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EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350)

        In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2011 (the "Report") of New Mountain Finance Holdings, L.L.C., New Mountain Finance Corporation and New Mountain Finance AIV Holdings Corporation (the "Registrants"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Adam B. Weinstein, the Chief Financial Officer of the Registrants, hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge, that:

/s/ ADAM B. WEINSTEIN

   
Name:   Adam B. Weinstein    
Date:   March 7, 2012    



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CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350)