Credit Analyst - Financial Research - BFSI

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

- In this role, you'll be involved in analyzing corporate credit quality with the objective of arriving at an estimated rating for unrated companies across geographies and preparing notes concisely summarizing industry/company/financials specific nuances.

- Your responsibilities would also include preparing quick turnaround memos for new issuances with the intent of evaluating credit quality of an issuer and identifying, summarizing and discussing factors that would determine credit quality on a forward looking basis.

- Participating in management/broker calls discussing key areas of concern and evaluating responses in context of the credit thesis are also a key part of this role.

- You'll also be expected to aid front office in reading and evaluating key terms in credit documentations such as collateral packages, guarantee structures, springing maturities etc.

- Additionally, you'll be required to monitor existing positions by the way of evaluating M&A, earnings etc. and their impact on credit quality. Other ad hoc projects could include analyzing/opining on third part reports, reviewing financials for propriety, opining on seniority/subordination issues within capital structures preparing equity RV tables etc.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

- Candidates with a master's degree in finance or a CFA with 5 to 8 years of relevant experience, along with strong fundamental corporate credit analysis skills, preferably in the high-yield space

- Candidates with exposure to credit rating frameworks and the Chinese credit market would be preferred.

- Candidates who have strong written and verbal communication skills