Credit Analyst (Newfleet)

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Our investment manager, Newfleet, is adding a corporate credit analyst, leveraged finance, to their team. The corporate credit analyst, leveraged finance, will perform fundamental credit analysis on below investment-grade corporate bond issuers including financial statement and industry analysis and risk identification.  The analyst will also assist senior analysts in gathering research material, creating financial models, conducting relative value analysis and developing presentations.  Over time, the analyst will be expected to be responsible for covering 50-60 issuers and two or three industry sectors and to make purchase and sale recommendations to portfolio management.

Job Responsibilities:

• Monitor assigned credits for credit deterioration and idea generation.
• Perform security analysis on fixed income credits.
• Maintain knowledge of assigned industry sector and develop relative value opinions.
• Build and maintain relationships with investor contacts including sell-side traders and analysts, issuer contacts, and client contacts.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree with a concentration in finance or business. Progress toward obtaining a CFA is a plus.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in corporate security credit analysis, working for an investment manager with demonstrated financial market knowledge.
• Credit training, basic accounting background and financial statement analysis experience.
• Working knowledge of Perform, Bloomberg, and/or other related analytical platforms is a plus including Excel API.
• Knowledge of macroeconomics and how economic events influence assigned industries and companies. Knowledge of debt and equity capital markets, and where applicable, commodity markets and their influence on industries and companies.
• Desire and ability to work both collaboratively as part of a team as well as independently.

This position requires U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency (Green Card holder) as a condition of employment. We are unable to sponsor work visas or provide support for OPT/CPT programs for this role.

The starting salary range is $108,000.00 to $132.00.00

The starting salary offer will vary based on the applicant’s education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, internal equity, and alignment with market data. This position is also eligible to participate in the annual incentive plan.