Valuations Professional

: Position Overview About Apollo Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. The Valuations Professional is part of the global team responsible for Private Equity, Credit and Real Estate portfolio valuation, as well as valuation-related exercises for Apollo's public company reporting. This role will also provide a range of key portfolio company statistics and fund level results to various groups at Apollo including Marketing, Legal, Financial Reporting, Controllers, Budgeting, and Investor Relations Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate the Valuation Process in the Credit segment - generally a quarterly process covering a wide variety of asset classes across hundreds of borrowers/issuers
• Value financial instruments and complex securities across the capital structure independently, including loans, equity (common/preferred), convertibles, and warrants
• Leverage and continue to develop a deep technical strength in the valuation of alternative assets, serving as a firm resource for that expertise and sharing that knowledge throughout Apollo
• Develop valuation methodologies and models for new investments and challenge methodologies and assumptions for existing investments utilizing technical knowledge
• Collaborate with investment teams to understand new investments and deal origination assumptions
• Create summary materials and present to valuation committees for review and approval of significant changes/events, valuation and market trends, and key judgments
• Coordinate with third party valuation firms and deal teams to create accurate, timely valuations
• Perform advisory valuation services to various business units on an ad hoc basis
• Review and update Fund reports and Marketing materials sent to existing/potential investors. Present on valuation procedures and best practices to existing/potential investors.
• Prepare documentation in support of compliance with SOX and external audit requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of related work experience
• Experience building valuation models (DCF, Comp Multiple and Option Models)
• Knowledge of capital markets/ illiquid valuations (examples - bank loans, mezzanine loans, and private equity)
• Demonstrated technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including streamlining processes
• Ability to complete financial models under the pressure of tight deadlines, and apply modeling techniques to complex scenarios
• Comfort managing the valuation process across a large quantity of diverse investments in parallel
• Confidence presenting valuation methodologies and assumptions to senior management concisely and clearly
• Understanding of Alternative Investment strategies and products
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• Strong functional background working with Excel. Familiarity with Capital IQ and Bloomberg a plus.
• Finance, Valuation, or Investment Banking training program preferred
• CFA professional designation or working towards, a plus

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The firm and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other criteria prohibited under controlling federal, state or local law. Pay Range 121,500-175,000 T he base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.