Associate

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.

OUR PURPOSE AND 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.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Apollo is seeking a FX or Rates sales analyst as part of its Risk Hedging function. The Hedging team is responsible for managing the FX exposure across all the Apollo's businesses comprising of the Yield, Private Equity, Real Estate & Hybrid Value. The function also works closely with Apollo's Portfolio Companies & Origination platforms to provide them end to end hedging services covering both FX & Rates, including advisory, analysis, trading. The team also spans rates trades execution for ALM management for Apollo's insurance business.

As part of this team, you will be working directly with the Portfolio Managers catering to their funds' FX & Rates Risk exposure management based on their investment strategies. You will also be working regularly with the sell side counterparts & legal business partners to fetch the desired business outcome. And you will also repeatedly interact with other internal teams to ensure controllers, Operations & Settlements colleagues. The profile will span the entire range of FX & Rates derivatives.

You will leverage your product/markets experience & client interaction skills daily. You will be responsible for working with the Portfolio Managers to model the hedging strategies to manage the underlying risks, respond to inquiries, and make recommendations that will influence & mitigate the inherent risks of investments & capital structure.

In addition, you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of trade execution, pay attention to details around risk analytics, maintain cordial relationship across stakeholders. Identify better strategies, introducing efficiency, flagging any potential issues. Also, investigating and rectifying any encountered identified issues & bring them to closure. The job profile offers incessant learning, grow and network across the board.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a FX or Rates sales professional.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required.

• Practical and firsthand experience in financial markets & derivatives trading/sales.

• Effective communication & people skills are essential while dealing with multiple clients & stakeholders.

• Strong skills to make presentations to senior management & portfolio managers.

• Collaborative, organized, flexible to put in long hours and results driven.

• Must have strong drive and initiative, be collaborative to effectively liaise with different teams across the firm and colleagues.

• Be nimble and flexible to balance multiple tasks simultaneously.

Apollo provides equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, veteran status, gender/sex or sexual orientation, or any other criterion or circumstance protected by applicable law, ordinance, or regulation. The above criteria are intended to be used as a guide only – candidates who do not meet all the above criteria may still be considered if they are deemed to have relevant experience/ equivalent levels of skill or knowledge to fulfil the requirements of the role. Any job offer will be conditional upon and subject to satisfactory reference and background screening checks, all necessary corporate and regulatory approvals or certifications as required from time to time, and entering into definitive contractual documentation satisfactory to Apollo.