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.
For more information, visit: https://octus.com/
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
As an individual contributor on a growing team, you will be responsible for gathering and analyzing fundamental investment data, including financial statements and legal documentation, for public and private companies across Europe and the US.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong foundation in credit or financial statement analysis who is eager to deepen their expertise in structured credit data and regulatory reporting, and to become part of a growing international team serving credit asset managers in Europe and the US.
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of experience in credit or financial statement analysis, either within a bank, asset manager, auditor or financial data provider.
- University degree in Accounting, Economics or
- Hands-on experience analyzing financial statements under IFRS and/or US GAAP, including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements.
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Familiarity with structured credit products, leveraged loans, or high-yield instruments is a plus.
- Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to manage your own workload and deliver against tight deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills including the tenacity to resolve issues which may be complex or ambiguous.
- Keen attention to detail, particularly in handling and classifying financial and legal data accurately.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Strong PC skills, particularly Microsoft Excel; experience with AI-assisted workflows is a plus.
- Comfortable operating across time zones when collaborating with stakeholders in Europe and the US.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines with challenging clients.
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
- 3-5 years of experience in credit or financial statement analysis within a bank, asset manager, auditor, or financial data provider
- University degree in Accounting or Economics
- Hands-on experience analyzing financial statements under IFRS and/or US GAAP
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to manage workload independently and meet tight deadlines
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail when handling and classifying financial and legal data
- Strong PC skills, particularly Microsoft Excel
- Ability to collaborate across Europe and US time zones
- Ability to work under tight deadlines with challenging clients
- Familiarity with structured credit products, leveraged loans, or high-yield instruments
- Experience with AI-assisted workflows
What the Team is Saying
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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Hybrid Workspace
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.
