Senior Research Analyst

Private Credit Legal Data Validation Specialist

Coverage: U.S. and European executed credit agreements (direct lending)

Role Overview

• Validate AI-extracted legal/commercial fields (300 per agreement) against executed source documents.
• Ensure extracted data is accurate and fit for portfolio-wide reporting and governance as usage scales.
• Operate as an embedded extension of the client data team, using Street Diligence workflows.

• Perform field-by-field validation of extracted terms across credit documents; resolve discrepancies.
• Confirm key commercial/legal provisions (e.g., pricing, covenants, events of default, security, reporting).
• Document outcomes, exceptions, and escalation items in a structured, auditable manner.

Private Credit & Legal Requirements

• Apply private credit / direct lending documentation fluency to interpret nuanced drafting.
• Handle both U.S. and European agreement conventions and jurisdiction-specific terms.
• Support consistent interpretation standards to reduce recurring validation issues.

AI Extraction Validation Support

• Review and correct Street Diligence outputs; flag recurring extraction gaps or ambiguous provisions.
• Provide feedback to improve extraction accuracy and field-level performance over time.
• Contribute to validation protocols, quality thresholds, and continuous improvement of workflows.

Collaboration & Stakeholders

• Partner with client data, legal, operations, and portfolio reporting stakeholders to address data quality risks.
• Provide timely status updates and exception reporting for agreed deliverables.
• Escalate complex legal interpretations to the appropriate owners while keeping reviews moving.

Required Qualifications

• Experience reviewing credit/loan agreements (legal, paralegal, credit operations, or legal ops background).
• Strong private credit/direct lending understanding; ability to read and interpret complex contractual language.
• High attention to detail with a clear bias for accuracy and auditability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant experience of min. 4 years up to 6 years
• Excellent communication skills – oral as well as written
• Exposure to both U.S. and European credit agreements or cross-border documentation.
• Prior experience validating structured datasets extracted from documents (or using legal tech/contract analytics).
• Knowledge of portfolio reporting, data governance, or covenant/data taxonomy concepts.