Octus
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
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Working at Octus
Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, and much more.
Role
We are looking for a credit analyst to deliver European leveraged finance analysis from debt origination and primary to restructuring. The analyst will be a member of a team of 8 experienced investment professionals covering credits across the spectrum from high-yield to distressed to restructuring. The analyst will be responsible for publishing credit research reports with actionable investment ideas with a focus on fundamental credit analysis, relative value analysis, special situations analysis and valuation.
The role requires the analyst to closely monitor financial markets and specifically leveraged finance as we are an incumbent provider of data and analysis in this segment. It also requires collaboration with our reporters, lawyers and others in helping generate cross-disciplinary research and analysis. The role involves a degree of client interaction with our subscribers, which include top institutional asset managers, hedge funds, investment banks, trading desks, and financial and legal advisors.
What we offer:
- Join a passionate team of analysts with diverse experience levels, dedicated to delivering best-in-class credit research
- Generous benefits packages
- Hybrid remote work opportunity
- Fast-paced, high-growth environment with opportunities for professional advancement
Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze a portfolio of European high-yield, stressed and distressed credits - taking ownership of sectors, topical names
- Conduct in-depth fundamental credit analysis, relative value assessments, and develop forward-looking valuation models to generate actionable investment ideas.
- Track market trends and work with team members and other editorial groups to help guide our coverage
- Work closely with Octus’ legal analysts and reporters to deliver value-added insights on topical credit situations
- Respond promptly to subscriber requests, which may include participating in calls to offer informed perspectives on credits under coverage
- Maintain active communication with clients and industry contacts to source new ideas
- Support the Editorial group on ad hoc requests and respond to market-moving news to ensure timely and comprehensive coverage
Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years in credit research (buy-side or sell-side) or investment banking
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline
- Proficient in building capital structures, financial modeling, scenario analysis and cash flow projections
- Strong understanding of business operations, key risks, revenue drivers, credit metrics, and macroeconomic factors
- Ability to interpret financial statements and assess business performance
- Demonstrated capacity to manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in credit research or investment banking
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline
- Proficiency in building capital structures, financial modeling, scenario analysis, and cash flow projections
- Strong understanding of business operations, key risks, revenue drivers, credit metrics, and macroeconomic factors
- Ability to interpret financial statements and assess business performance
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Octus Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision insurance are explicitly listed on the careers page, and third‑party benefits profiles add details like FSA availability and wellness perks. This indicates a comprehensive core health offering rather than bare‑minimum coverage.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan is advertised, with independent listings reporting employer matching (e.g., 50% up to a $3,500 cap) and mentions of pension plans in some postings. These features point to meaningful long‑term financial support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, sick leave, and parental leave are highlighted, with external sources citing 15–20 PTO days, 48 paid sick hours, and parental leave up to 10 weeks for primary caregivers and 2 weeks for secondary. This breadth suggests time‑off policies that extend beyond basic minimums.
Octus Insights
What We Do
Octus, was founded in 2013 with a simple conviction: credit decisions deserve clarity, not chaos. Markets were fragmented. Intelligence was gated. Data lived in silos. Professionals were forced to stitch together incomplete pictures while the clock kept running. We built Octus to change that. Octus is the essential credit platform that tracks the entire credit lifecycle. From origination and underwriting to secondary trading, refinancing, distress and restructuring, we follow every development across leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, private credit and special situations. We structure millions of documents, surface risks, benchmark performance and deliver expert reporting and analysis in real time. What began as a newsroom fused with legal and financial expertise has evolved into a unified ecosystem. Octus brings together proprietary data, expert-driven intelligence and integrated workflow tools so credit professionals can analyze situations, uncover opportunities, manage portfolios, execute trades and stay compliant without ever leaving the platform. Insight and action finally live in one place. Today, nearly 40,000 professionals across the world’s leading banks, asset managers, CLO managers, law firms and advisors rely on Octus to move smarter and faster. They turn to us for breadth, depth and rigor forged over more than a decade, and for the speed, integration and precision that define the future of credit workflow. Our mission is direct and ambitious: end fragmentation, collapse the distance between intelligence and execution, and transform insight into impact. Because in credit, clarity isn’t just an advantage. It’s everything. Octus: Where credit becomes clear.
Why Work With Us
Octus is where real experts work together to cut through chaos and build clarity in credit. You feel your impact here. What you create shapes real decisions in the market. The problems matter. The people are sharp. If you want work that counts, this is the place.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Reorg has adopted a hybrid working policy. For non-remote employees located within a reasonable commuting distance to one of our offices, the requirement is to work from the office at least 2 days per week.
