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Your New Role

The Defensive Assets team is responsible for managing Aware Super's defensive assets including Australian Fixed Income, Global Fixed Income and Credit Income investment strategies. Managing approximately $30 billion across Australian and global public and private debt markets.

In anticipation of upcoming leave within the team, we are looking for an experienced Private Credit specialist to support the Direct Lending Portfolio. Joining the Private Credit Research team, you will play a key role in due diligence, asset management and have the opportunity to support origination, across a diverse portfolio of domestic leveraged and real asset finance opportunities.

Your role will include

- Underwrite and research private credit opportunities within the Direct Lending Portfolio, producing decision‑ready recommendations to the Sector Investment Committee.
- Lead monitoring and asset management of assigned exposures, engaging with borrowers and sponsors to protect performance and portfolio integrity.
- Run due diligence on new origination: undertake deep bottom-up research on potential borrowers, undertake financial modelling and forecasting, negotiate commercial terms and identify key risks in each opportunity.
- Maintain high-quality research standards, sharing knowledge across Private Credit Research and Portfolio Management.




- Evolve the team's credit research and monitoring capability, including responsibly using AI and automation to improve research and analytical workflows.
- Please note that this role is a fixed term contract for 12 months.

How do you exceed our expectations?

- The idea of being part of our growth is exciting and you want to play a pivotal role in making super simple.
- At least 5 years (Senior Investment Analyst) or 10 years (Associate Portfolio Manager) experience in credit research, e.g. in leveraged finance and/or asset backed lending (infrastructure, property) in Australia and/or globally.
- Deep credit analysis capability with a strong written voice; comfortable preparing concise, high‑quality credit materials.
- Proven stakeholder fluency - managing borrowers and sponsors; able to represent Credit Income internally.
- Strong critical thinking and investment judgement, with the confidence to communicate and defend well-reasoned credit views investment stakeholders.
- Tertiary qualifications (ideally in finance/economics); postgraduate credentials (e.g., CFA/Masters) valued.
- Curiosity and practical capability in using AI or advanced analytical tools to improve investment research highly regarded.
- You are balanced in accepting risk in any decision you face. You are curious to understand risk context and choose to speak up as we simplify, learn and grow.





Employee Experience We understand that not everyone works in the same ways. We value flexibility and know that it helps you manage work and life.

Why you'll love working at Aware Super:

- Have a super impact: You'll think big and care deeply to help more Australians live their best lives in retirement.
- Be part of something super unique: You'll work to reshape super and retirement. We'll invest in your growth and give you the chance to work on career-defining projects.
- Work with super humans: You'll work hard and innovate, but also have some fun along the way.
- Feel super cared for: We'll support your wellbeing today, as well as in the future. Enjoy a health & fitness reimbursement, work from home technology reimbursement, salary continuance insurance and organisation-wide meeting free zones.

The Aware Super difference At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our members and communities and a stronger sense of belonging for our people. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with cultural and linguistic diversity, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and mature-age individuals to apply. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador.

Desired Skills and Experience

Private Credit, Private Lending, Refinancing, Leveraged finance, Corporate Finance, Real Asset Finance, Asset Backed Lending, Investment, Superannuation, Modelling, Origination, Due Diligence, Asset Management

📌 Private Credit Specialist - Senior Investment Analyst or Associate Portfolio Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Aware Super
📍 Sydney