Financial Credit Analyst

Cognitive Credit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working flexibility

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Cognitive Credit is expanding its financial analytics team to support a Global Credit product in a fast-paced fintech environment. Senior Associates from Big 4 bring expertise in accounting, finance, and data integrity to partner with technology and management.

The role focuses on building and maintaining datasets, financial models across US, European, and Emerging Market credit markets, with a strong emphasis on automation and scalable processes.

Qualifications

• Background in accounting/finance, ACA qualification preferred.
• Strong financial statement analysis and ability to build reports from scratch.
• IFRS expertise; US GAAP knowledge is a plus.
• CFA charterholder or candidate considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Process financial reports using the company’s data extraction system.
• Analyze output for accuracy with in-house tools.
• Monitor coverage universe and support live data during earnings season.
• Interact with clients to address data and product questions.
• Collaborate with engineering to review system performance and identify improvements.

Skills

Big 4 experience

Financial analysis

IFRS experience

US GAAP knowledge

CFA candidate

Excel

Data management

Independent worker

Education

Accounting/Finance background

ACA qualification

Tools

Excel

Proprietary data extraction system

Job description

Cognitive Credit is expanding our financial analyst team to support a Global Credit product.

We are looking for Senior Associates with Big 4 experience to work hand-in-hand with our technology team and senior management to build and maintain our data sets.

We are a financial technology company that develops advanced analytics software for global credit investors. We work with the world’s largest investment banks, asset managers, and hedge funds.

The analyst utilizes our proprietary machine learning technology to build and maintain our data set – financial models across US, European and Emerging Market credit markets.

Cognitive Credit is expanding our financial analyst team to support a Global Credit product.

We are looking for Senior Associates with Big 4 experience to work hand-in-hand with our technology team and senior management to build and maintain our data sets.

We are a financial technology company that develops advanced analytics software for global credit investors. We work with the world’s largest investment banks, asset managers, and hedge funds.

The analyst utilizes our proprietary machine learning technology to build and maintain our data set – financial models across US, European and Emerging Market credit markets.

An ideal candidate for this position will have an accounting or corporate finance education, with professional training in corporate accounting/audit, financial analysis and/or credit markets.

This job is for you if:

• you are a skilled Senior Associate from a Big 4 accounting firm
• you are frustrated by the pace and bureaucracy of large institutions
• you are highly analytical, detail-oriented, motivated by data integrity challenges, and can work independently
• you believe that there ‘must be a better way’ with respect to automating the repetitive tasks in your current job
• you are interested in working in an environment with fast growth potential that prioritizes innovation
• you take ownership to drive solutions and are a self-starter
• you understand lease accounting in both Europe and the US (IFRS 16 vs ASC 842)

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

• Strong academic track record, with a background in accounting and/or finance, including ACA qualification
• Financial statement analysis capabilities; familiarity with creating financial models/reports from scratch
• IFRS experience is essential; US GAAP experience is useful
• CFA charterholder or candidate
• Ability to demonstrate superior work performance, attention to detail, and a commitment to outstanding results
• Good knowledge of Excel plus experience with data management
• General interest in technology, especially as applied to financial data sets

Typical Day:

• Growing our data by processing financial reports using the Company’s proprietary data extraction system, assembled using cutting-edge machine learning technology, including leading edge AI frontier models
• Analyzing resulting output for accuracy using internally developed software tools and techniques
• Monitoring / “owning” your coverage universe to support live data updates during corporate earnings season
• Interacting with our clients, the world’s leading investment firms, to answer questions about data and product functionality; supporting sales and account management teams
• Collaborating with the engineering team to review system performance and identifying opportunities for improvement, including both internal analyst tools and our client-facing Application

Compensation:

Competitive pay and benefits, subject to individual experience.

Work Environment:

Dynamic, innovative, analytical, and collaborative.

Location:

The parent company is based in London, UK. The position can offer remote working flexibility.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.