Europe.

From finding the right comparables for a new portfolio to building the tooling that projects its cash flows, you will be involved in specific projects and tasks in the following areas:

• Pricing: identifying and justifying comparable portfolios, isolating the value drivers and documenting the assumptions behind each bid
• Scoping and developing tooling for portfolio segmentation and cash-flow projection, including the flexors used to stress assumptions during underwriting
• Tracking: maintaining the yield, action and evolution oversight of acquired portfolios against underwriting, and feeding the findings to Portfolio Management and Portfolio Intelligence
• Using LLM and agent-based tools, built in the team, to automate recurring analysis, and contributing improvements back to them in line with Group standards and approach
• Writing clean, reviewed, version-controlled code

Moreover, you will have an opportunity to assist the business in the following areas:

• Extending pricing coverage to new asset classes, jurisdictions and data sources
• Presenting analysis to the Investment Committee alongside the deal team
• Joining group-wide AI and data projects run through the QIS Projects vertical
• Supporting due diligence data analysis during live acquisitions

Key skills of the Quantitative Solutions Analyst

• Two to five years in credit analytics, portfolio pricing, risk modelling or a similar quantitative role, ideally with exposure to NPL or consumer credit
• Strong Python and/or SQL; comfortable working in a shared codebase with code review, tests and version control
• Working knowledge of statistical and machine learning methods for forecasting and segmentation
• Curiosity about LLM tooling and a willingness to build with it, not only use it
• Experience of detailed analysis and decision making under deal timelines
• Able to explain a pricing view and its assumptions clearly to non-technical colleagues
• Written and spoken English to a high standard
• Advanced Excel; a European language (Spanish, Italian, German or Portuguese) is an advantage

Education

University graduate, preferably with a specialisation in finance, accounting, investment analysis, financial management or statistical analysis

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Participation in discretionary annual performance related bonus
• Fully paid comprehensive healthcare, pension and life insurance
• 25 days holiday
• Regular social agenda
• Ideal start date: Monday 11th January 2027
• For more information on LCM Partners, visit our website https://lcmpartners.eu/   

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