Copal Amba - Senior Associate - Credit Research

Opportunity

Copal Amba is currently looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who have demonstrated academic excellence and have strong leadership, organizational and teamwork skills for its credit research vertical.

The role would involve managing end to end support to the client's investment research processes in the high yield and distressed space. The candidate will be responsible to facilitate evaluation of credit investment ideas and publication of detailed reports on the companies.

Key responsibilities include:

- Detailed capital structure analysis - Identifying different levels of debt tranches, corporate and funding structure, mapping guarantees and collateral

- Calculation of adjusted debt and analysis of off balance sheet debt like items, waterfall structure analysis and recovery analysis

- Evaluating bond indentures or loan agreements to assess the covenant protection, debtholder's mutual rights and priorities, and any specific clauses/provisions which could impact the risk/return profile of the trade or investment

- Preparing detailed reports/presentations on companies describing business model, strategy, industry scenario, capital structure, covenants and key risks associated with the investments

- Developing an insightful opinion on the company's projected financial performance through building cash flows models

Required Background

- MBA from a top tier school / Chartered Accountant

- 5+ years of relevant work experience

- Knowledge of full breadth of public data, research, and analytic resources

- Experience in client relationship building and management

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines

- Team players who must show the willingness to work with cross functional teams across many time zones