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Direct Lending, Special Assets, Associate

Blue Owl Capital45 open roles

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$125,000 – $175,000 a year
Where
NY - 399 - 36
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This job: posted 42 days ago

Blue Owl Capital median: 49 days open

The posting

Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL) is a leading asset manager that is redefining alternatives®.

With over $319 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2026, we invest across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, Real Assets and GP Strategic Capital. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, we provide businesses with private capital solutions to drive long-term growth and offer institutional investors, individual investors, and insurance companies differentiated alternative investment opportunities that aim to deliver strong performance, risk-adjusted returns, and capital preservation.

Together with over 1,380 experienced professionals globally, Blue Owl brings the vision and discipline to create the exceptional. To learn more, visit www.blueowl.com

The Role

Blue Owl is seeking a Special Assets, Associate to support the management of stressed and underperforming credit investments by re underwriting actionable credits, assessing liquidity and drivers of underperformance, and evaluating restructuring, amendment, waiver, and recovery alternatives. The role involves building and maintaining financial models and scenario analyses, supporting value maximization strategies for owned portfolio companies, assisting with negotiations across the capital structure, and preparing internal memos, portfolio updates, and investment committee materials. The Associate will partner closely with deal teams and senior professionals to synthesize complex credit issues into clear analyses and actionable recommendations in fast moving, high stakes situations.

Responsibilities

  • Help manage a portfolio of stressed and underperforming credits, including owned portfolio companies, by tracking performance, key risks, and next-step action plans
  • Re-underwrite actionable credits with a focus on liquidity, drivers of underperformance, corrective measures, and prospects for recovery
  • Build and maintain financial analyses and models to evaluate restructuring, amendment, waiver, and recovery alternatives (including scenario and downside cases)
  • Support the development and execution of strategies to maximize recoveries, including performance improvement and value creation initiatives for owned portfolio companies
  • Participate in negotiations with key constituencies (financial sponsors, management teams, bank group members, and other lenders across the capital structure) to advance restructuring and documentation outcomes
  • Draft and coordinate restructuring, amendment, and waiver materials (including internal memos and periodic portfolio updates) for deal teams and investment committee review
  • Contribute to deal team discussions and investment committee presentations by synthesizing key credit issues, options, and recommended paths forward
  • Provide analytical and process support to senior team members as needed, including ad hoc diligence requests and cross-team initiatives

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting or related financial discipline with an outstanding record of academic achievement
  • 2–5 years of relevant experience in credit workouts/restructuring, leveraged finance, direct lending, private credit, or investment banking with demonstrable distressed/stressed credit exposure
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex situations into clear memos, updates, and presentation materials
  • Strong analytical skills and sound judgment; able to prioritize, self-direct, and drive workstreams forward in fast-moving situations
  • Collaborative, detail-oriented, and proactive in identifying issues and driving practical solutions
  • Strong accounting and corporate finance fundamentals; advanced Excel modeling skills (liquidity analysis, scenario/downside cases, recovery and debt waterfall analysis)
  • Experience reviewing and/or building short-term liquidity forecasts (e.g., 13-week cash flow) and monitoring covenant compliance is a plus

The base annual salary range for this New York-based position will be $ $125,000 to $175,000Actual salary offered will be based on the candidate’s skill, experience, and qualification for the role. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, based on factors such as individual and team performance.

Benefits for this role include Health, Dental and Vision insurance, 401(k), Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Short Term Disability insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, Family Planning Support, Paid Time Off, and Leave of Absences. All such benefits are subject to the terms/conditions of the Company’s benefits plans and policies.

Blue Owl is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

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