Jobs with Arena

Arena Investors, LP (“Arena”) is a global investment management firm that seeks to generate attractive risk adjusted, consistent and uncorrelated returns by employing a fundamentals based, asset-oriented financing and investing strategy across the entire credit spectrum in areas where conventional sources of capital are scarce. Arena specializes in off-the-run, stressed, distressed, illiquid and esoteric special situation transactions through originations and acquisitions of asset-oriented investments across a wide array of asset types (including but not limited to private direct corporate credit, commercial real estate bridge lending, and commercial and consumer assets).

Quaestor Advisors, LLC (“Quaestor”) is an affiliated Special Servicer, which provides mid and back office services, including asset management, to Arena Investors and external clients.

Quaestor is looking to expand the Technology team, through the addition of a Business Analyst (BSA) who can balance financial modeling acumen with information systems analysis. This role will work primarily on Arena’s financial data warehouse and proprietary credit platform, analyzing and troubleshooting data, fine-tuning business process, capturing detailed requirements, and liaising between the business partners in Operations and Asset Management and the software development team. Quaestor relies heavily on these systems and this role will be a major part in maintaining data integrity and efficiency.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to learn the nuances of the private structured debt finance investment sector while building marketable technical skills. Ideal candidates will be organized, analytical, self-motivated, resourceful and able to work effectively with all internal functional groups.

Responsibilities

• Work with Operations and Asset Management on data analysis, data visualization, process automation improvements and reporting needs.
• Translate financial models and reports into technical specifications and either liaise with internal developers and develop directly. The ideal candidate could do at least a little of the latter.
• Build/Translate Excel Spreadsheet models, build PowerBI dashboards, and some SQL analysis.
• Take ownership of the data integrity of Arena’s financial data warehouse and proprietary credit platform.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science from a top university.
• Experience with accounting, fund-accounting, trading operations-related data.
• 3-5 years experience in technology – tech pure play, startup, fintech, etc.
• Internships/Co-ops experience is a plus.
• Strong Relational Database knowledge (MS SQL Server, etc).
• Fluency in SQL, T-SQL, Stored Procedures.
• Familiarity with PowerBI (or Tableau) for data visualizations.
• Familiarity with SSRS for reporting.
• Familiarity with web development (HTML5, Javascript, jQuery, CSS, REST, etc) a plus.
• Familiarity with OOP and at least one language (C#, Java, etc) a plus.
• Comfortable with Agile/Scrum SDLC.
• A positive attitude, strong work ethic and a desire to work collaboratively across the organization.
• Strong attention to detail.
• COVID Vaccinated

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Work From Home
• Free Food & Snacks
• Wellness Resources