Front Office Modeling Associate

Position Overview

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of September 30th, 2025, Apollo had approximately $840 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.

Primary Responsibilities

• Run and analyze asset portfolios for insurance clients through various models and evaluating model outputs, as well as running of interest rate and credit stress scenarios and analyzing impact to various asset types as well as the overall portfolio.  
• Drafting of daily/weekly commentary summarizing portfolio economic movements and how daily/weekly changes in rates and other market conditions are impacting the portfolio..
• Engage with insurance clients, whose portfolios that we manage, in addressing their questions/requests, communicating and presenting material updates in the modeling of their portfolios, and other client service needs.
• Quarterly re-projection of cashflows on the structured credit portfolio to capture the effect of changes in the rate environment on accounting treatment of the portfolio.
• Work closely with Investment Accounting teams to evaluate if OTTI/allowance need to be taken on any assets, and calculation of those amounts for any holdings under STAT and CECL Accounting frameworks.
• Close collaboration with multiple teams to forecast investment earned rates and spread-related earnings, and prepare analysis and presentations for senior management that provides commentary on market and portfolio changes in support of updated forecasts.
• Closely collaborate with our Quantitative Development team on our proprietary asset models, including enhancing models to accommodate new asset classes that we may start to manage and/or new calculations and outputs to satisfy updated regulatory requirements. 
• Validate updates to asset models and update model documentation to capture updates to calculation logic in the models
• Troubleshoot and debug issues that may arise out of models to trace back sources of errors, using various data science techniques.
• Operate in a SOX/SOC-1 controlled framework, including engagement with auditors on a periodic basis to demonstrate that necessary controls are complied with in the modeling of regulatory scenarios and other model outputs that can impact financial statements.

Qualifications & Experience

The ideal candidate is detail and process oriented, and able to work in a very demanding and fast-paced environment while meeting strict deadlines. In addition, the following credentials are necessary:

• Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Business or Math/Sciences
• Solid background in fixed income assets, especially structured securities (i.e. ABS, CLO, CMBS and RMBS) and experience modeling securities using Intex
• Familiarity in the modeling of residential and commercial mortgages is a plus
• Solid Excel and SQL skills are a must
• Knowledge of Python, Power BI and/or solid data science aptitude are a plus
• Two to four years of relevant work experience
• Experience with modeling portfolios in Aladdin Explore/Anser, or other vendor based modeling platforms that focus on modeling fixed income and structured security portfolios
• Ability to understand dataflows between various systems that house data.
• Experience in delivering information under a SOX/SOC-1 controlled environment.
• General understanding of accounting principles is a plus
• Attention to detail, strong work ethic, a team player and ability to think outside of the box with creative solutions
• MBA or CFA Charter (or progress towards CFA Charter) a plus

Our Purpose & Core Values

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

• The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.
• The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.
• A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

• Outperform expectations
• Challenge Convention
• Champion Opportunity
• Lead responsibly
• Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

Our Benefits

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family

Pay Range

$175,000 - $200,000

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is committed to championing opportunity.

The firm and its affiliates comply with applicable discrimination and equal opportunities legislation in all of its jurisdictions and do not discriminate in employment or recruitment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

The contents of the qualifications and experience section of this job description are a guideline only. If an applicant can otherwise demonstrate their suitability for the role they will be considered.

The base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.