The Credit Analyst will perform fundamental credit research, analyze capital structures, develop trade ideas, and engage with external parties to inform investment strategies.
Summary
The Credit Analyst will report to a New York based Portfolio Manager and will focus on fundamental bottom-up research to generate commercial trade ideas across the liquid High Yield and Leveraged Loan universe with a primary focus on Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT).
Job Description
- Conduct rigorous, fundamental bottom-up credit research to identify attractive long/short investment opportunities. This will entail credit analysis, financial modelling, documentation reviews, etc.
- Analyze businesses and capital structures (Loans, Bonds, CDS) across High Yield and more stressed names within the credit markets and develop credit opinions working with the PM and other analysts in the team.
- Synthesize market information and develop thematic trade ideas.
- Develop differentiated investment views from consensus and push conviction or contrarian viewpoints.
- Monitor existing positions, including news flow, fundamental developments, and supply.
- Engage and maintain external relationships (with sell-side research, syndicate, company management, ratings agencies, etc.) to develop views on issuers.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in credit research on either the buy-side or sell-side.
- Outstanding skills in conducting fundamental credit research, including financial modelling and relative value analysis.
- High degree of familiarity with different credit securities, including bonds and CDS.
- Comfort dealing with uncertainty and ability to express conviction.
- Desire to take risk and accountability of their decisions.
- Self-motivated, team orientated, and highly collaborative.
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards.
Top Skills
Bonds
Cds
Credit Analysis
Financial Modelling
Loans
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