Analyst, Middle Office

About this role Company Description PFS Investment Partners, a part of BlackRock, is a leading global, credit-focused alternative investment manager that seeks to provide creative capital solutions and generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our clients. We manage various strategies across the capital structure, including privately negotiated senior debt; privately negotiated junior capital solutions in debt, preferred and equity formats; liquid credit including syndicated leveraged loans, collateralized loan obligations and high yield bonds; asset-based finance and real estate. The scale and breadth of our platform offers the flexibility to invest in companies large and small, through standard or customized solutions. At our core, we share a common thread of intellectual rigor and discipline that enables us to create value for our clients. PFS was established in 2007 as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, LLC (“HCM”), a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management (“JPMAM”). On March 31, 2016, the senior executives of PFS acquired PFS and its subsidiaries from JPMAM and HCM (the “Transaction”). Following the Transaction, JPMAM retained a passive minority investment in PFS, which was subsequently redeemed in April 2022. In June 2018, affiliates of Dyal Capital Partners made a passive minority investment in PFS. In February 2022, an affiliate of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America made a passive minority investment in PFS, which was subsequently increased in August 2024. On July 1, 2025, BlackRock acquired the business and assets of PFS, with 100% of consideration paid in BlackRock equity (the “PFS/BlackRock Transaction”). The PFS/BlackRock Transaction brings together BlackRock’s corporate and asset owner relationships with PFS’s diversified origination and capital flexibility. BlackRock and PFS have formed a new private financing solutions business unit (“PFS”) led by Scott Kapnick, Scot French, and Michael Patterson, creating an integrated franchise with approximately $370 billion in client assets, including $205 billions of private credit assets. This combined platform, which has more than 590 investment professionals and approximately 1,300 employees globally, offers broad capabilities across senior and junior credit solutions, asset-based finance, real estate, CLOs and GP-LP solutions. As part of the PFS/BlackRock Transaction, Scott Kapnick, Scot French, and Michael Patterson have joined BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee, and Scott Kapnick has been appointed as an observer to the BlackRock Board. Department Description The Middle Office team (MO) within Private Financing Solutions (PFS) – Blackrock’s private credit platform – is responsible for ensuring the Fund’s positions and cash balances are accurate. They manage the lifecycle of all trades/investments. They are responsible for trade capture, trade settlement, loan administration, daily cash and position reconciliations, corporate action elections/recordings, audit requests, new mandate onboarding, and PnL break analysis and resolution with fund administrators. MO handles ad-hoc requests that come from the deal team and/or separately managed account clients. The team interacts closely with the Deal Execution, Treasury, Fund Accounting, Fund Finance, Cash Management, Portfolio Analytics, Data Analytics, Valuations and the Deal Teams daily. Position Description PFS is seeking an Analyst to join the High-Grade Middle Office (HGMO) team. HGMO is a sub-group within Middle Office that focuses on the High Grade (private investment grade) platform. The individual should be highly organized with strong attention to detail. They should have the ability to meet strict deadlines, work independently and as part of a team, as well as possess excellent critical thinking/problem-solving skills.  The platform is scaling very rapidly, so the desire for a fast-paced environment is crucial. This individual will be the PFS Middle Office team’s first hire in ... (truncated, view full listing at source)