HighVista Strategies Overview
HighVista Strategies is a Boston-based investment firm with approximately $11 billion in assets under management and over 70 employees. We were founded in 2004 and have been managing funds since 2005 for a variety of institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and pension funds, as well as family offices and private investors. We are employee-owned and led by a seasoned team that combines diverse investment experience and operational depth to provide the firm with robust capabilities in pursuing our investment mandates.
We strive to be the premier specialty alts firm and are focused on differentiated alternative investment areas. Our investment strategies combine a multi-disciplinary approach with principled risk management in an effort to deliver high alpha in each of our investment strategies. We invest across a wide array of market cycles and regimes. To do this, our investment team is organized into asset class verticals, investing across public and private markets. Today our platform includes capabilities in venture capital, private credit, private equity, biotechnology and other hedge fund and multi-asset strategies.
We believe that exceptional businesses are predicated on having great people. Our culture emphasizes respect, integrity, rigorous thinking, hard work, and a continuous drive for excellence in process and results. We value diversity in terms of skills, backgrounds, and opinions. We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package commensurate with experience, and an entrepreneurial work environment centered around team-based achievement.
Job Description
We are seeking an investment associate (title commensurate with experience) to support our growing private credit practice. Our private credit franchise centers around investing in specialized loans as well as opportunistic credit which we believe offers a differentiated risk-return profile vis-a-via traditional private credit. Examples of credit areas in which our team has invested in recent years include transitional commercial real estate loans, specialty asset-backed loans, secondary purchases of corporate credit, and investments in special situations. We have adopted a flexible implementation approach to executing our strategy, which includes direct origination as well as origination via joint ventures and select investments in private credit funds. In total, private credit represents close to $2 billion of our total AUM and remains a key growth area of the firm, and we expect to deploy close to $500 million annually into a variety of private credit opportunities.
We are seeking an associate to amplify the sourcing, underwriting, origination, and surveillance capabilities of the existing team. A successful candidate will need to work closely with team members on multiple private credit investments across both our existing portfolio and investment pipeline. We believe that success in private credit requires an analytical mind, strong work ethic, and discipline in underwriting. Duties will include underwriting individual and pools of credits, managing our pipeline and portfolio systems, researching specific investment themes, and supporting our existing funds and investor-facing team.
Successful candidates will possess a deep interest in building a career in credit investing. Relevant investment and credit experience developed at prior investment or capital markets-related firms will be a critical foundation for success. Our analysts and associates benefit from the camaraderie of an existing and stable team as well as the mentorship of senior investment personnel. Historically, HighVista has prided itself on its ability to advocate for the career development of its analysts and associates across opportunities both internal and external to the firm.
Requirements
Qualifications
•1-4 years of investment or financial experience with a strong interest in credit investing or underwriting
•Demonstrated analytical abilities and fluency with financial modeling
•Strong verbal and written communication skills
•Entrepreneurial spirit and team-player with the ability to work under the guidance of senior professionals
•Bachelor's degree or further education with a strong academic track record
•Our office is based in Boston and team members are on-site 4 days a week