About the Role
LSEG's Evaluated Pricing Service seeks an expert Senior Evaluator to manage the valuation and market analysis of CLO securities. This role involves deep knowledge of leveraged loan and CLO markets, strong analytical skills, and experience pricing CLO Mezz debt and equity using various market data sources and cash flow analytics to produce high-quality evaluations. The position requires client engagement to ensure valuation accuracy, defend pricing methodologies, and support product development.
Responsibilities
- Produce timely, accurate, and independent daily valuations across CLO capital structures globally.
- Apply consistent valuation methodologies using observable market inputs, contributed curves, BWIC results, dealer quotations, secondary trading activity, cash flow modeling, and relevant market news.
- Analyze market trends, spread movements, liquidity conditions, and structural characteristics impacting CLO valuations.
- Evaluate new issue transactions and secondary market developments to ensure current market representation within pricing models.
- Exercise independent judgment when assessing thinly traded or less liquid securities while maintaining valuation transparency and defensibility.
- Perform comprehensive quality control reviews and exception analysis to ensure evaluation consistency and completeness.
- Investigate pricing anomalies, market movements, and valuation outliers across assigned sectors.
- Validate and challenge contributed market data to ensure compliance with LSEG valuation governance standards and methodologies.
- Support periodic methodology reviews and contribute to improvements of valuation frameworks.
- Mentor junior evaluators and provide technical guidance on CLO structures, valuation methodologies, and market developments.
- Contribute to operational improvements, automation initiatives, and analytical tool improvements.
- Support strategic projects and cross-functional initiatives within the Securitized Products team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Mathematics, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in CLO valuation, CLO analytics, structured products, credit research, trading, or related securitized products functions.
- Strong understanding of CLO structures, waterfall mechanics, collateral performance, reinvestment periods, and structural triggers.
- Extensive experience using Intex, interlink and other structured finance analytical tools.
- Deep knowledge of leveraged loan markets and CLO debt tranches across the capital structure.
- Strong understanding of valuation methodologies for performing and distressed CLO securities.
- Outstanding quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex valuation concepts to internal and external partners.
- Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment with daily production deadlines.
Skills
- CLO valuation
- CLO analytics
- Structured products
- Credit research
- Trading
- Securitized products
- Intex
- Interlink
- Leveraged loan markets
- CLO debt tranches
- Valuation methodologies
- Quantitative analysis
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Presentation skills
- Python
- SQL
- VBA
- Data analytics
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
- 7+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Mathematics, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field.
Salary/Compensations
- $151,000 - $251,600
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Plan (AIP/”bonus plan”)
- Annual Wellness Allowance
- Paid time-off
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flex Spending & Health Savings Options
- Prescription Drug plan
- 401(K) Savings Plan and Company match
- Basic life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Emergency backup dependent care
- Adoption assistance
- Commuter assistance
- Healthcare
- Retirement planning
- Paid volunteering days
- Wellbeing initiatives
About the Company
- LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
- Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day.
- We are part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries.
- We value individuality and enable employees to bring their true selves to work to enrich our diverse workforce.
- We are committed to sustainability across our global business and partner with customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives.
- Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence.
- LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
- Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shapes how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential.
- Our Data & Analytics, Capital Markets and Post Trade divisions have a combined power that provides a comprehensive, integrated suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services to help our customers pursue their ambitions.
- LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Equal Opportunity
- We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.
- Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
