Lead-Research - Research

Company Description

Job Description:

Senior Professional: Credit Analyst

• The role is for a position in the Credit Research team, which supports many multibillion dollar asset managers worldwide.

• The team works as the virtual front-end analysts for clients, helping them find value in potential investment opportunities and thereafter, monitor the investment’s performance.

• The candidates are required to have a good understanding of one or many fixed income asset classes, such as High Yield Bonds, Leveraged Loans, and Structured Products.

• Ability to analyze primary and secondary deals in an efficient and time-bound manner and excellent written & verbal communication skills to interact with onsite analysts and portfolio managers are some prerequisites for the role.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Analyzing issuers via financial analysis, evaluating industry positioning, assessing business, management, and strategy, etc.

• Building and maintaining financial models (historical and forecasts) and other investment related infrastructure supporting our credit recommendations and investments across sectors.

• Identifying investment catalysts and business risks, and forming an opinion on the said asset class/credits

• Authoring credit reports/memos, supporting and defending the recommendations in both verbal and written formats with portfolio managers

• Assessing the relative value of investment opportunities by interpreting risk–reward parameters, legal and capital structures, bond covenants, market drivers, and value of available alternatives

• Working with senior analysts to perform ongoing due diligence and monitor portfolio positions and key credits

• Keeping track of relevant news for the portfolio and analyzing potential impact

• Working well under pressure – must be able to remain calm and focused while multitasking in a fast-paced, unstructured, and dynamic work environment

• Team oriented/strong communication – must be able to work with people of diverse skills and personalities toward a common goal of effectively managing large portfolios

Qualifications

Requirements

• MBA Finance from premier institutes/CFA/CA or equivalent

• Minimum 3 years of experience in credit evaluation and fixed income fundamental research

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Attention to detail and organizational skills • Ability to work independently and should have critical reasoning skills

• Proficiency in using databases – Bloomberg, Microsoft Office, Syndication sites, and others