Global Investment Research, Credit Research Analyst

JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Macro Research team within Global Investment Research focuses on the intersection between economics and financial markets across a wide class of assets including equities, rates, FX, credit, mortgages, and commodities. We are seeking an experienced credit strategist to join the Global Credit Strategy Research team in Salt Lake City.

This is a fantastic role for an individual with a passion for the markets, a learning mindset, and desire to help the team produce highly visible thought leadership on the global corporate credit markets (liquid and private).

Key responsibilities include

• Analyzing and interpreting large amounts of data related to the global corporate credit market (liquid and private)
• Assist the team in publishing timely and topical investment research (content slate includes high-frequency weekly pieces, as well as longer-term ‘deep dives’)
• Playing a key role in our ‘production’ process – regularly updating charts/data for our regular research and client marketing decks
• Supporting internal stakeholders across the firm to deliver superior client service and thought leadership (includes regularly completing bespoke data requests with a sense of commercial urgency, and doing client meetings as appropriate)
• Collaborating with the broader Macro Strategy team (across asset classes) as well as our regional economists
• Where applicable, work with the team help to modernize our vast data infrastructure

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2 to 4+ years of experience working in investment strategy research, ideally with some general familiarity with corporate credit markets (IG, HY, loans, private credit)
• Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) or CFA/CAIA is preferable
• Strong quantitative skills and fluency in applied statistics and econometrics
• Excellent English language verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated success in managing multiple priorities and consistently showing accountability/ownership in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, market-based environment
• Ability to internalize the broader objectives of the team and work toward those goals (despite the inevitable obstacles and roadblocks)
• Must have a passion for the markets, a learning mindset, and a positive attitude – no task is too large or too small
• Must have a desire to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment (with colleagues on site and in different cities)
• Experience using Python, SAS, SQL etc. for statistical analysis and data manipulation
• Familiarity with vendor data such as Bloomberg, PitchBook LCD, Dealogic, Haver, Preqin, a plus

We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

Holiday & Vacation Policies

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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Opportunity Overview

CORPORATE TITLEAnalyst

OFFICE LOCATION(S)Salt Lake City

JOB FUNCTIONResearch Analyst

DIVISIONGlobal Investment Research Division

SALARY RANGEUSD 110,000 - 125,000