COO, Specialty Finance

Neuberger Specialty Finance is a rapidly growing group within Neuberger Alternatives with approximately $4.5 billion in AUM. The Neuberger Specialty Finance platform is focused on asset-based finance (“ABF”) opportunities that are backed by cashflow-producing financial or hard assets. The Specialty Finance team is seeking a senior, non-investment professional to serve as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) for the Specialty Finance business. This role will report to the Head of Specialty Finance and the Private Markets COO and work closely with investment professionals, marketing, investor relations, legal & compliance, finance, operations, and technology. This individual will be responsible for driving execution across key business initiatives, ensuring data integrity, strengthening processes, and managing a broad range of complex, cross-functional projects. Description: Serve as the primary Specialty Finance interface with the Private Markets COO, technology, data and relevant support teams to ensure the integrity, accuracy and usability of data across funds, portfolios and investors. Drive implementation and ongoing alignment of the Specialty Finance business to the strategic target operating model Oversee and help evolve the Specialty Finance marketing function into a proactive and coordinated capability that effectively supports business priorities and timelines. Lead the creation, quality control and timely delivery of key client content and communications for prospective and existing investors and interact directly with prospects and investors as needed to support diligence, ongoing communications and delivery of information. Support coordination of fund financing and liquidity management activities across the Specialty Finance platform, including leverage facilities and cash management needs for evergreen vehicles with ongoing subscriptions, investment activity and potential inter-fund sell downs, partnering with finance and the investment team to ensure appropriate coverage, controls and execution. Act as a senior on-the-ground presence observing talent, processes and workflows to identify strengths, weaknesses and gaps, and recommending practical improvements. Lead and/or manage a variety of complex and evolving cross-functional projects, including: Coordinating initiatives related to new and existing evergreen funds, incorporating lessons learned from prior vehicles, adjusting marketing messaging and ensuring required data is available for effective management and reporting. Evaluating and recommending changes to external service providers. Assessing and helping structure potential investor options across funds. Driving cost minimization efforts for older funds in partnership with finance, and ensuring resulting benefits are appropriately communicated to investors. Maintain a strong understanding of the Specialty Finance investment process and provide practical insights on how related processes, information flows and…