Athene

Associate, European Bank SRM | Apollo Capital Solutions

London, United Kingdom Full time

Position Overview

Apollo Capital Solutions (“ACS”) anchors the Firm’s capital markets, syndication, and dedicated origination efforts. As one centralized team, ACS partners with each of Apollo’s investment businesses to provide capital markets expertise, structuring, execution, and ultimately drive syndication efforts on investments across the Credit, Hybrid, and Equity spectrum. You can learn more about Apollo’s ACS strategy here.

As ACS continues to expand globally, we are deepening our European bank coverage efforts to strengthen our strategic relationships and enhance connectivity across our platform. This role provides a unique opportunity to sit at the intersection of bank origination, capital solutions, and relationship management, working directly with ACS leadership and product teams across Apollo.

The candidate will be responsible for supporting coordination and management of Apollo’s relationships with European banks and capital markets partners. The successful candidate will combine strong analytical skills, market awareness, and relationship acumen to help advance Apollo’s strategic initiatives with financial institutions. This high-visibility role offers broad interaction across Apollo, providing a front-row seat to Apollo’s evolving partnerships with leading banks.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Support relationship management and coverage efforts across European banks, including DCM, leveraged finance, sponsor coverage, and capital markets desks

  • Work closely with the respective Senior Relationship Manager to coordinate outreach, follow-up, and strategic dialogue with senior relationship managers and partner institutions

  • Track and analyze pipeline activity, relationship metrics (e.g. fee wallet, origination flow, capital outstanding), and partnership opportunities to drive strategic insights and reporting

  • Prepare briefing materials, relationship maps, and updates for internal stakeholders, including ACS and Apollo leadership

  • Conduct market and competitor analysis to identify emerging opportunities and help shape partnership priorities

  • Contribute to CRM management, data integrity initiatives, and process enhancements across the ACS coverage platform.

  • Partner with global teams to ensure consistent connectivity and information flow across regions and between origination, product, and capital markets teams

Qualifications & Experience

  • 2+ years of experience in investment banking, capital markets, consulting, or a related financial services field

  • Prior experience working with banking or capital markets counterparties preferred

  • Undergraduate degree from a leading academic institution with a record of academic achievement

  • Demonstrated ability to support senior client and counterparty interactions with professionalism and precision

  • Excellent analytical, financial modelling, and project management skills, with strong attention to detail

  • Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional, global teams within a fast-paced environment

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills; confident engaging with senior stakeholders both internally and externally

  • Strong understanding of banking/capital markets, or relationship management functions

  • Proactive, entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for building and deepening strategic partnerships

  • Self-starter with a willingness to execute projects on a small, nimble team

  • Excels in a rigorous and fast-paced work environment

ABOUT APOLLO

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 June 30, 2025, Apollo had approximately $840 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.

OUR PURPOSE AND 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.