Risk Analyst/ Associate - Atlas-Apollo (AASP)

Position Overview

Apollo Global Management's AASP Risk team serves as the sole risk manager of ATLAS SP Partners, and manages the securitized products and structured finance assets sourced and serviced by ATLAS SP Partners while serving as their sole risk manager.

ATLAS was created out of Credit Suisse’s Securitized Products Group, a top provider of credit solutions to lenders, and provides financing across three business segments :

Residential Real Estate

Commercial Real Estate

Consumer & Commercial (C&C)

The AASP Risk team is responsible for measuring and monitoring all risks that arise from ATLAS’s business, including credit, market and operational, as well as other, risks.

Risk management activities include conducting both asset level and counterparty level credit reviews across all collateral types, estimating the market impact of any potential collateral liquidations and measuring risk exposures against pre-defined limits.

The Role

The AASP Risk team is seeking a Risk Analyst or Associate (depending on experience) to join their growing team and support the risk management function across all aspects of risk management, including credit risk, counterparty risk, operational risk, and risk analytics.

In this role, the Analyst / Associate will have the unique opportunity to gain experience across all risk disciplines and initiatives while learning specific asset classes including residential real estate, commercial real estate, and C&C.

The ideal candidate will be driven and eager to learn, possess exceptional Excel skills as well as quantitative academic training (STEM or similar), have strong risk management experience, and experience in financial services or within a relevant ratings agency role.

Primary Responsibilities

Conduct thorough risk reviews of client and individual transactions to assess creditworthiness, financial stability, and risk exposure.

Analyze the viability of potential counterparties, considering factors such as financial health, industry trends, and risk appetite.

Focus on collateral volatility across residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, and other loans, considering sensitivity to interest rate changes, prepayments, and defaults.

Contribute to key risk initiatives, including the development and distribution of risk reports.

Identify, quantify, and control operational risks; collaborate on risk remediation efforts to enhance operational resilience.

Support risk measurement processes and assist in establishing risk limits; ensure alignment with risk appetite and regulatory requirements.

Lead and assist on ad hoc projects, providing valuable insights to inform strategic decisions.

Provide insights and recommendations to mitigate risks and optimize portfolio performance.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance risk management infrastructure and processes.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree required

2-7 years of risk experience within the financial services industry or at a ratings agency is required (Note : internships are not considered)

Heavily preferred : ABS risk experience (credit highly preferred) and / or ratings agency experience

Practical hands-on securitization cashflow modeling experience

Exposure to ratings methodologies within risk and / or experience at a ratings agency (or similar) function highly preferred

Strong Excel skills and technical financial modeling skills required

Robust analytical thinker with intellectual curiosity, and strong attention to detail required

Strong oral and written communication skills along with exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills required

Exceptional level of personal responsibility, attention to details, appropriate initiative and self-management

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.

About AASP Management, LP (AASP) & ATLAS SP

AASP is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Apollo Management Holdings, LP. Currently, AASP manages asset-backed warehouse facilities and other securitized products and structured finance assets.

Such assets are primarily sourced and serviced by ATLAS SP Partners. Additionally, AASP serves as the sole risk manager for ATLAS SP Partners, which was created out of Credit Suisse’s Securitized Products Group, a top provider of credit solutions to lenders.

Now as a standalone securitized credit origination platform, ATLAS SP continues to benefit from the team’s leadership, experience and operational strength to serve client needs across the full ABS financing spectrum.

ATLAS SP is backed by a diverse set of institutional capital partners, including affiliates of Apollo, and other third-party financial institutions.

These relationships can provide ATLAS SP with investment-grade capital partners and strategic benefits designed to enhance its financial and operational strength and to accelerate growth in client offerings.

Our Purpose & Core Values

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be :

The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.

The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations.

We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.

A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who :

Outperform expectations

Challenge Convention

Champion Opportunity

Lead responsibly

Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

Our Benefits

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family.

Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits.

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

125,000-150,000

The 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.